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My ICEing experience is worth sharing.. it had many bitter elements but finally it turned out to be a sweet story.
before going into details I would like to tell few things about my music needs.
I use an iPod classic 160 gb in my car and rarely use cds or usbs!
My 3 year old iPOD classic recently died, so bought a new one,So music in car means iPOD Classic as the main source. I am very particular about music being sort in order with all details like artist,album and ALBUM ART.
I listen to all genre of songs depending on my mood. so these were my basic priorities ,when I decided to update my stock music system.
I belong to KOTTAYAM,Kerala,so naturally my ICEing experiments were limited to KOTTAYAM. there are mainly 3 or 4 accessory shops in Kottayam,my first experience was with my old swift ,since I dont want disclose names ,will say as shop 1. all I did was front coaxial s from alpine and rear oval coaxial s from JBL ,no sub ,no amp ..head unit was basic 2din touch screen DVD player from pioneer.I the way the person fitted them,made me cry,how crude. front panel had dents and scratches.
But main ,problem was whenever I opted for my roots horn,the player will restart,that was the quality of electrical works. so when I bought my new swift ,never even considered this shop. frustration]
So there comes this big new shop, lets call them shop 2,so I was totally confused ,I liked the look of OEM HU ,so was not wiling to change,all had in my mind was up gradation of speaker system. OEM speakers are crap.
So met two guys ,who let me believe that they know what they are doing and they are BIG AUTO EXPERTS,the shop is pretty huge with good resting area,great collection of alloys, tyres and accessories.I was so impressed ,I believed him blindly,when I disclosed my prior horrible experience with ICEing,he told me that he has best persons,and he has done modding on even BMWs. O.k so I gave him my car went home,since he wont let me stand there,he told me it will take 6 hours for padding and fitting components from AUDITOR (rip 165s)
so accessories planned,2 sets of auditor rip165s, (cost near 10000) ,damping of all 4 doors with dynamat extreme (cost 3000* 4 =12000) and 3d Kagu mat (cost 3800). So when I went back ,the scene was horrifying ,all my four doors were drilled down when asked he told me,this is the ideal position for tweeters and dynamatting was done only on two back doors,rest was some other brand(dr.silencer). he told me dr.silencer is new name for dynamat.
Since I had great expectations, didn't argue even the damping was not with lots of gap and without using heating. I stood dump.
I gave them car at 2.30 pm,gave it back only at 7.30 pm. result Shop owners "hope you are extermely satisfied with our work"
Me "sure". I was doped. by there way of talking and BIG DADDY attitude
Uploading pictures of door holes ,and improper damping.
Later the so called Kagu turned out to be cheap duplicate, I managed them to take it back and got my money back. now I bought original Kagu spyder 3D mat from other shop.
Attention. who ever is planning to buy 3D mats,go specifically for KAGU or other reputed brands,which is better fitting and better quality. do keep in mind ,there are duplicate stuff everywhere.sure. they will be costlier,but worth the money.
before going into details I would like to tell few things about my music needs.
I use an iPod classic 160 gb in my car and rarely use cds or usbs!
My 3 year old iPOD classic recently died, so bought a new one,So music in car means iPOD Classic as the main source. I am very particular about music being sort in order with all details like artist,album and ALBUM ART.
I listen to all genre of songs depending on my mood. so these were my basic priorities ,when I decided to update my stock music system.
I belong to KOTTAYAM,Kerala,so naturally my ICEing experiments were limited to KOTTAYAM. there are mainly 3 or 4 accessory shops in Kottayam,my first experience was with my old swift ,since I dont want disclose names ,will say as shop 1. all I did was front coaxial s from alpine and rear oval coaxial s from JBL ,no sub ,no amp ..head unit was basic 2din touch screen DVD player from pioneer.I the way the person fitted them,made me cry,how crude. front panel had dents and scratches.
But main ,problem was whenever I opted for my roots horn,the player will restart,that was the quality of electrical works. so when I bought my new swift ,never even considered this shop. frustration]
So there comes this big new shop, lets call them shop 2,so I was totally confused ,I liked the look of OEM HU ,so was not wiling to change,all had in my mind was up gradation of speaker system. OEM speakers are crap.
So met two guys ,who let me believe that they know what they are doing and they are BIG AUTO EXPERTS,the shop is pretty huge with good resting area,great collection of alloys, tyres and accessories.I was so impressed ,I believed him blindly,when I disclosed my prior horrible experience with ICEing,he told me that he has best persons,and he has done modding on even BMWs. O.k so I gave him my car went home,since he wont let me stand there,he told me it will take 6 hours for padding and fitting components from AUDITOR (rip 165s)
so accessories planned,2 sets of auditor rip165s, (cost near 10000) ,damping of all 4 doors with dynamat extreme (cost 3000* 4 =12000) and 3d Kagu mat (cost 3800). So when I went back ,the scene was horrifying ,all my four doors were drilled down when asked he told me,this is the ideal position for tweeters and dynamatting was done only on two back doors,rest was some other brand(dr.silencer). he told me dr.silencer is new name for dynamat.
Since I had great expectations, didn't argue even the damping was not with lots of gap and without using heating. I stood dump.
I gave them car at 2.30 pm,gave it back only at 7.30 pm. result Shop owners "hope you are extermely satisfied with our work"
Me "sure". I was doped. by there way of talking and BIG DADDY attitude
Uploading pictures of door holes ,and improper damping.
Later the so called Kagu turned out to be cheap duplicate, I managed them to take it back and got my money back. now I bought original Kagu spyder 3D mat from other shop.
Attention. who ever is planning to buy 3D mats,go specifically for KAGU or other reputed brands,which is better fitting and better quality. do keep in mind ,there are duplicate stuff everywhere.sure. they will be costlier,but worth the money.
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