I like the standard stereo in my new bravo and have no plans to change that but I think the factory fit speakers could do with being upgraded.

I know it's 17cm components in the front and 10cm coaxials and there's no problems finding things to fit , but has anyone swapped them in theirs yet?

I've not had a chance to have a look yet , but do the grilles unclip on their own or do you need to remove the whole door card?

If so , is there a simple guide to where all the screws and clips are?

Oh , and is there a lineout on the back of the head unit? I'm toying with the idea of a small active sub under the seat.

Thanks

Im not sure about the 10cm's in the rear i think that may be the old bravo but i could be wrong.
You will have to take the door cards off unfortunately and i dont know where all of the screws and pop connections are. They are normally in the usual places allen bolts at handle, under window controls, and door opener. Then a few screws at the bottom. Dont forget to remove the puddle lights if applicable and test for any removable parts like the panel on the push pull handle if applicable.

Oh and there will be no line out on the HU you would have to use a line level converter Alpine do a good one for around 150 notes but you will lose the use of the speakers so you would have to amp them.
I think that the best gain in quality would be to sound deaden rather than just change the speakers and run off the HU. Most of the distortion will come from the HU and as far as i am aware the speakers arent actually to bad in the Bravo and unless installed with well made baffles and a decent amp will be hard to improve upon this. Sound deadening will give the speakers a more suitable area to work in.

Thanks for that.
I used to do all my own stereo installations a few years back but I've got less tolerance now for struggling to unclip trim panels and scraping my knuckles on bits of bodywork so I'm inclined to pay for someone else to do the work this time round and let them have the hassle. I may have a quick play at the weekend and see if it's an easy job first though.

I'm not planning anything too spectacular but spending £100 on some nice components for the front doors and getting one of the slim subwoofers that will go under a passenger seat should beef things up a bit without going silly.

I'm not looking to get the same performance I used to have with a grand's worth of kit in my old Octavia.

Im not an expert but i dont think you will gain very much in just changing the speakers and not the headunit. An how are you going to power components and a subwoofer from the stock headunit? Dont have a Bravo and never examined the headunit but i doubt it will have any preouts so you will likely have to pay for some sort of additional adaptor.

By the way i wouldnt bother with an underseat subwoofer. I think that you will get better gains in both bass and soundquality if you spend that money on a headunit and components rather than components and subwoofer.

The factory fit speakers are pretty cheap looking paper cones so there should be a noticable improvement on some decent aftermarket replacements.

There's enough power there to run the better speakers quite happily.

As for an underseat subwoofer - this is something I'm just toying with and will see how it sounds after the speaker swap but there are quite a few on the market that have their own amplifier built in and have speaker level inputs.