Considering upgrading the stereo

[Randall]

hey fellow owners i have owned my landrover for a while and have been very happy with it. the only problem is with the lack of bass in my stereo system. so i was wondering if any of ya'll have added subwoofers to your systems. if so what kind and where. also when i do this i want to replace the factory head unit with the alpine iDA-X100. http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product.php?model=iDA-X100. i have looked at the jlw7 and the memphis mojo. any insight on this subject and pictures of installs would be great.

Thanks,
Noah

 

[nwoods]

You can't replace the head unit, it's integrated in the ECU and will **** your car dead if you remove it (from what I understand). Most people by some sort of signal deprocessor and then add amps to that, and add/replace speakers to suit.

There are a couple of threads here on it, and a really good one on Disco3.co.uk with part numbers, photos, etc...

Crutchfield seems to have a handle on it, and can match you up with the right gear probably. Even some of the UK guys buy from Crutchfield.

BTW< if you have an SE or HSE, you already have an 8" sub in the lower tallgate of your truck. A Pioneer 10" slim line sub will fit there....

My truck does not have a sub in it (sort of a rare LR3 version), and I recently priced adding a base sub. Here is the quote I received in SoCal.

Pioneer 10" slim line woofer $155.00
Pioneer Sub Grill $15.00
Pioneer Class D Mono Amp 400watt RMS $195.00
REQ Line output convertor/bass restoration interface $129.00
Amp install kit $40.00 Power wire / RCA / AGU Fuse holder
Volume Knob for sub $40.00


Not a great system, but better than what I've got now, buy a long shot.

 

[grommet]

If you didn't have Navigation and PTI, you could pull the head unit, too, and replace it... but it would obviously require some custom work to look decent. It won't **** your car, but you'll lose access to the settings menu in the instrument panel.

 

[Randall]

yeah i have a really high end audio shop by my house who have done land rovers in the past i know that they won't do anything like that without letting me know
if there is a way they will find it.