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Tips from day two, driver doors.
Yesterday I had 15*C weather, today it was around 4 outside. Drawbacks? All plastics hardens and are harder to remove. I've broken one door clip, gladly it was in place where it meets front dashboard so won't be noticeable. I've left mats overnight in car trunk - they were hard as brick and glue was not sticking to anything. Had to make a trip to my home and warm them up with hairdresser. On plus note, the stock glue came easier than yesterday...
Moving on:
If you are all in, to remove the plastic vapour barrier, follow it in this manner - use a sharp knife, and cut out inside of the plastic sheet, leave the outer edges. In this way, it will be significantly less hassle to work on it, and you can pull this part like a rope and goes much easier.
No further pics, I've replicated what I did on passenger side.
Another key point, if you are covering door openings, the part, from where steel lines for locker and door opening comes out (black cable with foam).
Make a cut in mats, closer to rear of the car, rather than front. On driver side, they are obstructing with window mechanism, making funny noise at the begging of the pull downwards. I had to work this out without removing the mat, next time I'd be smarter.
Apart from that, nothing much, same as passenger.
The sound
Oh my gosh, finally this car has audible radio. My goodness. On stock OEM setup, my "threshold" of loudness and quality, was around 20-21 or 22 if going faster - anything further than that sounds absolutely garbage.
With Focals, at 19 it's insanely loud and you CANNOT HEAR THE CAR INSIDE! I was stoked. I'm running AWE Touring exhaust and speakers are louder than exhaust and car noises while cruising with engine below 2500 RPM.
The sound is on next level. Finally, finally... you can distinguish various instruments in the songs. In short summary. Highs are clearer, mids as well, bass is also more precise. Improvement at any level. Vocals are significantly better. The separation on mids and lows is there. It's not a single blur when listening but clear distinction from each sound - drums with beats? No problem. Not the cinema quality or good end hi-fi, but audio is not the weak point now. Highway runs at 140km/h (87mp/h) is doable as well, it's around 3800 RPM on 6th gear, you can hear the engine in background and between the songs, but finally your ears are not bleeding from turning it on.
My settings are following. Bass stays on 0, mids at +2, treble at -2. All other enhancements are off. The speed turn up volume is also off. When audio is at 19/20, and if it's set on low, at 140km/h it's way too loud for my taste. I prefer to have it off now.
Definitely worth the hassle. Wonder how it sounds without this simple deadening. I bought 1,5m^2 of material and I'm left with half of it untouched.
If you are bugging yourself, just don't, go for it.
For people wondering about plastic vapour barrier, it's available as a part from Subie website:
FRONT DOOR PANEL & REAR(SLIDE)DOOR PANEL. Subaru BRZ | Grand Subaru, Bensenville IL
Subaru BRZ FRONT DOOR PANEL & REAR(SLIDE)DOOR PANEL SYSTEM
parts.grandsubaru.com
61244A and 61244B.
Thanks for anyone who helped me here and for this thread. Focals rocks
. Been watching online tutorials and pretty much know what needs to be done. Routing the power from the battery to the boot fazes me a bit (hence I haven’t tried fitting it yet…).
. Both are 4 ohm impedance so my system is sill balanced.
. They are like putting salt on food, everything comes alive, compared to stock speakers. I would wholeheartedly recommend the upgrade. 
