Originally Posted by
Nobu
Yeah. Motorcycle looks much better now, btw. Been a while since I washed it. lol
On the Mirage, managed to install the speaker on the other side, then decided to tackle the latch. After thinkin about it a while, I remembered there's some insulation in the door panel right where I wanted to drill.....oh well! Drilled away, poked a hole in the insulation, and after a bit of fiddling, fingering, and prodding with the pry tool, I got the door open. Reattached cable retainers, and all is good in the world...well, with my car at least.
The speakers are way clearer, both bass and treble. The stock speakers are louder (they have a slightly larger cone after all), but they don't hold a candle to the sound quality of these. Just wish the adapter plate was actually custom designed for our car. It worked, but I could only manage two screws on either side, and I sorta hacked that to make it work. Also had to file off a bit on the back side to fit the contour of the doors, but you shouldn't have that problem on the front. Some foam behind the adapter, and around the outside to keep the connector from vibrating against it, and it's good to go.
Well done.
My sound quality isn't great on my Mirage with that random tin buzzing sound I get. I agree it could be AM reception, but I think something is broken on my left speaker. When you go to 37 out of 45 is the max volume, it gets pretty tinny. I was listening to my newly purchased Radiohead CD driving around my Mirage earlier looking for toilet paper, since there is a shortage right now here, anyway it was making that tin vibrations thing.. Not just the Radiohead sound but an annoying buzz feedback almost. My Mirage is more than 6 years old now. Not 100% pristine shape these days.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.2 mpg (US) ... 17.9 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.7 mpg (Imp)