just fitted dvd,& screens

[leonard]

pictures of what ive fitted up to now, dvd where the cigy lighter was , wasnt to bad to do, screen in top glove box well that took a little more time but worth it, the roofmount 9" screen with built in dvd wasnt to bad either

what do you think???

[leonard]

couldnt get this piccy up for some reason but here it is now

[PatrickDorrian]

Ok that's VERY nice!

[leonard]

that sarcasm is it???

[PatrickDorrian]

Hell no! I wish i could do the same to mine :) It was a nice comment tinged with utter green eyed jealousy :)

If i thought it was sh!t i'd have come out and said so :-)

[leonard]

lol no probs

why dont you do it, or something like

[PatrickDorrian]

http://www.hr-v.co.uk/phpbb2/album_personal.php?user_id=22

Have a look in here :) You just can't see most of what i've done ... one of the problems of parking on street

[etc]

was that from mtv who-pimped-my-ride? :lol:
:wink:
fantastic job man!

[PatrickDorrian]

I do like the screen mounted in your top glove box though, i guess you had to lose the glove box to do it. If i had that in around here it would be gone in 60 ;)

Only thing i'd toyed with in all seriousness was a roof mounted flush fit screen and a dvd headunnit. Might look at that later in the year, but for now it's just seats and sunroof that are top priority.

Forgot to say, i do like your wheels ... fronts tyres look like they're getting some healthy abuse, i average 10k out of a set on the front in mine.

Heh .. replying to the wrong person again :-) Never mind, comments still stand but to leonard lol

[leonard]

nope the top glove box can still be used, ok you have to open bottom one to open top but it works, checked your pics like it

[PatrickDorrian]

It's not till you see something that you like more than what you currently have that you realise you have more to do.

I'll definitely have to do something with the interior now :)

[mrphoo]

Hey leonard, what triggered the airbags in PIC00005? :D

[leonard]

yea see it now

very good

[leonard]

a/o PatrickDorrian

checked your pics thats a very close on the type of instal i did on my vehicross and worked very well

[PatrickDorrian]

Space in the HRV is a constant challenge, i'm quite lucky in that I have no real need of the boot for anything other than speakers. Problem i did have was that the rear speakers had to be so close to the subs, solved that by boxing the rear shelf in with two side "vents" to allow the speakers to work in free air but without them recieving a direct pounding. As well as that, the boot floor is the only real place to fit amps so that when you take out the rear shelf and box and lay the seats flat .. you can still use the boot space without damaging anything.

Next on the list to do is to go back to a standard rear shelf, fit some expensive components upfront, maybe a custom door build to get a proper 3 way kit in there and stop using the rear speakers as all they do is provide infill. If i do that, then i can bridge the 4ch amp that drives them and get some serious volume out of it.

Summer is my time for doing stuff, will see how time and money goes :)

[leonard]

yea you dont realy need back speakers, im goin for a single 10" sub in a fancy encloser with serious amp to run it and thats the boot full then, i have a set of decent fronts which i have still yet to fit ,,,,,,,,ive had monster systems in past so looking at a nice sound quality now, age i think?

[PatrickDorrian]

I think so .. i had one of the new shape micras back in 1996, that had pioneer 8" speakers mounted on both doors, had to use kitchen worksurface stuff as a spacer to get it to fit, it was as loud as hell .... but i'm not into that as much as the quality these days. Only reason i have half the gear i do is because most of it has been moved from car to car over the last ten years or so. I used to work in the trade so got it all at rock bottom prices.

If i was starting again now, i'd buy a headunit that had 4*60w and a decent amp and 10 or 12" sub for the boot and one decent pair of components for the front. Keep it as simple as possible i guess. Main reason i bought the pioneer mp3 player was because it looks utterly plain and boring, lost t rack of how many times i nearly crashed when playing around with the old 8400 i had when they were new and EL displays were not common :) In car TVs back then were the stuff of dreams and FAT wallets.

As you say, a bit of age ... but probably a realisation that you don't need the biggest and most powerful to get a nice sound :)

[leonard]

very true

[leonard]

more of what im doing in the boot

[HR-V styler]

:shock: :shock: It looks good so far by now :D ,

[Dick_Dastardly]

WOW!!

First car I've seen with a building site in the boot!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Hoovie]

more of what im doing in the boot

How do you get the spare wheel out :shock: :?:

[PatrickDorrian]

Well when i fitted amps into the false floor, i used the original piece so that it hinges. Ok it's not a 30 second removal job, it's more like ten minutes of unplugging etc but it can be done and it's easy enough.

That is actually the single most challenging part of building stuff into your boot!

[leonard]

hi

very easy fold back seats then the sub box goes with the seats then the amp rack slides back hey presto spare wheel

hole thing takes 30 seconds to get wheel out

[leonard]

coverd the boot install just got to add an amp to run the fronts and the set it up

[etc]

well thats much better :lol: cheers!
id say black wouldve been perfect

[HR-V styler]

:shock: :shock: I think it looks great !! :D

[leonard]

hi all

now that ive finnished the car im getting interest from people asking me to sell it? what do ya think i should ask,

ive had an offer of £8000 but i dont know if i can part with it theres over £5000 worth of extras and the car is just a great little motor but i do like money aswel

????

erm sell it,keep it, no sell it, no keep it??

dont know

[Hoovie]

hi all

now that ive finnished the car im getting interest from people asking me to sell it? what do ya think i should ask,

ive had an offer of £8000 but i dont know if i can part with it theres over £5000 worth of extras and the car is just a great little motor but i do like money aswel


Well..... money is nice, but how much will you need to spend to get what you want again? get your shopping list together :D

Maybe take in orders? buy another HR-V, do it up in the same way and sell it to that guy with the 8 grand??

[leonard]

yea very true

if i said to the chap give me £8000 and ile do one the same he would probably say what i would say NO I WANT THAT ONE lol

have to think hard about it................................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .....................................na keep it