My Verna Beast ICE'd

sajands · 10th July 2008, 20:16

Hi All,

First of all, Finally found time to upload and write up on my Verna beast ICE. was waiting for the amp, not that i got my hands on it, here goes my detailed review....

Once I got my car, it was time to ICE her up

. That's where the confusion started. Where and who does a good job. The hunt for the best ICE installer began on Team-Bhp under the hood ICE section. Soon, zerored in on Satya, blueraven316. Went to his EVO showroom and was very pleased with the pricing and the work satya did. I was almost ready to go next day with my new car to satya when someone buzzed about Auto Fusion in kormangala.

Me and my cousin bro, went to check out Auto Fusion and it left a huge impression on me and i decided to get my car ICE'd at Auto Fusion. Thouqueer was very friendly and calm at the numerous questions and doubts i threw at him, answered to each one of them.

D day arrived and i reached Auto Fusion at 10.30AM and Thouqueer had reserved a parking slot inside the workshop. Soon, finalized on the ICE and gave the go ahead to Thouqueer and anwar to work on the car and the magic began.

I hope the Pics do rest of the talking.

Head Unit: Pioneer 6050UB Cost: 9,500.00

Rear Speakers: Infinity Reference Series 96231-6" x 9" three-way loudspeaker. Cost: 7,900.00

Front Speakers: Infinity Reference component Series 9623i. Cost 3,200.00

Installation and labour: 2000.00

Total: 22,000.00 With warranty card and bill.

The install was done by Thouqeer, Fitting was done well and sounds great. The work was carried out under the supervision of Thouqueer bhai and Anwar. I should say, the workmanship was immaculate. Lot of care taken and the fit and finish was superb

Since i ran out of cash, could not get the amp fitted. Now that i got the Amp, JBL 4 channel GT5-A604 640 Watts for 6,000.00 and 1000.00 for installation and RC monster cable kit.

Got the Amp fitted in Car Junction, Jayanagar 4th block. Dinesh did an good job setting the amp

Hope pics uploaded sum up the work well.

Regards,
Sajan

mjothi · 10th July 2008, 20:23

Congrats sajands.

It looks cool. Waiting for the next meet to "Feel" the music

What the wire in the glovbe box? Is it for iPod?

redfire · 10th July 2008, 20:24

Nice install and equipments, congrats. But I would recommend the tweeters at ear level (on A pillars or similar position). It will help to get a good front sound stage. From the pics, the tweeters are installed below/equal to knee level pointing to floor. Try changing that and experiment the difference.

sajands · 10th July 2008, 20:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjothi

Congrats sajands.

It looks cool. Waiting for the next meet to "Feel" the music

What the wire in the glovbe box? Is it for iPod?

Hey mjothi,

Thanks pal, the wire is for both ipod and usb.

Regards,
sajan.

sajands · 10th July 2008, 20:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by redfire

Nice install and equipments, congrats. But I would recommend the tweeters at ear level (on A pillars or similar position). It will help to get a good front sound stage. From the pics, the tweeters are installed below/equal to knee level pointing to floor. Try changing that and experiment the difference.

Hey Redfire,

Thanks. but by changing the postion of the tweeters, wont there be a hole in the door

. Will get back to Thouqeer on this and try to make the change.

Regards,
Sajan,

redfire · 10th July 2008, 20:42

sajan - I think Anwar is one of the best in India who know how to do it. Though I don't know him personally, have seen plenty of his installs in the forum with tweeters mounted in A pillar/similar positions. Usually a small hole for a screw tip is what it needs (in my swift it is). I hope gurus will shower their opinion on this. But i believe moving the tweeter upwards will improve the sound stage.

sajands · 10th July 2008, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by redfire

sajan - I think Anwar is one of the best in India who know how to do it. Though I don't know him personally, have seen plenty of his installs in the forum with tweeters mounted in A pillar/similar positions. Usually a small hole for a screw tip is what it needs (in my swift it is). I hope gurus will shower their opinion on this. But i believe moving the tweeter upwards will improve the sound stage.

Thanks redfire, will get in touch with anwar and see what best can be done. will update soon.

Vid6639 · 10th July 2008, 20:49

Why did you get the amp fitted from a another place? install looks good.

I would usually do everything from one installer so if anything goes wrong. the blame game doesn't start. Knowing Auto Fusion they would fix it without any problems but am not sure about Car Junction.

abhinav.gupta88 · 10th July 2008, 21:08

Dude the thing is looking good. Did you try it. Hows everything like the bass, sound quality and all.
Tweeters on the A Pillar will be like really good. Seen a few cars with those and the chime runs through the ears creating a good sensation!

Gill · 10th July 2008, 21:21

Mate,Everything fine here:-Front Speakers: Infinity Reference component Series 9623i. Cost 3,200.00From where you got it,Hope the product is not fake!Or correct ME.

redfire · 10th July 2008, 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gill

Mate,Everything fine here:-Front Speakers: Infinity Reference component Series 9623i. Cost 3,200.00From where you got it,Hope the product is not fake!Or correct ME.

Have this doubt as well. I understand Infinity reference is a much higher range of JB-Inifinity-harmon family. I paid close to 6K for GTO607c comps. How come Infinity Ref series cheaper?

sajands · 10th July 2008, 21:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gill

Mate,Everything fine here:-Front Speakers: Infinity Reference component Series 9623i. Cost 3,200.00From where you got it,Hope the product is not fake!Or correct ME.

Hey Gill,

Got the Reference component Series 9623i from auto fusion itself.

