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Count me in. Day after my birthday, so should be good. It would be wonderful to see SpecialK Keith again, as I don't think I've seen him since I got my new black GT86.

OK, mum.

I have Dynamat. I have the new head unit. I have the new speakers. I have the new power cabling for the amps. I have the RCA lead for the sub and reversing camera. I have the front camera. I have the GPS antenna. What I don't have is enough time. I want to do all of it in one go over a weekend. Are you up for helping me? ;-)

The only reason I'm hooking up anything to my rear holes at all is that I have a four-channel amplifier and a spare set of reasonable-ish (it's tough to find anything "good" in 4" size) Vibe Slick 4 coax speakers. I may just put insulation tape on the amp outputs for the rear channels and leave them disconnected...

If anyone's interested, I'll be wiring my Focal IS165TOY speakers up to a Clarion XC1410 - http://www.clarion.com/gb/en/products-personal/speaker/XC1410/ - amplifier, which will also handle the rear channels. 4x50W RMS, weighs next to nothing, can run on the factory speaker cables and should be plenty loud enough :-) Those Clarion amps go for about £100.

Two woofers and two tweeters. You get what you pay for. I'm building my system for sound quality, not SPL, and putting shitty speakers in a £30k car doesn't seem right to me.

FWIW, I think I paid about £130 for my set. They are 60W RMS. They'll benefit from an amp. Most head units claim to have 4x50W, but fail to state if this is RMS or PMPO. One time I bought a head unit, it declared the output as "4x50W peak. 4x13W RMS". Since then, I've always amped my speakers using an amp delivering RMS output close to the RMS handling of the speakers I fit. It makes a massive difference! Class D amps are very compact, deliver great sound and don't cost much. I imported both my amps via Amazon.com and saved a fortune! I hope this helps someone, and I'm sorry again for necroing this thread.

The crossovers are integrated into the woofers, which is apparently the same as the factory wiring. I'll fit mine at some point...

Sorry for the necro, but... This may help anyone looking for speaker advice: http://www.focal.com/en/dedicated-driverspeaker-kits/520-is-165-toy.html Direct replacement, no wires to cut, easy to fit and no worries about depth clearance.

I actually sold my last car with my Lego tyres still fitted! Whoever bought my car got a nice freebie :-) GY62 ZTO - You can send me your thanks.

Spotted a nice new 65 plate black GT86 on my way home yesterday. Pulled up alongside you, but you didn't seem to notice, so I disappeared into the distance. Hopefully I'll see you again. Always nice to spot one of our cars on my daily commute. :-)

I was going to anyway, but Lauren reminded me when I got my second car that I should stick with V-Power. Good thing there's a Shell five mins from my door! :-)

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to Amber for the fantastic day! You were excellent hosts. The food and drink was greatly appreciated, as was the friendly atmosphere. I have a feeling I'll be coming back once your ramps are installed so I can get my Milltek system fitted. Thank you for the great price for my new tail lights, too!

Bit of a trek, but I'll be there and will probably bring Melanie with me. Happy to pick up the boss on the way if you need a lift, Rob.

KevinA: Thank you for the offer. What have you got? Also, if you are just around the corner, what time are you heading over to Amber? Convoy?