We all know there's a Halfords and a Motorworld in just about every town, so lets here about the really good places near you that have good kit at good prices with good guys who really know their stuff!

This will be a list of In Car Electronics suppliers, please PM me the full address, contact name and number, and comments of your recommended supplier.

Cheers,

Steve.

Hi guy's now for me it's got to be [b]weeks in cars audio specialist[/b]. These guys are really good but they really charge a lot. Your talking £70 to put a radio in that just slot's straight in. To remove a radio they will charge you £25 pound's.

But the good thing is that they can really fit a mean install. I once saw a bmw with a custom system made for him. It looked the nut's and sounded like thunder!!!!

jerry!!

Only place I can suggest is a place called Top Banana and they really live up to their name. They are fmailiar with doing Kenwood and Pioneer show systems and custom installs.

Whether you want the plain head unit install, Big Bass, Superb balanced sound or a complete system to include GPRS laptop/PS2/TV built as a custom job built into the car itself they are more than capable of doing it with a very high level of quality...

Top Banana. Do they have a web site ?

In the south and probably Bournemouths top audio installers have to be Orpington Car Audio in Parkstone.

Installation costs are realistic and these guys gave some really cool advice on my ICE install.

One place I would NOT recommend in Birmingham is Audio World. I used them a number of times to fit my ICE. No longer!

First time they told me they would wire my amp and sub so that if I needed the boot space I just need to take out the left/right wires from the sub. What they did was to bolt the amp to the back of the sub so when I tried to take out the sub, I had loads of wires to unscrew and unplug. Then when I came to put sub back in I didn't know which wires connected where! Had to go back to them and pay a fiver for labour. Damn thieves.

And they left my wiring all over the place. One cable connecting amp to amp was barely long enough to reach. When I put the shopping in my remaining boot space, wire would just fall out.

They set my sub to the wrong settings ( ) so when I took CD player to about 50% volume, my sub would distort. At one point they didnt even wire my rear speakers to the head unit. Left me with front and sub. AND they scratched my dash/centre console and didnt plug my dash lights in at the end of the job. So when I turned lights on my dials wouldnt light up.

Eventually, found someone else to sort out my ICE requirements. Gives good advice, good work and good prices. Rabs Car Alarms - a local shop but a well recommended company.

well i know a bloke who works for Vibe Audio. so i got a full vibe system. for some good money. still spend 1500 quid though! but bugger me is it loud

Moving Sounds in Newport, Monmouthshire fitted the ICE in my prevoius car - Rolla GTi. Good advice, good service and good workmanship - when you get these three you don't mind paying.

Quantam in Coventry are good at the mean installs, but the fibre glass mouldings are not done in house and they wont tell who their supplier is cos they know im gonna go straight their!

But they are pretty expensive and concentrate on Kenwood and Fosgate stuff most as well as Diamond Audio and Xtant. Pioneer and Sony are the other stuff they stock and Becker too.

But i Shop at Pilot in cov. they guys there are ace and price pretty competitively. They concentrate on Pioneer and Kicker and Infinty mostly - which is why i go there!

Im yet to find a place close by that has a good stock of Alpine, i really wanna see their screen quality for a DVD setup. There is a HQ kinda thing on the other side of the city but i dunno if its jus logistics there or if they have the products....

[quote name='dsmouse' date='Apr 12 2003, 01:50 AM'] Top Banana. Do they have a web site ? [/quote]
They don'thave a website that I know of but can be found by the information found [url="http://www.kellysearch.com/company-32669602.html"]HERE.[/url]

carisma in colchester is good. too good.

almost every car they have done has been a mag feature

dont know a good one but stay clear off SOUNDS OFF in coulsdon there

hi
i have a Japnese toyota prado do any of you no how to get its tv/nav/ to function CD player too.anyone has got english manual.

where are you all from??? at first i was thinking it was the states, but now im wondering.

Most....... if not all of these peeps are from the UK.

oh well that would explain a lot! im from las vegas, nevada.

there is a place called car and home audio in macclesfield and one called good motoring in colwyn bay. Have used the maclesfield one myself and me mates have used the one in colwyn bay

Mat

ICE Dealers in Torbay (South devon!)

[color=green]Autoquip Car audio (Torquay, Paignton)[/color]

* Deals on systems (eg xplod 12" sub, 1000W amp, Kenwood KDC-4024 for under £350 - nice bass system!)
* Fitting service (costs though - i fitted my own and saved a packet)
* On site workshop (While u wait service)
* Recently expanding in torquay (MASSIVE ice area)
* Friendly and proffesional service (no idiots who dont know what theyre doing)

[color=green]Chelston Electronics[/color]

* Full electronics service (they do more than ice - im going there for some guages and a new dash build)
* Dont really know much else, but i will find out.

not a shop, but caraudiodirect shouldnt be ignored! as they have the best online in car entertainment forum in the world:

[url="http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk"]Link to CAD[/url]

[url="http://www.talkaudio.co.uk"]Link to TA[/url]



Gareth

[url="http://www.unicar.co.uk"]UNICAR[/url], Leeds. Just off Kirkstall Road if anybody lives near... A tad pricey, but very good advice, and a large selection of goods!

car audio centre in cardiff, Nottingham, bristol and other stores. Cheapest place that i know around. www.caraudiocentre.co.uk or give the cardiff one a ring 02920494212

I'd second Top Banana - I'm just about to get a boot install from them...

They are located in Fleet (It's just off the M3, about 3/4 of the way from Soton to London).

