davidelliott294 Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 (edited) Hi,Been using them price comparison sites to get quotes for my 1.0e Lupo. Been getting quotes for £2000!! My mate who has a 1.4 Polo got his insurance £1049!Anyway, i'm not here to talk about prices. When i bought the car, it came with alloys. I plan to fit leather seats and change the suspension on the car to GTI suspension. I'm also getting the lower springs and shocks with it. Will this effect the insurance cost? I mean i've got a 1litre... Not like i'm going to be getting anywhere with that.. I just want a good looking car...I'm also planning on doing some things here and there with the interior.Lastly, i'm looking at getting a good speaker system .Anyone?£5000 more than the car is bloody worth -.-. Edited October 6, 2011 by davidelliott294 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 it will only affect it if you declare them, which you need to, or technically you won't be insured! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Of course i will declare them if i do them. I just don't get how interior modifications make that much of a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 The suspension will hike it up a little, no idea on the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Not by much :/. Added my dad to the policy and it made no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Depends really, some companies are sound, some have reportedly can failed to pay out due to an led interior light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 That is shocking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 (edited) Don't even get me started, mine was 700 last year, renewal came- 1500, which they then changed to 2000, managed it for 1300 but thats nearly what the car cost me!oh and i can give you some pointers with car audio, its kinda my thing Edited October 6, 2011 by joeadamou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Well, I paid £700 for my Lupo. Bargain if you ask me... Insurance is tripple the amount! That would be fantastic, if you don't mind! Since i'm clueless about car audio, haha! My plans are to get two Alpine type R subwoofers, the 2 ohm edition. Not sure which AMP or head unit to get. I have Pioneer door speakers just now which are wired up to the head unit amp and the really need to be wired up to a proper amp. Yeah, when it comes to getting speakers, i will shoot you a PM, cheers ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Well, I paid £700 for my Lupo. Bargain if you ask me... Insurance is tripple the amount! That would be fantastic, if you don't mind! Since i'm clueless about car audio, haha! My plans are to get two Alpine type R subwoofers, the 2 ohm edition. Not sure which AMP or head unit to get. I have Pioneer door speakers just now which are wired up to the head unit amp and the really need to be wired up to a proper amp. Yeah, when it comes to getting speakers, i will shoot you a PM, cheers !That is really quite funny, i have two 2ohm type rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 That is really quite funny, i have two 2ohm type rs I was recommended to get Alpine Type Rs because they produce a crazy amount of bass D:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I was recommended to get Alpine Type Rs because they produce a crazy amount of bass D:.Yeah they are amazing i have an map-m650 to power them and you just can't have that on full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 What about your car door speakers and tweeters? Are they wired up to the same amp or a separate amp or even your head unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I have an alpine HU, i have alpine type r's in the front and type e in the back. the hu is only 50w x 4 but honestly any louder and my ears would pop unless you're going for competitions. In total I've got 6 tweeters, 4 speakers and 2 subs, plenty of bass but retaining loads of clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 6 tweeters and 4 speakers? How o_____________O? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Well.... i have the uprated blaupunkt tweeters in the top of the dash, they are pretty sweet so i kept them. i then fitted alpine spr-17c in the front (co-axials) and alpine type e co-axials in the rear behind my gti rear door cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 So wait... are you driving a Lupo 1.0E or the 'Vixen the Lupo 1.0 E'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Lol i only have the one car its a 1.0 e called vixen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 So what you saying about the GTI o_O? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 i bought some rear door cards from a gti, they have speaker grilles in, the standards do not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 i bought some rear door cards from a gti, they have speaker grilles in, the standards do not Makes sense! I think i'll put speakers on the parcel shelf or something, not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 If you get the subs, don't put anything in the parcel shelf (6x9s) etc. The subs interfere with them and the whole sound isn't great. Tbh, i dotn even need rear speakers, i only got them because i got the door cards. if i turn the rears off i cannot tell if you got a decent set of components up from (alpine type r, focal etc) and amped them, you would need anything else apart from subs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelliott294 Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I wont bother then. Should i invert the subs or not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 as in have them facing into the box? no way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChessGemma Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 im 17 and passed my test about a month ago and my insurance is only £96 a month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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