BA - Howie's 97 ZXi. New MS Splitter fitted.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:27 pm

that is amazing... Really love it and the whole car

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:42 pm

bravo Howie, another fine addition to the car, looks like it's a performance OEM filter cover now :laughing6:

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:51 pm

Super job Howie :thumbright:

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:09 pm

With you fitting a pippercross filter I hope you drilled out the bottom of the air box, young man :hmph:

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:20 pm

Very nice mate, top work

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:32 pm

Howie, thats looks so good mate, what a beautiful job you done there.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:33 pm

Awesome

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:42 pm

Fantastic job Howie :thumbleft:

**Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:23 pm

Beautiful job Howie, Looks perfect

**Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:56 am

looks stunning, great job!

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:44 pm

Cheers for all the positive comments

I have been wanting to upgrade my original speakers for a while now, to make the most of my Pioneer head unit.

had been considering Infinity's, but when I started looking round the only 5"X7" were from America.

After much searching and advice I went for some Hertz 5"X7" front and 6.5" rear.
Ordered these from Caraudiodirect.co.uk, very good service - arrived next day :shock:

Fitted them over the weekend,
no pics mounted in the doors, just a couple of comparison shots:

The fronts went straight in, just needed a bit of adjusting to mount the rears.

The tweeters are designed to be rotated to focus the sound at the listener, with the point of the silver arrow on top aimed towards the seats

Have noticed an improvement in the the sound clarity, especially at volume.

Many thanks to Marc, Shayne, Mark T and Dazza for your help and advice with choosing and fitting the speakers :notworthy:

Wanted to add this pic of the speaker wire colours from my F, for future reference,
when I looked up the colours they only corresponded to the front left on one diagram and the rear left on a different diagram :roll:

Did sort out the + and - eventually:

Front Left: + Purple, - Blue / Orange stripe

Front Right: + Green / Yellow Stripe, - Red / Yellow Stripe

Rear Left: + Orange, - Yellow

Rear Right: + Orange, - Yellow

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:50 pm

Looking good Howie, and for the little help I was, you are most welcome.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:52 pm

Wicked update Howie

Im glad you were able to fit the rears ok :thumbleft:

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:54 pm

nice mate...

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:59 pm

Very good upgrade mate!

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:38 pm

Fantastic Howie, Does the orange show through the doorcard at all ?

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:41 pm

Very nice mate

and no problem, always here for any advice

**Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:33 pm

Very nice Howie :thumbright:

**Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:57 am

Stuz wrote:

Fantastic Howie, Does the orange show through the doorcard at all ?

Cheers, no, unfortunately the orange doesn't show through very much

But I'm happy with the improvement in sound quality and keeps the mods subtle, like the rest of my F

**Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:06 pm

nice one Howie :thumbright:

**Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:03 am

Nice one Howie

You missed a trick on the airbox lid though ..

.. you could have filled in the bit around the edge of it to make keeping it clean easier

I might have to copy this ... another 'probably will never happen' mod for the list!

..... and ... dirt in you alarm hooter!!!

Well done

Mark

**Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:52 am

Mark.T wrote:

Nice one Howie

..... and ... dirt in your alarm hooter!!!

Mark

Thanks Mark :oops:

................. the whole engine bay needs / will be getting a good going over soon, ready for JAE

Will then just need a little Bilstein sticker to finish it off

**Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:12 pm

Indeed ... where on earth could you possibly find one of those!!

Mark

**Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:55 pm

A few more pics from me, :roll:

gave my F a good clean up last weekend:

All ready for a 3 hour trip up to visit Dazza last night:

Then today I took Daz for a trip over to Meguiar's head office in Daventry

We had a tour round and met many of the helpful people who sort out my shop orders and answer any detailing questions too. (Y)

After tea and some biscuits I took a few more pics outside:

And finally a reflection from my rear spoiler, pointed out by Dazza

Had a great time giving the V6 a proper run and enjoyed my visit to Meguiar's,
as well as being made very welcome by Daz and his family too, many thanks again.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:22 pm

As always, spotless and so stunning, a treat and credit to you mate.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:39 pm

i saw howies car VERY briefly this morning while still half asleep but WOW,, very very nice car..

**Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:40 pm

Had an absolutely wonderful weekend at JAE, was great to put names to faces, as well as see all the well presented F's.

Here are a few pics from the weekend:
From the Show and Shine competition:

similar pic with the rising sun:

Was very chuffed to get the Cleanest 323F award

..........despite how I look in the next pic:

**Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:03 pm

Lovely pics Howie and a well deserved award :thumbleft:

**Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:39 pm

Stunning as always and as Debz said. . .a well deserved award

**Posted:** Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:46 am

congratulations - and i totally agree with Stuz & Debz - well deserved! Yours is the cleanest BA I've ever seen :thumbleft:

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