6.5 tower speakers
05-05-03, 01:20 PM
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6.5 tower speakers
i dont know.... i must be crazy or something but 6.5's seem to be too small for my rear towers. after removing the stock speakers 4"? i left the bottom plastic peice in(part with built in amp) and set the 6.5 on and in falls right in the middle with no way for me to mount then to anything. knowing i'm prolly the biggest dumbass on the forum i did a search for my problem and read something about an adapter from Crutchfield. is this what i need? someone please help because i do now want my infinity references to go to waste. thanks
05-05-03, 01:36 PM
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call crutchfield and get one of their terrible mounting kits...it comes w/ a cutout and screws to mount a 6.5 but the cutout is made of some very flexible kind of plastic board. Solid plastic would have been beter and a solid plastic covered with some kind of dynamat material is what they really should sell.
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ive got some good 6x9s out of my cavalier, i was gonna cook something up to fit them into the shock towers.. but.. it might not look so great.. might look wierd..
i dunno id have to see it.. just curious to see if anyone else had done something similar
i dunno id have to see it.. just curious to see if anyone else had done something similar
05-06-03, 10:36 AM
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I don't think 6x9s will fit in any of the stock locations. You'd have to build a seperate enclosure to accomodate those (since they're too big) and, well, why would you? Any seperate enclosure should have subs in it and the higher frequency drivers should probably go in the stock locations.
I modified my stock rear tower plates. Apparently, there were 4" stock speakers, so I trashed those and enlarged the apertures with a jigsaw to fit a set of 6.5s. Then I put some 6.5s in the stock door locations and finally added a powered Kenwood 10" sub box just behind the storage bins.
Of course, this is a subjective account. There are those who'll dispute what I say and, hell, they may be right, but this setup has worked beautifully for me.
I modified my stock rear tower plates. Apparently, there were 4" stock speakers, so I trashed those and enlarged the apertures with a jigsaw to fit a set of 6.5s. Then I put some 6.5s in the stock door locations and finally added a powered Kenwood 10" sub box just behind the storage bins.
Of course, this is a subjective account. There are those who'll dispute what I say and, hell, they may be right, but this setup has worked beautifully for me.
05-06-03, 11:25 AM
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Originally posted by sirgrantalot
what kind of 8 in speakers do you have
i dont think ive seen 8 in speakers other than subs
what kind of 8 in speakers do you have
i dont think ive seen 8 in speakers other than subs
They are home theatre ones, work decently. I think im goign to just put some 8in subs back there though....
05-06-03, 11:36 AM
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A true 8" speaker won't fit without cutting metal and modifying the grill.
To top that off, there is less than .25 sq ft in there so there is not an 8" speaker made that will sound decent with that little air space.
And why would anyone even want to use a 6X9 in there???
To top that off, there is less than .25 sq ft in there so there is not an 8" speaker made that will sound decent with that little air space.
And why would anyone even want to use a 6X9 in there???
05-06-03, 11:43 AM
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6x9s are one of the worst sounding speakers. The only thing they are good for is moving large amounts of air compaired to a 6" speaker. They are not linar, and have poor overall sound reproduction.
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Mark,
Sound quality is a moot point whenever you're talking about a source being behind the drivers head anyways.
however, I do agree that 6x9's are shitty sounding speakers, regardless of placement.
Sound quality is a moot point whenever you're talking about a source being behind the drivers head anyways.
however, I do agree that 6x9's are shitty sounding speakers, regardless of placement.
05-06-03, 08:35 PM
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Originally posted by xfeastonarsex
They are radioshack special 8in full range speakers. They got 25w RMS.
Just checked the stock number : 40-1043
They are radioshack special 8in full range speakers. They got 25w RMS.
Just checked the stock number : 40-1043
05-06-03, 09:12 PM
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Why don't you just get some nice 4" inch speekers and put them in, and it would be nice if you would actually do sound staging. The way the stock speaker holes are set up is horrible. I really need to do somthing better with mine (other than stock) but I am going to keep on trying to sell my stereo, so screw that.
05-06-03, 09:31 PM
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Why don't you just get some nice 4" inch speekers and put them in, and it would be nice if you would actually do sound staging. The way the stock speaker holes are set up is horrible. I really need to do somthing better with mine (other than stock) but I am going to keep on trying to sell my stereo, so screw that.
First of all its a sports car not a luxury car so right there is the first restriction!! The car is made to handle and be fast, not sound perfect!!
At least with the 3rd gen the BOSE system helped a great bit...the overall pacement of the speakers is better!!
I'm not tryin to defer anyone from improving the sound quality of the FC, as I'm trying to tell it like it is!!
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Originally posted by Icemark
A true 8" speaker won't fit without cutting metal and modifying the grill.
To top that off, there is less than .25 sq ft in there so there is not an 8" speaker made that will sound decent with that little air space.
And why would anyone even want to use a 6X9 in there???
A true 8" speaker won't fit without cutting metal and modifying the grill.
To top that off, there is less than .25 sq ft in there so there is not an 8" speaker made that will sound decent with that little air space.
And why would anyone even want to use a 6X9 in there???
I should do a writeup when I'm done the job, maybe I will.
05-06-03, 10:38 PM
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i was just curious about the 6x9s.. because i've got a pair of 300w Pioneer 3-voice 6x9s - which to me sound really great even with just the deck putting out 60wX4..
05-06-03, 11:13 PM
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i just finished mine yesterday.
i put 6.5 Rockford fanatic Q's in the back.
in front i have diamond audio 4 inch for the (under-dash) area
i have 5.25 fanatic Q components in the door. You can run 6.5's in there but it's cramped and hard to securely mount due to the mass of the speaker and shutting the door.
I think a 6.5 mid range would be the best for the rear fill. They can get a bit deeper.
i put 6.5 Rockford fanatic Q's in the back.
in front i have diamond audio 4 inch for the (under-dash) area
i have 5.25 fanatic Q components in the door. You can run 6.5's in there but it's cramped and hard to securely mount due to the mass of the speaker and shutting the door.
I think a 6.5 mid range would be the best for the rear fill. They can get a bit deeper.