I have quite a bit of experience with these cars and this is the route you should take...

PXE on stock rcd-510 (excellent source unit btw). PDX5 (ran active) - Front channel on the stock tweeters, Rear channel on the stock mids, Sub channel to your DLS 12. Use the radio's rear channel on your stock rears.

You will be amazed at the difference more power on the stock speakers makes.

Try this first and change the speakers later if you don't like the results (you will though).

-B

 

P.S. Get the MDI off ebay from Kufatec - it's totally worth it... The RCD has a very nice interface.

 

Hi,

Interesting idea, are the stock speakers that good? Comparable to the polyglass? It would certainly save me from pulling the door panels which would be a huge bonus.

Also, the kuftec MDI, could you possibly point me to an item link on eBay which would be suitable for the Mk6 GTI?

Thanks for your help

 

Would something like this be suitable?

KUFATEC GmbH & Co. KG - Volkswagen MDI Multimediabuchse MEDIA - IN 36219

With either a standard Apple USB -> iPod cable, or the Kuftec one?

Thanks

 

Yeah, that's the place Kufatec. The unit goes in your center console and isn't hard to install. Pull the shifter surround and the radio out to run the cable, the MDI just pops in.

The factory speakers sound damn good with the extra power and with the EQ in the PXA, you can correct the minor peaks in the high freqs. The factory mids wang pretty hard too. I usually cut them off at 30hz with a subsonic filter and don't use a sub. You can x them over at between 60hz for more up front bass or 80-100hz for better sub/mid integration.

To make the front set active, you have to take the front door panels off and do a little rewiring. Cut the harness to the mids and splice in 16ga wires run from the amp. You have to drill out the molex connector in the door jamb to get the new wires to the speakers but that's an easy task. Pull the factory mids out and look at the terminals, they are labeled. Trace the tweeter wires from the mid TO the tweeter. The red tweeter wire is positive and the black is negative.

Good luck with the install.

 

Hi, would the kufatec part be straight forward to install into a 2011 GTI? I'm guessing the pass through harness connects to the back of the H/U? Then I just run the cables through the centre console and install the MDI box in the correct place? Would it also require VAG-COM flashing in order to activate the media in function? Or would it just work?

Thanks for your help

 

Or, how about this, seems like good value:

VW MDI RCD/RNS 510 Complete RetroFit Install KIt | eBay

 

Also, could you explain the benefit in running the fronts active? I assume that VW have tuned the front speakers well on the passive crossover and have selected decent points and slopes. It would really save me some work if I could put some power through them but keep them on the passive network, as I would not have to pull the door panels off. In addition, I could T/A the rears off the spare channels.

I'm concerned however that by putting a decent amount of power through the passive crossovers, I could damage the crossover itself....

 

You can buy the kit on the second ebay link, it's the same as the Kufatec.

The benefit of running active would be better control all around. You can time align the fronts to compensate for path length differences and have more power where you need it. The rears don't need the extra power (it's just for ambiance). The PXA has the capability to do 2 way active and not doing it would be a waste of it's abilities. There isn't an elaborate passive xover network in the car either. Just a simple cap on the + side for the tweeter.

If you don't feel like pulling the door panels off, at least run an extra set of speaker wires up front so you have the option to go active if you later decide to.

 

there is a few sites that is all abaout VW`s

as long as i dont know if putting up external links il pm them to you