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You hear the bass from the truck when I'm on the block

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The Jaaag passed it's MOT last week (needed rear ARB bushes, headlamp alignment), which has persuaded me to keep it on for another year.  I was sick of the rubbish audio and playing my meagre MP3 collection via an unreliable cassette adaptor, so I've given it a massive-ish upgrade. First step: upgrade the front speakers.  Old ones were shot, and an unusual size which meant I had to lash up some adaptors to fit some 6.5" Focals.  I used uPVC soffit board for this - it's cheap, unaffected by damp and easier to work with than MDF. Snug fit for the Focal ISC165s.  They had good reviews, are reasonably priced, and quite slim so even with the adaptor rings they were no deeper than the originals. Step 2: underseat subwoofer. This is with the seat fully forward, normally it's hidden.  It required a permanent 10A feed, which I was able to take from the power-seat feed.  There was also a connection to the system control lead on the head unit, the RCA conne

Wot I did on my hollyday

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I wented to DEVON and it rained and TRAFFIC and more rain and CREAM TEAS and really-narrow-roads and BORED.  I love dodgems!  I am the self-appointed world champion of dodgems, FEAR ME. This is for sale in a tiny motor museum.  Not rusty but at £1000 is at least 50% too much. Just 14 miles on this, somebody didn't like biking Barn conversion we stayed in, which was lovely - just as well given the weather.  We spent 2 entire days eating grub and watching Game of Thrones... I was happy with that.