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Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 04:54 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I recently acquired a new CD player to replace the old stock unit in the car as the sound was just lacking in depth. But now with this new one its fantastic, makes so much more use of the speakers and really goes well. Upgrading the 4 ohm sub to a more powerful 4 ohm amp as well tonight so it should be even better when thats going.

Heres the completed pictures. I made the surround and brackets all my self. Came up quite good. I also changed the A/C lamps to red bulbs rather than the 90's Green look.


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I also took the time to Polish the PRND2L trim, spray paint the surround satin black. Then have the console wood grain trim sanded and polished to give a nice crisp shine and remove the bad scratches. Came up well heres some pictures of that.


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Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have WAY less Soarers than Hayden :-(

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 05:16 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It looks better than new Mike........VERY nice!
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 05:45 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Haha thanks Don
Greg Nikitiuk
Goo Roo
Vic
Celsior

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 07:53 pm, by:  Greg Nikitiuk (Jestr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Shayyyneee .....great work Mike!!
Lawrence Ostle
TryHard
NSW
tt

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 09:04 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

VERY nice.

It's the subtle things that make the difference...
Vinh Bui
Goo Roo
NSW
94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT) / 97 JZA80 (TT)

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 11:18 pm, by:  Vinh Bui (Hyudsjk) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Good work Mike. Looks great!
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 02:51 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah Im really happy with it just gives the car a fresh tidy look and feel.

I also got a nice amp for the 4 ohm 8" sub I put in and man does it go well or what! Sooo much better than the stock head-deck and sub amp.

I cant stress enough If you want a better sound for your stereo, get a modern and decent headdeck to replace the stock one - well worth every cent!
Daniel Eggins
Tinkerer
Western Australia
V8 Celsior

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Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 12:13 am, by:  Daniel Eggins (Gonepostl) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

looks fantastic mate, all of it as a complete package looks brand new. the red sets it off aswell

edit: also is the screen from lextreme the replacement climate lcd?
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 01:34 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Im not sure what the story is with the LCD I think it maybe the original as it didnt look like it had been replaced when I had it opened up.

The LCD has been mint since I bought it - To keep it that way I put a dust cloth over the dash in sunny weather to keep direct sun off the LCD hopefully that will make it last much longer. :-)
Greg Nikitiuk
Goo Roo
Vic
Celsior

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Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 08:26 pm, by:  Greg Nikitiuk (Jestr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mike what did you use to polish the wood trim
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 09:12 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sanded it down a bit with 1500 Wet and dry paper (keeping it wet) to get all the heavy scratches out.

Then sat there with a rotary buffer and mirco fibre cloth using 'Scratch X' to get all the fine scratches out and get that shine. Came up really well but did take a few days of on and off work.
Chris Papas
Tinkerer
NSW
V8

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 06:03 pm, by:  Chris Papas (Papasc) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That looks so good.

What did you use to polish the PRDN21 panel ?
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 06:09 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just cracked out the 'Scratch X' and the rotary buffer.

Was just a quick Idea I had and soo glad I did it. Well worth doing! :-)
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 06:11 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I might take some new pictures on another more sunny day, they came up with a rather 80's looking blue tinge which does exactly look as good as it does in person.
Azure Kenzo
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Vic
Celsior

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 09:32 pm, by:  Azure Kenzo (Azure) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mike,
Could you tell me how to make the surround and bracket? It looks so good.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 11:05 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kinda Hard to explain exactly with out pictures but I made the MDF surround to a tight fit around the CD player and got the shape by tracing around the old CD player face plate.

To attach it to the unit to the frame I used some common brackets from a hard ware shop and screwed them in. Was pretty simple but worked great.

I cant get over how good the sound is now though. Its even better than my soarers one was out of sight. Plus the extra bonus of MP3 CD play back on my head-deck! 100 Track CD's! :-)
Azure Kenzo
Tinkerer
Vic
Celsior

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Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 11:17 am, by:  Azure Kenzo (Azure) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"I cant get over how good the sound is now though. Its even better than my soarers one was out of sight. Plus the extra bonus of MP3 CD play back on my head-deck! 100 Track CD's! "

with standard speakers? Honestly, I were a bit disappointed when move from ES300 98 to this Celsior 94. The sound in the ES300 is much better than the Celsior, and I'm in the progress of making the sound better.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Celsior UCF11 V8

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Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 03:07 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah I think the Stock speakers are under-rated a bit, they go very well for me. Plus having a better small amp on the 8" sub helps alot too. The head-deck is the real bottle neck the way I see it. :-)

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