The Lotus Grand Tourers

I now know why the sound out of my car sterio sounds so bad



Looks like it has just disintegrated over the last 22 years. The rear speakers have a nice cover/ grill over them with the word Lotus across the center which I want to keep. Has anyone replaced the rear speakers with new ones with the same mounting holes in the flange?? The cover/grill uses the same holes. If not I guess Mike Taylor might have some second hand ones in better condition than mine.

mine has done this in the last 5 days too!

what speakers you going to replace it with?

can you measure yours and tell me if they are 3.5" or 4"? i have the same problem as you in that i want to keep the lotus grills...

Oz.

Hi Phil, one of my rear speakers stopped working a couple of years ago. I found replacements very easily at the local branch of Wilco. The chap didn't want to sell them to me as he reckoned that the coaxial design gave a poor sound but they sound fine to me. From memory they were 4 inch, might have been Alpine, I threw out the box and old speakers when we moved.

I got replacements from Halfrauds, they are ok..but never get Vgood sound from speakers that size .....Could have said look up on the "Search" but all my original posts some 600 odd all got wiped.....................No not still complaing Angus!! just saying

MrCoolA wrote:I got replacements from Halfrauds, they are ok..but never get Vgood sound from speakers that size .....Could have said look up on the "Search" but all my original posts some 600 odd all got wiped.....................No not still complaing Angus!! just saying

I DON'T RUN THE FORUM! (and even I wouldn't delete 600 posts by hand)

anyone know the sizes of the front door speakers too?

Oz.

amarshall wrote:

MrCoolA wrote:I got replacements from Halfrauds, they are ok..but never get Vgood sound from speakers that size .....Could have said look up on the "Search" but all my original posts some 600 odd all got wiped.....................No not still complaing Angus!! just saying

I DON'T RUN THE FORUM! (and even I wouldn't delete 600 posts by hand)

Tetchy......................I never said u did Angus, just thought u might have accused me of winging thats all.

Went to Halfords and they are selling all in car entertainment at half price, as they are due to launch a new range very soon and want to shift the old stock. Got a pair of speakers for £19.99. The mounting holes are an exact match so they were a simple matter to swap with the originals. Had to cut off the spade connectors as the new ones have different connections. Very pleased - sound much better. OK - not high end top of the range but with the wind noise in the Excel who cares Reused the Lotus grills.





Size is 4 inch / 10 CM

In these election times I wondered if "rear speaker" is a euphemism for a politician; after all most of them speak through their rears!

looking at these:
http://www.justkenwood.co.uk/car-audio. ... 2-speakers

or these:
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine-sxe-1025s.html

Selocer's get free delivery at caraudiodirect.co.uk

Oz.

£12.99 a pair - http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37982

these seem to be best bang for buck...

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/pioneer ... m-fit.html

frequency response of 38hz - 29,000hz and 120w peak power, 25w RMS...

Oz.

Just changed mine for the Maplin's set. The originals were in a worse state than Phils!

Sounds is much better now - makes me realise how bad the fronts must be.

amarshall wrote:Just changed mine for the Maplin's set. The originals were in a worse state than Phils!

Sounds is much better now - makes me realise how bad the fronts must be.

are fronts 3.5" or 4"?

Ozzy_UK wrote:

amarshall wrote:Just changed mine for the Maplin's set. The originals were in a worse state than Phils!

Sounds is much better now - makes me realise how bad the fronts must be.

are fronts 3.5" or 4"?

Just measured mine - they seem to be 3.5" and I've found a pair of replacements on ebay for £17.00 - dash speakers from VW Golf, headrest speakers from MX-5. Will report back when I have them and have attempted fitting.