Audio, lighting and other upgrades on my 5th gen Honda City

Felt the need for an upgrade when I started driving this new car during rains. Both low and high beams felt like they were just not lighting up the road sufficiently.

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Few updates that I have been doing on my car. Working on the unfinished bits by dear Honda.

Summary:

• Sound damping is a must on the otherwise flimsily built door sheets.
• Audio system upgrades have made a huge improvement in audio quality.
• Lighting upgrades with better quality halogens have made a big difference, especially on High beams.
• Cabin lights now on LED makes a better illumination overall during the night.

Note: No wires cut, no warranty issues. All plug and play upgrades.

Sound Insulation:

Enough has been said and ranted on the thread for the lack of proper insulation. Road noise is now muted for most of the part, I can just hear Horns and a few other loud vehicles ( like city ).
What has also improved as a result of sound damping is the audio quality and the proper thud feeling of a german luxury car.

Costed me around 7K including installation on all 4 doors ( 2.5 sheets of STP per door 2.0mm thick).

Overall a very welcome upgrade, I now feel peaceful in traffic and have a very silent cabin on highway cruising. The engine roar in mid-range is still evident, however, reduced significantly. Tyre noise is present however reduced marginally by around 30% or less.

Audio quality:

This certainly wasn't a planned upgrade, however when performing the damping I just had a look at the stock speakers. To be honest they seem to be a flimsy and cheap set of magnets, to say the least. No wonder the sound is meek and lifeless on the stock setup. I then explored a few options and taking suggestions from fellow audio experts in my network, got the JL audio Coaxials . Must say the audio now sounds multitudes better than on the stock. Hope the video below does justice to what it offers. Not the loudness, however, I can clearly hear the instruments and clarity of lows, highs and mid ranges are just way better than stock.

Video: Sound quality: Upgrading stock speakers with JL C1650X and sound damping

Stock speakers are these sets of tins:

Upgraded to these:

Headlights and cabin lights:

Felt the need for an upgrade when I started driving this new car during rains. Both low and high beams felt like they were just not lighting up the road sufficiently.
The upgraded Osrams halogens are a tinge towards whitish colour, however not close to the 6500K of the LED but somewhere in the 5000K range. Road illuminates much better now.

Used Osram NB laser Next-gen H7 and HB3 and swapped with the stock ( DIY stuff and takes less than 15 mins in total).

Low beams could still be better, but more for the future.

Post upgrade:

Cabin lights and number plate illumination had to get an upgrade, hence got the T10 Osram led. Again plug and play DIY stuff. Does light up the cabin way better than the stock yellow lights.

Totally 3 T10 bulbs were used:

 2 T10 for the number plates have made it look more premium.One pleasant side effect is that the rear camera has become slightly better during nighttime ( thanks to the led on the number plate):

Cheers.

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