Front speakers

Post by **hatch360** » 05 Aug 2006 09:54 am

Got 2 new clarion 4" speakers and it has been a real pain putting them in. I wanted to use the original volvo covers but the magnet is bigger than the stock one so it doesnt fit properly which causes the cover to fall of when i close the door. So what did you do when you changed your front speakers

Post by **bodejodel** » 06 Aug 2006 12:24 pm

I made sure they fitted before I bought them...

Post by **Chris_C** » 06 Aug 2006 08:42 pm

Tbh, those covers once they start going, fall off every time you shut the doors anyway. I'd say impact adhesive fixes it, but hope you don't want to get back to the speakers

I've got custom mountings in both of my cars, one with 6" components, and one with 6x9's. Both look stealth from the outside, unless you are looking hard

Post by **Nick C** » 06 Aug 2006 08:47 pm

Chris_C wrote:I've got custom mountings in both of my cars, one with 6" components, and one with 6x9's. Both look stealth from the outside, unless you are looking hard

It generally helps, however, if you make sure they fit past the window winders...

Post by **Chris_C** » 06 Aug 2006 08:50 pm

Yeah... erm, what he said, and thats only the 6" speakers

(I needed electric windows anyway)

Post by **SteveP** » 06 Aug 2006 08:54 pm

Theres monster holes behind the 'plug' for the winder arm on electric window cars - thats where I mounted my Infinity Kappa 50.5cs's 5 1/2"s which are rather deep and still fit without spacers.

Post by **foggyjames** » 06 Aug 2006 11:39 pm

Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut...

Mounting the driver to the metal of the door is a better idea, if you have the space to make it happen. I didn't know this then, and I can't remember the appearance of the insides well enough. I will re-do mine when I upgrade my speakers further.

cheers

James

Post by **d3k4y0** » 07 Aug 2006 12:11 am

bodejodel wrote:I made sure they fitted before I bought them...

PWND!

Post of the year!

this is a point I want to investigate at some point, think I'll go for some 5x7s for the doors, maybe Planet Audio, but it's going to need a bit of retrofittage, but hopefully, no mdf

Post by **foggyjames** » 07 Aug 2006 12:46 am

I'd go for 5.25" or 6.5" at the most, and keep the bass off them. Intermodulation distortion from a midrange-sized cone flapping like a flag does NOT sound pretty

cheers

James

Post by **hatch360** » 07 Aug 2006 10:05 am

were the original rear speakers 6X9 on the rear sides that have an outlne like it could be cut to put some in??????????

Post by **willowdog** » 07 Aug 2006 11:09 am

No, they were 4x7's or something equaly wierd.

There is mounting points behind the plastic. Just cut the plastic to the right shape and put some spacers in there and you can fit whatever you like (although make sure you can fit the parcel shelf around them..)

There's a post somewhere on here "What kind of ICE do you have" or something. There's some photo's in there of different ideas.

Cheers

Post by **Chris_C** » 07 Aug 2006 12:42 pm

Not the mk3 rear quarters... they had big oval mountings, and then used exactly the same 4" rubbish they put in the doors

Dekay, 5x7's are possible, but I'm with Foggy, I just finished Fakes install yesterday, and although I havn't run my two cars side by side, I reckon Fakes will sound better after some tuning. Then again, I never got round to tuning Kar.

Problem is I still need to fit tweeters to go with the 6x9's, all the treble rattles around the footwells, and doesn't come up enough.

Post by **d3k4y0** » 07 Aug 2006 07:31 pm

When I fitted the tweeters from foggy the difference was immense, not just in the tone, but the stereo image was cleared up perfectly, it took a while to get them balanced properly but the final sound was damn tight at reasonable levels, considering it was all from the HU. Sadly my new blaupunkt isn't a patch on the old one, so it's nowhere near the same quality anymore, need a good amp now i think, maybe I'll keep my eyes peeled for a filthy cheap (and probably stolen) v12

Post by **SteveP** » 07 Aug 2006 07:45 pm

Good plan, I was looking at V12's too - there are bargains to be had!

Post by MJ » 07 Aug 2006 07:47 pm

That reminds me, must ask about our radio prob sometime...

It starts very quiet, and crackly, then seems to gradually get louder, so you have to keep turning the volume down every now and then, for about five mins before it gets to the proper level without too much background noise. Havn't had time to diagnose stuff like temperatures, time engine running etc...