MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: GTIEagles on January 19, 2015, 03:16:08 pm
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Hi, I have been reading up on the different audio setups that were avaliable for the MK5 and the general consensus appears to be:
Early MK5 GTI - 10 speakers (6 front, 4 rear)
Later MK5 GTI - 8 speakers (4 front, 4 rear)
But I have also read about the VW soundpack which I assume is 10 upgraded speakers all round and an amp?
I have also seen a speaker upgrade kit for the front or rear.
My car is an early MK5 GTI so I have the ten speaker setup. Does anyone know if it's possible to retrofit the soundpack amp to this setup? I guess if I did I would/should upgrade the speakers too?
The 10 speaker setup in mine is pants to be honest!
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Not an easy option as all the speakers were fed individually from the amp under the seat, which means 3 pairs of cables through each front door, where as you have 1 pair of cables into your doors then a cross over for 10 speakers or a capacitor in series with the tweeter for the 8 speakers.
lots of extra wiring for no reason, your better off just buying a normal amp and wiring that in, far less to do.
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Thanks mate, I was hoping it might be a plug and play job but it barely seems worth the effort if it requires what you describe. I have heard that upgrading to the current vw headunits would provide a better sound so I might go down that route instead.
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You would be better putting a amp in separate and splitter cables onto the oem header unit or change it
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I know of a guy that retrofitted the amp and speakers to an Octavia. The in-progress pics were not a pretty sight as he basically gutted the interior to fit the looms.