Very good value for money and know what they are talking about!

Oh yeh, I forgot - if you're buying online check out...

[url="http://www.hendoncarstereo.co.uk"]http://www.hendoncarstereo.co.uk[/url]
They are nice peeps and very very good online prices. I had my 1st audio system installed by them - if you push you can get a good discount.

[url="http://www.cel-direct.com"]http://www.cel-direct.com[/url]
About to buy from them - they seems to be ultra cheap - can't find any cheaper online. They also offer price matching online which is nice

I have used caraudiodirect.co.uk, they were fantastic with knowledgeable staff and are just down the road from me in the Wantage area.

[quote name='robadob' post='274440' date='Jan 14 2005, 01:03 AM']
Oh yeh, I forgot - if you're buying online check out...

[url="http://www.hendoncarstereo.co.uk"]http://www.hendoncarstereo.co.uk[/url]
They are nice peeps and very very good online prices. I had my 1st audio system installed by them - if you push you can get a good discount.

[url="http://www.cel-direct.com"]http://www.cel-direct.com[/url]
About to buy from them - they seems to be ultra cheap - can't find any cheaper online. They also offer price matching online which is nice
[/quote]

I second HendonCarStereo aswell. I had a very nice system installed in my Pug 106 by them back in 2002. Headunit/amps/subs and speakers.

I bought everything from them and had them fit it. The main fitter (forgot his name) is pretty dam good. He did a very nice custome job mounting my amps to the sides of the boot, so I could easilly remove the subs.

I believe they charged me 75 for the fitting and all cables/connectors etc.. I never got to push for a discount but their prices are great.

Infact I am considering taking my T-sport down there in the next few days if i cant get my system installed myself. (my first self install, possibly a bit too ambitious i think.)

The only thing I don't like about HendonCarStereo is they're workshop is tiny. Its a shop on a highstreet and the car must be taken down a narrow alleyway to get the car to their little workshop. It was very crowded last time i was there.

But so far they are the best. I had some other company install a simple kenwood stereo in my other car (Merc c220) and the fitter went and chipped a huge piece out of my wooden dash. Then tried to play it off like thats how i left it with them. Cowboys!. They are based on Bilton Road in Perivale next to natwest bank. I forgot the name of the place.

Armz.

Hi Steve,
I was searching for Toyota centers near to Carolina or in Carolina.But i unable to find any thing near to me.By the information you had provided in you comment is really nice stuff.I got the address and contacts of Toyota near to me.Thanks .
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[url="http://used.gov-auctions.org"]Used Cars[/url]

[quote name='Mops1' post='434604' date='Oct 8 2005, 03:38 PM']I have used caraudiodirect.co.uk, they were fantastic with knowledgeable staff and are just down the road from me in the Wantage area.[/quote]

I just bought a new stereo and fascia adapter for my Corolla from them online. Made the payment on Tue and paid for next day delivery as it was the only option they had. It was after 4PM so wasnt expecting it yesterday but was kinda expecting it today, I even removed all the trim and guff earlier to allow a quick fit when it came.

Needless to say it aint here yet and I am a bit annoyed

No real point to this other than me having a moan and possibly warning others that their next day service doesnt necessarily mean next day.

Anyone else bought from Caraudiodirect online?

I work at the car audio centre and we have 6 shop in the uk including Nottingham, London, Manchester and Birmingham, we stock all the best brands and are offering discount to Toyota Club memeber just call myself Gary or Andy on 0870 ******* and we will look after any Toyota member.

Checj out our website all our stores are listed

[quote name='mellow_yellow' post='15247' date='May 14 2003, 09:42 PM']Quantam in Coventry are good at the mean installs, but the fibre glass mouldings are not done in house and they wont tell who their supplier is cos they know im gonna go straight their!

But they are pretty expensive and concentrate on Kenwood and Fosgate stuff most as well as Diamond Audio and Xtant. Pioneer and Sony are the other stuff they stock and Becker too.

But i Shop at Pilot in cov. they guys there are ace and price pretty competitively. They concentrate on Pioneer and Kicker and Infinty mostly - which is why i go there!

Im yet to find a place close by that has a good stock of Alpine, i really wanna see their screen quality for a DVD setup. There is a HQ kinda thing on the other side of the city but i dunno if its jus logistics there or if they have the products....[/quote]
K&M accoustics in Wigan are really good, not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for.

these guys arn't really local to me... but caraudiosecurity.com << these guys are deffo rated!!!

know their stuff, usefull, really helpfull, great advice.... and ofcourse great products at great prices...

i would advice you guys to check them out if you dont already shop with them...


and please please dont be buying car audio from halfords or motor world haha ..lets leave them for car mats and bulbs lol...

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I search on google and find one site which wholesale car dvd,car camera and car audio.the price of the site is really attractive.Is it reliable?The name of that site is 12vcity.
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have a look at http://www.happyshoppinglife.com they got a wide selection for car entertainment

I bought two OEM navi system from them. both of them got very cheap prices and worked well till now

I bought car dvd online. It's good quality and free shiipping. If you have any question, you can call directly according to the telephone number at [url="http://www.12vcity.com"]My link[/url]

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[quote name='olivia11' timestamp='1311132097' post='1133461']
I search on google and find one site which wholesale car dvd,car camera and car audio.the price of the site is really attractive.Is it reliable?The name of that site is 12vcity.
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you got what you pay.Is it good quality in 12vcity?
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