cherrybeard Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Stu, you don't arf get up early in the morning. Thanks for the offer, I'm going to spend the money on new shocks instead of stereo as i'm bouncing around like a yo yo at the moment.By the way, the shocks and springs you recommended for the escort are fantastic, cheers. It's hard to describe the feeling, tighter I guess, the car feels a lot more level going round corners. Only trouble is now it is showing the tyres and the rest of the suspension to be inadequate. What would be the next step, replace all bushings and mounts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 What dampers and springs did you go for? What do you want to improve? Eg what is the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) If DAB is going to be the mainstream in 2015 is it really worth putting off for three years buying a bargain stereo now (in reality from recent faze out of digital services you may as well call it 2018 tbf lol).Anyway!Aldi£45 nuff said lol, seriously. the only drawback there though Pete.......... you have to walk into a Aldi....... what if someone you know sees you go in?, you'd have to move house, change your families identities or suffer persecution, personally Id take the hari kari option I don't have a problem buying from Aldi, never used to go there but these days I now realise the food from there tastes far better than Asda/Morrisons etc, gone are the day's when it's cheaper as it often is not the case but the quality of product is far better. Tools and electrical s are brilliant quality too, they don't win the best supermarket award year after year for nothing. Germans know how to eat and wouldn't accept the below par quality of the likes of other big name supermarkets. Anyway on the subject of car audio I will be selling mine soon to replace it (hardly used as I bought it then took the car off the road so sat in my room). MP3 CD/USB/SD card outputs include sub, nice display with removable front with hard case.Like new. Edited December 15, 2012 by PeeWee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherrybeard Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 What dampers and springs did you go for? What do you want to improve? Eg what is the problem? The Bilstein B8 front and rear shocks matched with H&R springs, I think they used to belong to you!The problem I now have is not one of over or under steer, moreover it feels like grip is lost on all four corners at the same time, sliding sideways. I have a mix of budgets tyres all round so I assume this would be the main culprit but am not really qualified to assume anything!The other problem is I can feel some slack being taken up somewhere when engaging/disengaging the clutch (slight jerking) but I don't know enough about the suspension to determine whether it is gearbox/engine mounts, wishbones or just a worn clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Please remember this topic is a radio/electrical subject, suspension should be in the Mechanical section.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 i vote pioneer, nice warm sound,alpine are a bit bright for me. ( i've had alpine).... i have a p77mp and love it (oldie but goodie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 i vote pioneer, nice warm sound,alpine are a bit bright for me. ( i've had alpine).... i have a p77mp and love it (oldie but goodie) That's not really a £100 head unit though is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 i vote pioneer, nice warm sound,alpine are a bit bright for me. ( i've had alpine).... i have a p77mp and love it (oldie but goodie) That's not really a £100 head unit though is it! ok...i paid £45 for it including a pioneer 6 disc changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Bargain! gumtree....7 miles away....always wanted one.....very happy just saying i would pick the pioneer having listened to a few different brands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Yeah but what Alpine units are you comparing an audiophile-grade Pioneer to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 had an old 9880r, (was nice)...but have listened to a few of my mates alpine units,not sure on model number but they were £3-400 units.....they seemed a bit harsh to me but that could be a multitude of things.im no expert, also just a lot of reading ive done on talkaudio were people compare similar priced units. i know from your audio background you have a far better knowledge than i do though,so i wont argue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 they seemed a bit harsh to me but that could be a multitude of things If a novice messes with the balance, fade, base, treble, audio presets and pre-out settings enough any unit no matter the price range or qaulity it will sound like utter shite and unfortunetly the first thing your average tool will do is Ramp up the Bass full on a audio system that isnt built to cope with it and with no regard to balancing the sound qaulity out with other system settings. Ive fitted countless headunits myself as small side jobs or favours for freinds and Allways take the time to set up the basic sound after fitting so the qaulity is best for their current amp, speaker, bass setup......... it never suprises me though when a couple turn up after a couple of weeks saying their "bass sounds crackly" and I find the Bass gauge aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the right of the screen and the treble aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the left. Im suprised that maufactures havnt made the above a factory preset along with "POP, Classical, Dance etc"............ They could call it "complete moron" preset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 they seemed a bit harsh to me but that could be a multitude of things If a novice messes with the balance, fade, base, treble, audio presets and pre-out settings enough any unit no matter the price range or qaulity it will sound like utter shite and unfortunetly the first thing your average tool will do is Ramp up the Bass full on a audio system that isnt built to cope with it and with no regard to balancing the sound qaulity out with other system settings. Ive fitted countless headunits myself as small side jobs or favours for freinds and Allways take the time to set up the basic sound after fitting so the qaulity is best for their current amp, speaker, bass setup......... it never suprises me though when a couple turn up after a couple of weeks saying their "bass sounds crackly" and I find the Bass gauge aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the right of the screen and the treble aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the left. Im suprised that maufactures havnt made the above a factory preset along with "POP, Classical, Dance etc"............ They could call it "complete moron" preset yep,seen it a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'm not arguing, just curious! It's all subjective anyway. The P series stuff is of course very good! I've always used spdif outputs so the choice of head unit makes little difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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