Biggest Speakers In Front Door Holes

[Guest Simon_205GTi]

Can you cut away the door a bit to fit in 17cm speakers at all???

 

i have some inifinty components which i plan to plumb into the car somehow....

 

any suggestions of what to do?

[Robbie G 4]

Yeah, a couple of people have done it on here. Someone even got some 6x9s in there (but we forgave them). Do a search.

[fiji bob 0]

lol

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

CW has 6x9s in his front doors.

[Robbie G 4]

It's a case of attacking the existing speaker hole high up in the door with a dremmel, just widening the gap. Make a template, do it slowly, and you should be fine. The problem I saw was getting a decent solid baffle on that tinfoil door, but I'm sure plenty of sound deadening should help with that.

[Guest Simon_205GTi]

hmmmmm

 

after speaking to my local ripspeed specialist he suggested buying 13cm comp's putting these where the door speakers r at the mo and fitting the 17 cm in a pod by the door pocket, in order to get bass up front?

 

good plan?

[NickR 10]

Yeh.

 

BUT its hard to get right.

 

You need to get 6.5in woofers that kick low, a 6.5 in sub would work a treat. Then you need a crossover between the 17cm and the 13cm, then the normal cross over.

 

It might be worth looking at proper 3 way systems, but they cost a lot.

[C_W 3 1 Cars]

I have put 6x9s in mine and the front end bass is better though the speakers aren't the best that I have used (they didn't give much bass off compared to other 6x9s when on the shelf but they were spares when I was pioneering the "6x9 inthe front door by hacking the hole out" so I used those . It actually turned out quite good because these 6x9 are 4-way so there is still a lot of midrange and top end with them.

 

I've got similar sized speakers on an MDF shelf at the back. To me it sounds good and gives a nice amount of bass without being too heavy though it can sound sub-like with some tracks.

[fiji bob 0]

some decent quality 6x9`s would sound pretty decent up front i remember jbl used to do a pair that cost something like £300 im considering adding a pair of 6.5s to the existing 5 inchers in the front doors and maybe have a couple of 8" subs in the rear trim panels so i can do away with the sub in the boot