Decent car audio firm

[AlRaven]

Anyone recommend any firms out there (pref Newcastle) who will do a decent job on my TVR? i.e without sctatching veneers etc and who ideally know their way around a Chim?

[purdy84]

A mate used to take his Porsche to Car Audio in gosforth. Always seemed to get good feetback.

[ray_von]

No. Do it yourself, it's the only way. The firm mentioned here wanted something ridiculous to do any work on my chim. It was a long time ago but £500 just to fit head unit and changer springs to mind. They may have more experience now but seemed clueless, when pressed, about installs in TVRs even though they claimed to have done loads.

[chris_w666]

Turners in Sunderland may be worth a try, they do tend to go more towards the buy expensive stuff and fill your saxo market though.

[TOENHEEL]

Avoid turners they cant put cars back together properly. Try autosounds in newcastle superb, fitted a avic-x1bt to my boxster with bluetooth etc really good job.

[lee87]

TOENHEEL said:

Avoid turners they cant put cars back together properly. Try autosounds in newcastle superb, fitted a avic-x1bt to my boxster with bluetooth etc really good job.

Is that the place down on Scotswood road just along from the Arena? If so I can reccomend them

[TOENHEEL]

lee87 said:

TOENHEEL said:

Avoid turners they cant put cars back together properly. Try autosounds in newcastle superb, fitted a avic-x1bt to my boxster with bluetooth etc really good job.

Is that the place down on Scotswood road just along from the Arena? If so I can reccomend them

Thats them mate, really good.

[Gad-Westy]

TOENHEEL said:

lee87 said:

TOENHEEL said:

Avoid turners they cant put cars back together properly. Try autosounds in newcastle superb, fitted a avic-x1bt to my boxster with bluetooth etc really good job.

Is that the place down on Scotswood road just along from the Arena? If so I can reccomend them

Thats them mate, really good.

Thirded. Done a couple of very good jobs for me in the past.

[anonymous-user]

TOENHEEL said:

Avoid turners they cant put cars back together properly. Try autosounds in newcastle superb, fitted a avic-x1bt to my boxster with bluetooth etc really good job.

Seconded! Turners were utter s1hite imo

[ItsTony]

I'm going to be biased and mention my friends business, Bass Mechanix (previously TFG audio). Their a specialist car audio business and hold contracts with the majority of the main dealers and also Northumbria Police for aftermarket audio and handsfree etc etc.

Also shop on the net for prices first and factor in installation prices. Fitting a headunit is very simple and will only take minutes to fit so dont let anywhere charge you stupid prices. Autosounds wanted £25 to plug my head unit in even if I bought it off them.

(Turners designed and installed an Alpine audio visual setup for a friend costing about £5000 and at that price didnt even amplify the component speakers so overall it sounded crap.)

[rawky]

Bass Mechanix in the Newburn Riverside, near B&Q. Quality without a high price tag. Used by fast car magazine.

[Gad-Westy]

rawky said:

Bass Mechanix in the Newburn Riverside, near B&Q. Quality without a high price tag. Used by fast car magazine.

Is that a good or a bad thing, I can't work it out.

[rawky]

Gad-Westy said:

rawky said:

Bass Mechanix in the Newburn Riverside, near B&Q. Quality without a high price tag. Used by fast car magazine.

Is that a good or a bad thing, I can't work it out.

They're used by the magazine which searches for the best quality parts and labour for its show cars, so I would say yes.

[After_Shock]

Another vote for bassmechanix, actual enthusiasts which cant say the same about autosounds.

[r129sl]

Sounds Alarming on Byker Bridge/top of Stepney Bank are very good in my experience.

[T17VER]

Try Autosounds on Scotswood road, they put 4 new speakers in my chim and were spot on, I believe they've done quite abit of work for HHC as well.

Craig

[AlRaven]

Cheers all - A visit to Autosounds it is I think.

[bob-in-toon]

ItsTony said:

I'm going to be biased and mention my friends business, Bass Mechanix (previously TFG audio). Their a specialist car audio business and hold contracts with the majority of the main dealers and also Northumbria Police for aftermarket audio and handsfree etc etc.

Also shop on the net for prices first and factor in installation prices. Fitting a headunit is very simple and will only take minutes to fit so dont let anywhere charge you stupid prices. Autosounds wanted £25 to plug my head unit in even if I bought it off them.

(Turners designed and installed an Alpine audio visual setup for a friend costing about £5000 and at that price didnt even amplify the component speakers so overall it sounded crap.)

Yeh I used Monty at TFG a few years ago to install a system also know plenty of people who have gone there. Definately recommend. Wasn't too keen on Autosounds personally.

[ray_von]

Like I've said in the past I wouldn't trust any of them up here, although fitters do change. The only experience I have of TFG was years ago when they were stuffed in a corner of a load of tat selling lower end stuff. Don't know what they sell now though.
I've had work done by Turners, Autosounds and Car Audio and never really been 100% happy, so god knows what they would do to a TVR. Do it yourself, it's not hard honest.

[WorAl]

Bass Mechanix....nuff said, top people.....although if i was to fit anything to my TVR then id do it myself and get them to set up the quality (i.e. to get the sound right)