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younG_Gunner 10-04-14 02:56 AM

Shock tower speaker pods
 
What size speaker's do the OEM pods use? I've read people using 6.5" in the rear but wasn't sure if they were using these pods, or adapter plates. I just want to know what fits in these pods to keep the car as OEM on the interior as possible.

JerryLH3 10-04-14 06:03 AM

I believe stock was 4". It was small, that's for sure. I certainly admire the goal of keeping things OEM, but you won't be replacing it with an exact OEM speaker, so I'd go with whatever you want. The benefit of sticking with an OEM size is you won't have to cut the stock mounting plate.

younG_Gunner 10-04-14 07:21 AM

Thanks for that. I'd really like to keep the interior as OEM as possible. Wasn't the 4" speaker for the front(under the dash)? I could be wrong. I've never had speakers in this car :lol:

JerryLH3 10-04-14 07:35 AM


Originally Posted by younG_Gunner (Post 11810986)
Thanks for that. I'd really like to keep the interior as OEM as possible. Wasn't the 4" speaker for the front(under the dash)? I could be wrong. I've never had speakers in this car :lol:

Yeah, the 4" was definitely under dash. Maybe the rear was the 5 1/4" which were in the doors and in the rear. It's been a long time since I've seen OEM speakers.

misterstyx69 10-04-14 08:22 AM

you can fit 6.5's in the back without the pods.
I got 8 inch woofers in the shock towers and they just fit.The covers fit nicely over them.

j9fd3s 10-04-14 10:30 AM

the opening in the rear shock tower is 8" (actually its probably 200mm).

Mazda used a few different speaker setups, usually on an adaptor plate. it seems like 4" rears were the common ones, but the GXL's had a speaker pod thing, with a built in amp

so if you have the adaptor, its easy to cut a hole and run whatever you want, as its under the speaker cover.

misterstyx69 10-04-14 11:40 PM


Originally Posted by j9fd3s (Post 11811044)
the opening in the rear shock tower is 8" (actually its probably 200mm).

Mazda used a few different speaker setups, usually on an adaptor plate. it seems like 4" rears were the common ones, but the GXL's had a speaker pod thing, with a built in amp

so if you have the adaptor, its easy to cut a hole and run whatever you want, as its under the speaker cover.

/\exactly.
I've seen guys just make a wooden plywood template and stick whatever speaker on that and place it in the strut tower.
Whatever floats the canoe..!

clokker 10-05-14 05:23 AM


Originally Posted by misterstyx69 (Post 11811372)
Whatever floats the canoe..!

Here in America, we prefer to float our canoes on water.
Not sure how the rest of you heathens do it but it's probably weird and disgusting.

misterstyx69 10-05-14 05:45 AM


Originally Posted by clokker (Post 11811417)
Here in America, we prefer to float our canoes on water.
Not sure how the rest of you heathens do it but it's probably weird and disgusting.

Speaking of canoes and weird and disgusting..
Budweiser beer..

Effin close to water..

clokker 10-05-14 06:05 AM

Skunky water at that.

bostonspgs 10-05-14 10:41 AM

Still better than Milwaukee or natural ice

clokker 10-05-14 10:47 AM

When the bar is set so low even the inadequate can jump it.
Debating the relative merits of Budweiser and Natural Ice is like choosing your favorite form of herpes.

bostonspgs 10-05-14 10:51 AM

Agreed , that's why there is Jameson . Or Killians . American standards were never that high

jjwalker 10-05-14 01:59 PM


Originally Posted by clokker (Post 11811474)
When the bar is set so low even the inadequate can jump it.
Debating the relative merits of Budweiser and Natural Ice is like choosing your favorite form of herpes.

Coors original isn't bad.

Akagis_white_comet 10-05-14 02:31 PM


Originally Posted by clokker (Post 11811474)
When the bar is set so low even the inadequate can jump it.
Debating the relative merits of Budweiser and Natural Ice is like choosing your favorite form of herpes.

Sorta like a Honda racing a Cavalier with a Tempo chasing after them :lol:

clokker 10-05-14 02:33 PM

Coors had a better rep before they went national and people could actually taste it.

JerryLH3 10-05-14 07:38 PM


Originally Posted by bostonspgs (Post 11811476)
Agreed , that's why there is Jameson . Or Killians . American standards were never that high

Yuengling, America's oldest brewery, and producing damn fine beer.

w0ppe 10-06-14 07:08 AM


Originally Posted by bostonspgs (Post 11811476)
Agreed , that's why there is Jameson . Or Killians . American standards were never that high

Agreed, I usually find myself in Ireland or Iceland for my Guiness and Einstock

jjwalker 10-06-14 03:24 PM


Originally Posted by clokker (Post 11811549)
Coors had a better rep before they went national and people could actually taste it.

It aint that bad. Coors original is great, I even remember what it tasted like in the 90's (I was a kid and my dad used to let me get a swig out of his beer). Good and crisp beer.

Coors light makes me want to hurl though, I don't know how anyone drinks that shit. Hell, Keystone tastes better than that!

j9fd3s 10-06-14 08:09 PM


Originally Posted by clokker (Post 11811549)
Coors had a better rep before they went national and people could actually taste it.

there is a documentary about that

Phearthe-Rx7 10-07-14 11:47 PM

Thread jack?

misterstyx69 10-08-14 12:01 AM


Originally Posted by Phearthe-Rx7 (Post 11812767)
Thread jack?

No..that's Thread JACKIE..Jackie Gleason!

The other guy is Burt Reynolds..lol!
(young people..geesh..!)

I believe the op got his question answered so the rest is just residual humour!

bostonspgs 10-08-14 11:57 AM

Haha

j9fd3s 10-08-14 01:02 PM

notice please the answer to the question happens in the first few posts, and then the rest is BS. this way is much more considerate than the reverse

TonyD89 10-08-14 06:22 PM

East Bound And Down...

I have a friend that has an old Firebird restored and it is kinda cool for what it is. I think it's a '78 but not sure. 6.6, black, T-tops, tan interior, gold honeycombs, gold bird on the hood. Looks brand new.


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