Regards,
Sajan

sajands · 10th July 2008, 21:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

Dude the thing is looking good. Did you try it. Hows everything like the bass, sound quality and all.
Tweeters on the A Pillar will be like really good. Seen a few cars with those and the chime runs through the ears creating a good sensation!

Hey abhinav.gupta88,

Thanks, sound quality is amazing. will go back to auto fusion this weekend and get the tweeters on the A pillar.

Regards,
Sajan

sajands · 10th July 2008, 21:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid6639

Why did you get the amp fitted from a another place? install looks good.

I would usually do everything from one installer so if anything goes wrong. the blame game doesn't start. Knowing Auto Fusion they would fix it without any problems but am not sure about Car Junction.

Hey Vid6639,

I was in jayanagar and was not in a mood to drive all the way to auto fusion, car junction did a good job as far i know. updated auto fusion on the same and anwar said make sure they dont mess up the installation.

Regards,
Sajan

speedzak · 10th July 2008, 22:22

Congratulations!
Some nice equipment gone into your car by a very good installer.

I'd also recommend the Tweeters to be positioned high above than where it is now.

I think you've got the Infinity prices wrong. Please recheck and post.

10th July 2008, 20:16	#1
sajands BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 941 Thanked: 347 Times View My Garage	My Verna Beast ICE'd Hi All, First of all, Finally found time to upload and write up on my Verna beast ICE. was waiting for the amp, not that i got my hands on it, here goes my detailed review.... Once I got my car, it was time to ICE her up. That's where the confusion started. Where and who does a good job. The hunt for the best ICE installer began on Team-Bhp under the hood ICE section. Soon, zerored in on Satya, blueraven316. Went to his EVO showroom and was very pleased with the pricing and the work satya did. I was almost ready to go next day with my new car to satya when someone buzzed about Auto Fusion in kormangala. Me and my cousin bro, went to check out Auto Fusion and it left a huge impression on me and i decided to get my car ICE'd at Auto Fusion. Thouqueer was very friendly and calm at the numerous questions and doubts i threw at him, answered to each one of them. D day arrived and i reached Auto Fusion at 10.30AM and Thouqueer had reserved a parking slot inside the workshop. Soon, finalized on the ICE and gave the go ahead to Thouqueer and anwar to work on the car and the magic began. I hope the Pics do rest of the talking. Head Unit: Pioneer 6050UB Cost: 9,500.00 Rear Speakers: Infinity Reference Series 96231-6" x 9" three-way loudspeaker. Cost: 7,900.00 Front Speakers: Infinity Reference component Series 9623i. Cost 3,200.00 Installation and labour: 2000.00 Total: 22,000.00 With warranty card and bill. The install was done by Thouqeer, Fitting was done well and sounds great. The work was carried out under the supervision of Thouqueer bhai and Anwar. I should say, the workmanship was immaculate. Lot of care taken and the fit and finish was superb Since i ran out of cash, could not get the amp fitted. Now that i got the Amp, JBL 4 channel GT5-A604 640 Watts for 6,000.00 and 1000.00 for installation and RC monster cable kit. Got the Amp fitted in Car Junction, Jayanagar 4th block. Dinesh did an good job setting the amp Hope pics uploaded sum up the work well. Regards, Sajan Attached Thumbnails Last edited by sajands : 10th July 2008 at 20:29. Reason: had to remove the tags
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10th July 2008, 20:23	#2
mjothi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,287 Thanked: 231 Times View My Garage	Congrats sajands. It looks cool. Waiting for the next meet to "Feel" the music What the wire in the glovbe box? Is it for iPod?
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10th July 2008, 20:24	#3
redfire BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago, USA Posts: 449 Thanked: 27 Times View My Garage	Nice install and equipments, congrats. But I would recommend the tweeters at ear level (on A pillars or similar position). It will help to get a good front sound stage. From the pics, the tweeters are installed below/equal to knee level pointing to floor. Try changing that and experiment the difference. Last edited by redfire : 10th July 2008 at 20:26.
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10th July 2008, 20:42	#6
redfire BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago, USA Posts: 449 Thanked: 27 Times View My Garage	sajan - I think Anwar is one of the best in India who know how to do it. Though I don't know him personally, have seen plenty of his installs in the forum with tweeters mounted in A pillar/similar positions. Usually a small hole for a screw tip is what it needs (in my swift it is). I hope gurus will shower their opinion on this. But i believe moving the tweeter upwards will improve the sound stage.
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10th July 2008, 20:49	#8
Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,728 Thanked: 43,463 Times View My Garage	Why did you get the amp fitted from a another place? install looks good. I would usually do everything from one installer so if anything goes wrong. the blame game doesn't start. Knowing Auto Fusion they would fix it without any problems but am not sure about Car Junction.
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10th July 2008, 21:08	#9
abhinav.gupta88 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delhi , India Posts: 4,092 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Dude the thing is looking good. Did you try it. Hows everything like the bass, sound quality and all. Tweeters on the A Pillar will be like really good. Seen a few cars with those and the chime runs through the ears creating a good sensation!
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10th July 2008, 21:21	#10
Gill BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mohali Posts: 701 Thanked: 16 Times	Mate,Everything fine here:-Front Speakers: Infinity Reference component Series 9623i. Cost 3,200.00From where you got it,Hope the product is not fake!Or correct ME.
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10th July 2008, 22:22	#15
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,347 Thanked: 27 Times	Congratulations! Some nice equipment gone into your car by a very good installer. I'd also recommend the Tweeters to be positioned high above than where it is now. I think you've got the Infinity prices wrong. Please recheck and post.
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