Radio swap??
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You want to clean the area thoroughly with alcohol. Apply dynamat type material, then roll it until the lines in foil disappear (that is what the pattern of lines are there for).
Then use aluminum tape on all edges. Careful for fingers, paper cuts from metal tape.
Then apply your sound blocking material of choice. For lightweight sports car that doesn't require luxury:
Baller: 3M thinsulate
Budget: This Stuff (this is what I used, quite pleased)
Then use aluminum tape on all edges. Careful for fingers, paper cuts from metal tape.
Then apply your sound blocking material of choice. For lightweight sports car that doesn't require luxury:
Baller: 3M thinsulate
Budget: This Stuff (this is what I used, quite pleased)
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also unless you plan to add 10 lbs per door id just stick with a square behind the speaker, to get rig of the road noise you need to dampen the outer metal and then skin the inner with a barrier foam.
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I'm an old guy too. But I went for the no cd and very happy with it. Mostly not having to carry cd case, etc.
But the unit you're getting will still have all the bells and whistles, plus cd player. So other than a bit more cost, and moving parts that otherwise wouldn't have to be there, its really the same thing.
My setup:
Digital media receiver
90w rms class D amp, tucked into dash right behind short chassis of hu. Class D barely any heat, so no worries about being tucked away. Uses so little power, can be powered off small gauge wire off fuse panel under dash (there are spare power sources in our fuse panel).
Component speakers, with crossover for tweeters (xover tucks into pocket on inside of door card)
Underseat powered sub. Also Class D, so also powered off fuse panel. No thick wires through firewall to battery. I placed it in passenger footwell, notched into the white styrofoam wedge that is under carpet. So totally invisible.
Kenwood makes a similar class D mini amp tp what I used (my setup is all pioneer). Kenwood also makes a similar underseat powered sub.
I like the extra punch of 90w per channel (with amp bridged), so I can hear top down highway. The sub just always setting up crossover built into hu to shunt bass frequencies from door speakers. Taking that bass load off doors now allows cranking volume much higher before distortion.
You could do a similar setup just by finding a different place under dash to hide amp, instead of behind hu.
Then I added sound deadener to doors. Huge difference. Only a couple pounds added.
Apply dynamat type material (I used noico brand, the 40 mil version, Amazon) at 25% coverage. Cut pieces and place then center of any panel areas inside door. Clean thoroughly with alcohol first. Use a roller to fully press and seat adhesive. Then apply foil tape to edges.
Dynamat doesn't block sound. So don't apply 100% coverage. Just wasting money and adding needless weight.
Dynamat adds mass, changing resonant frequency. Damps the oil drum effect. Panels stop vibrating. From stereo. From road noise.
Next add actual sound blocker. Something super light weight (its a sportscar, not a Lexus). Thinsulate works very well. Apply at full coverage to back of door card.
Huge difference in annoying cabin sound. But can actually hear engine and exhaust even better, since less garbage noises blocking it out. Stereo sounds many times better out on road.
Can also do floor and even trunk, but 75% of benefit just from doing the doors.
But the unit you're getting will still have all the bells and whistles, plus cd player. So other than a bit more cost, and moving parts that otherwise wouldn't have to be there, its really the same thing.
My setup:
Digital media receiver
90w rms class D amp, tucked into dash right behind short chassis of hu. Class D barely any heat, so no worries about being tucked away. Uses so little power, can be powered off small gauge wire off fuse panel under dash (there are spare power sources in our fuse panel).
Component speakers, with crossover for tweeters (xover tucks into pocket on inside of door card)
Underseat powered sub. Also Class D, so also powered off fuse panel. No thick wires through firewall to battery. I placed it in passenger footwell, notched into the white styrofoam wedge that is under carpet. So totally invisible.
Kenwood makes a similar class D mini amp tp what I used (my setup is all pioneer). Kenwood also makes a similar underseat powered sub.
I like the extra punch of 90w per channel (with amp bridged), so I can hear top down highway. The sub just always setting up crossover built into hu to shunt bass frequencies from door speakers. Taking that bass load off doors now allows cranking volume much higher before distortion.
You could do a similar setup just by finding a different place under dash to hide amp, instead of behind hu.
Then I added sound deadener to doors. Huge difference. Only a couple pounds added.
Apply dynamat type material (I used noico brand, the 40 mil version, Amazon) at 25% coverage. Cut pieces and place then center of any panel areas inside door. Clean thoroughly with alcohol first. Use a roller to fully press and seat adhesive. Then apply foil tape to edges.
Dynamat doesn't block sound. So don't apply 100% coverage. Just wasting money and adding needless weight.
Dynamat adds mass, changing resonant frequency. Damps the oil drum effect. Panels stop vibrating. From stereo. From road noise.
Next add actual sound blocker. Something super light weight (its a sportscar, not a Lexus). Thinsulate works very well. Apply at full coverage to back of door card.
Huge difference in annoying cabin sound. But can actually hear engine and exhaust even better, since less garbage noises blocking it out. Stereo sounds many times better out on road.
Can also do floor and even trunk, but 75% of benefit just from doing the doors.
Another old guy here. What is the unit that you installed in your S2K?
I've just spent some time at Crutchfield and of the 22 units for my 08, none offer Car Play and only 1 offers a backup camera connection.
It's been 30 years since I was involved with aftermarket stereos. I'm following the thread on modifying the dash to take a large screen unit, but
not sure I can bring myself to do this to my beautiful low mileage S.
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Another old guy here. What is the unit that you installed in your S2K?
I've just spent some time at Crutchfield and of the 22 units for my 08, none offer Car Play and only 1 offers a backup camera connection.
It's been 30 years since I was involved with aftermarket stereos. I'm following the thread on modifying the dash to take a large screen unit, but
not sure I can bring myself to do this to my beautiful low mileage S.
I've just spent some time at Crutchfield and of the 22 units for my 08, none offer Car Play and only 1 offers a backup camera connection.
It's been 30 years since I was involved with aftermarket stereos. I'm following the thread on modifying the dash to take a large screen unit, but
not sure I can bring myself to do this to my beautiful low mileage S.
https://www.crutchfield.com/S-83Z0Bf...WC5700NEX.html
If I could find a decent spot for the screen/display I'd seriously consider getting it.
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Pioneer
Very similar to mine. They just keep making small improvements and change model # every year or so.
Doesn't have car play, or backup camera. It does connect to phone automatically, and launches its app. App allows control of spotify, pandora, etc.
I added a backup camera rearview mirror, so I can look mirror and camera same time.
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I used previous version of this:
Pioneer
Very similar to mine. They just keep making small improvements and change model # every year or so.
Doesn't have car play, or backup camera. It does connect to phone automatically, and launches its app. App allows control of spotify, pandora, etc.
I added a backup camera rearview mirror, so I can look mirror and camera same time.
Pioneer
Very similar to mine. They just keep making small improvements and change model # every year or so.
Doesn't have car play, or backup camera. It does connect to phone automatically, and launches its app. App allows control of spotify, pandora, etc.
I added a backup camera rearview mirror, so I can look mirror and camera same time.
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