Buzzy Altea Speakers and ICE upgrade

I so have tweeters on mine, and clearance to window is ~ 30/40mm from magnet.
Just if it worked for me may be ok for others, although i accept that speakers from different brands etc are different in size etc.

These are the speakers i have in.

http://www.alpine-europe.com/content/cms/popuppic.php?pic_id=175

did people use the torx screws into the plastic adapters (sk3103) as Im finind they get haflway down then get stuck??

I used some short (larger thread) brass wood screws and they worked fine.

they silver ones that are shorted than the torx20 one's taken out....they sound good, only rattle at silly volumes..what settings have people got, treble, mid bass etc?

It depends on the music and if it CD or radio on, Cd seems to have more Volume/Gain than radio levels at same set volume on unit itself. Clear Rock/dance type things bass 6, mid 7, treb 6. heavy work low bass higher mid.

Tell, i did feel the sound at my feet, but not as much ounch as the OE speakers, they still nt great, but when get the cash for a decent set i will whack them in there, still have adaptors and wiring etc handy for it. Correct ,mine were not infinity speakers, Alpines. They didnt rattle much, just at certain points and types of muic, it did annoy me and i took a fit and pulled them out!!

Mine seemed to have an open area where the cone moved out past the rim of the speaker and this contact just caused a little rattle/buzz. Had them tightened down well though.

Done my front and rears today with the latest Infinity speakers 652.7is £100 for the 4 off fleabay (guy had them on make me an offer).
Used the MkIV adapters plastic tubes. Dead easy to cut lip off with a jigsaw. Don't use a fine tooth blade though - it melts the plastic rather than cuts it and welds itself back together. 12TPI blade seemed to do the trick.
Used the screws from all the fitting kits as the torx screws are too wide for the pastic tube holes.
I used tie wraps to attach the crossover units to existing cables in door space, after checking no intereference from the windows when wound down.
I was surprised at how much water there was inside the door. There does not appear to be any plastic skin under the door panal. Not surprsied the Altea mists so easily! The drains holes although clear do not seem to be strategically placed. My drive is slightly sloped in both directions so any water should run out but there was quite a puddle at the bottom of each door. Suspect we may seem rusty Altea doors in the not to distant future.

The autoleads adapters were great. Soldered all the wire ends and used 5amp connector blocks to join. Spades are a no brainer on the speaker since they are all slightly different sizes.
Sound? BLOODY MARVELLOUS!! I have an Alfa 166 which has a 10 speaker including built in boot woofers and DSP system. While not on a par with this, its a damn sight closer than the pap that SEAT fit. Even the wife likes it - praise indeed!

Just fitted Infinity 652.7i's tonight, they sound great, will give them a blast this weekend when I go to Time Attack at Knockhill this Sunday.
I was so disappointed in the factory fitted ones, I know that the car is built down to a budget, but you can't help feeling that SEAT haven't quite understood the little details that can make a good car great.
I've been in a couple of beemers recently and was well impressed with the finishes and details.

Anyway a big thanks to Tell, Paul, Loadswine and all others who have contributed to this thread, the install was a piece of cake and it will be really easy to swap the crap speakers back when I sell the car.

Off to Star Performance on Sat for a little remap, so it will be like driving a new car again, can't wait.

Thanks again all

Marty.

A big thanks from me, guys.

Swapped all 4 speakers for 652.7is a couple of weeks ago after reading up on this thread and a couple of others. My pics and writeup are HERE.

Took a bit of getting used to not having anything coming from the tweeters but once I got the EQ set how I wanted it I couldn't believe how much better it sounds.

Great thread guys....

googies what speakers did you go for? you link is broken with Alpine

fyi I have looked at Etka and the front main speakers

1J0 035 411 G - bass loudspeaker - 20/30w - 2005 model
1P0 035 411 - mid tone loudspeaker - 20w - 2008 model

the rear speaker:

5P0 035 411 A loudspeaker -

pricing of rear and bass are much different by the looks of it.

now i have read the vast majority of speaker upgrades for the altea and mk2 leon. all say the infinity speakers are about the best for "sound", but it also shows bass is worse than the originals, and because the tweeters on them are lower down than the originals there is a difference.

I would like to upgrade the speaker but not get rid of the tweeters (or their position) so i may go for Components instead. loosing a tweeter positioned high up and loosing lower bass is a total backward move in my eyes.