SPEAKER UPGRADE (ASTRA VXR)

Hi all
Here is another video installing the door speakers 🔊
Link for speakers
Hope you all enjoy 👍

[badboi]

You need to tape up spade connectors ASAP mate as will touch and either blow speaker or head unit fuse

[AdamNRG]

Found your channel yesterday and you're convincing me to get one of these instead of the ST I was looking at.

[alansmith]

Regarding your speakers wiring: Speakers have a positive and negative side. Twin speaker cable is normally marked, either one wire with a stripe or one wire with a raised bump. It always used to be that the stripe was positive but some companies use it as negative. If you are electrically minded you can use a multi meter to check the continuity of the wires from the head unit. If not use a wiring diagram or Google to find out which wire is which on your car (each side may be different). Although speakers will work which ever way you wire them, if you wire them up wrong they will be out of phase. Being out of phase can drastically affect sound quality, including a loss of base, especially on amplified systems. This is why you sometime see a phase switch on a subwoofer. Disconnecting the head unit or the battery (which you did) isn't a bad idea as shorting out the speaker cable can blow the output stage in the head unit or pre-amp if one is fitted. To finish, wiring speakers is easy but make sure possitve goes to possitve, and negative to negative. Always check and never assume the colours or stripes. Thanks for the upload.

[themitch]

Have the exact same vxr man so it’s sweet watching your vids!

[drimistudio]

Thanks for this helpful video. I have a question please. How can I find out my car's speaker aperture size?

[themadgamer]

I’m literally getting a SXI for my first car coz I can’t afford the VXR or SRI with insurance and stuff and I can’t wait to do all these mods

[linassamsonas]

With connectors you can solder them a bit for better connection. For wiring you can pull out stereo and look onto the case for wiring to see where is + where is - for particulary side of the speaker pair.

[NeoX]

This just might be a new thing for my astra Sri! I got those wind deflectors too btw, look well mint. Keep up the content Hayden! Killing it dude!

[Dan_AYP]

Nice intro man! Like the track as well, went really well! @ 3:48 you should have asked your kid for a hand though! 😉😁👍

[razza]

You're keeping the videos nice and engaging man! Wish you were doing all this to a fiesta st or something so I could do it all directly to mine haha. Keep it up bro <3

[outsider]

Thanks Hayden, i just picked up a Corsa Vxr Arctic and the speakers sound worse than my van... so i shall be changing them and your video will come in handy i'm sure aint that much diffrence from the Corsa and the Astra?... Oh and i would love to watch you attacking it blind and learn from your mistakes lol, Cheers Mate.

[boosteddlife]

Hayden instead of cutting the speaker wiring connector off use the electrical spade connector it will be secured on the terminals that is how I will do it when I have the money for a project car and upgrading the speakers

[mattc_]

Top video mate your becoming a pro 👌🏼😉 what you done with the old speakers you took out?? 🤔

[JayDidThis]

This is definitely something I need to do with mine! 👏🏻 for the wiring id use heat shrink or if not that, at least insulation tape wrapped around them individually, it's good practise and better safe that sorry, don't want them shorting out 👍🏻

[liviumarian]

Hayden, look at standard speaker and u will see it has a rubber seal all around the back, the after market adaptor does not so u might end up with water leaking inside the car if u are unlucky

[lewispapworth]

Just a word of advice, the red crimps are for 1-1.5mm cable and the blue crimps are for 1.5-2.5mm cable, you should really double the cable over for the bigger crimps 👍

[stuartcampbell]

I so want ur channel to work pal...I love all the noises u make it crackes me up man.

[dan.roberts]

Heat shrink or just use some electrical tape to cover exposed metal to avoid shorting

[Luki]

Hayden, just a bit of advice for the crimps, always double over the cable to offer a better grip to the surface area. Good work but mate

[max-rffm]

If your thinking of upping the bhp, you need to look at upgrading the m32 bearing on the gearbox as it gets shredded over 300bhp. Nice video again pal 👍