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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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..!

 

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..

 

Skunky water at that.

 

Still better than Milwaukee or natural ice

 

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.

 

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

 

Coors original isn't bad.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 ****. Hell, Keystone tastes better than that!

 

there is a documentary about that

 

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!

 

Haha

 

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

 

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.