DIY Put bigger door panel speakers!!

[1badacc]

well i was really bored so i figured i would put a better system in my car so here is how you put bigger speakers Alpine Type-R (outside diameter 6.5", mounting diameter 5.75", depth 2.75") in the placement of the stock one's CB7's come with..

Tools you will need:



1:Take your door panels off...3 screws and 1-2 unplugs then pop it off

2:you will see a plastic piece behind your speakers...take out 3 screws maybe 4.. then take off and unplug speaker wires...etc



3:Take the stock speaker out!!

4:Take the new speakers and mark the diameter with the sharpie...

5:Take the blow dryer and heat the plastic up for like 1 min....

6:Now start cutting plastic away... cut the bottom plastic and around the trim...till they fit in the stock speaker holder.. then screw them in with screws and the screwdriver.




7: put it back in the car folowing the steps backwords^^ and this is how it should look..



Now these speakers come with tweeters i will post up new pic's on how to install them soon.....thanx

[Tnwagn]

Looks good You may want to pick up some speaker baffles in case an rain gets down through the window area. Don't want to damage those type-r's (Oh yeah, the first 3 picks no worko)

[loud92CB7]

well i was really bored so i figured i would put a better system in my car so here is how you put bigger speakers Alpine Type-R (outside diameter 6.5", mounting diameter 5.75", depth 2.75") in the placement of the stock one's CB7's come with..

Tools you will need:



1:Take your door panels off...3 screws and 1-2 unplugs then pop it off

2:you will see a plastic piece behind your speakers...take out 3 screws maybe 4.. then take off and unplug speaker wires...etc



3:Take the stock speaker out!!

4:Take the new speakers and mark the diameter with the sharpie...

5:Take the blow dryer and heat the plastic up for like 1 min....

6:Now start cutting plastic away... cut the bottom plastic and around the trim...till they fit in the stock speaker holder.. then screw them in with screws and the screwdriver.




7: put it back in the car folowing the steps backwords^^ and this is how it should look..



Now these speakers come with tweeters i will post up new pic's on how to install them soon.....thanx

man i bet those sound horrible considering there is a big gap on the sides.... takin that little wanna be enclosure out and using MDF would work alot better and sound alot better...... IMO

[1badacc]

sounds good to me!! and still fresh lol

[UrDoneSRH]

oooooooor you could have just remove teh whole black peice, cut out a peice of mdf in a speaker ring or buy a plastic speaker spacer from best buy or most ne stereo shop and just put it in the stock spot withoutmodifying... thats what i did for my alpine type r components

[Otto]

^That sounds a lot better looking.^ But meh, whatever works for ya.
+1 for getting your hands dirty and posting it.

My LX uses 6.5" speakers stock, so no need cut anything. Just coat the door panel with spray rubber/bed liner

[loud92CB7]

oooooooor you could have just remove teh whole black peice, cut out a peice of mdf in a speaker ring or buy a plastic speaker spacer from best buy or most ne stereo shop and just put it in the stock spot withoutmodifying... thats what i did for my alpine type r components

screw just a ring lol make an mdf plate kinda thing. im running some coax right now but i have some diamond HEX 6.5 and Memphis SQ 6.5s just sitting here im geting ready to throw in.ill take pics of what i have done and what not when i actually get around to geting the amp crossovers and what not put in. dont get me wrong ateast u spent the money on components.... props to that but i just dont think that would sound good seeing its like a half ass enclosure kinda thing do u get what im saying ? but i havent tried that so i dont know how it actually sounds...

[1badacc]

thanx anyway i got you, its just that i had this in my STI and i swaped most of that system over for now so it was quick and easy for me to do without spendin money i got a flipout dvd but didnt install that till i do the CB up

[acchonda]

When I installed my 5.25's in the door I just enlarged the pods and placed them in there where they would seal up fairly tight to get a little more bass response. Did you do the same? Does anyone know if that is a good idea or a semi-crummy one? Cuz the aftermarket speakers weren't designed for the enclosure like the stock ones.

[Lil' Whitie]

no wonder i can't mount my speakers, i don't have the plaastic thingie.

[Gemini]

no wonder i can't mount my speakers, i don't have the plaastic thingie.

me neither

[UrDoneSRH]

well like loud cb7 sad, jsut cut out an mdf ring, i had those spacers sitting in my toolbox so i used them.. i did cut baffles to fill in the 6x9 space in the back.

[93H22LX]

man i bet those sound horrible considering there is a big gap on the sides.... takin that little wanna be enclosure out and using MDF would work alot better and sound alot better...... IMO

x2

they should be 100% sealed all the way around and they will always sound much better mounted to wood than they would mounted to plastic or metal.

[floored]

or jus use lx pods

[93H22LX]

Your still better off using mdf over platsic. And the trim rings are super easy to make as long as you can use a jig saw.