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Ty Mackay
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT 1jz-gte
Posts: 1133
Reg: 01-2009
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hi all im changing my little 4 inch speakers and putting in some bigger ones im getting 6.5s, anyone know where i can get an adapter plate.. i cant seem to find one on ebay  |
Scott Wilkes
Goo Roo
Tasmania
92 TT Factory Manual, 70 HG GTS Monaro
Posts: 1131
Reg: 10-2008
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u make them out of MDF mate |
Ty Mackay
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT 1jz-gte
Posts: 1134
Reg: 01-2009
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yeah but i dont have such skilled hands haha |
Nathan Hlad
TryHard
NT
JZZ30 TT
Posts: 478
Reg: 09-2008
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i also want to change my 4's to 6.5's curious to see how easy it is. |
Scott Wilkes
Goo Roo
Tasmania
92 TT Factory Manual, 70 HG GTS Monaro
Posts: 1133
Reg: 10-2008
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its not hard lol, get a piece of MDF board, remove factory speaker box, cut to same size, drill holes to match speaker box, then cut out the area for the speaker, its pretty straight forward. If u can get the door trims off its easy HAHA |
Andrew Duaso
DieHard
Victoria
V8
Posts: 506
Reg: 02-2009
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man i dont think it's really worth the hassle
a good 4" in the factory boxes will sound better than an average 6.5" in the doors i mean amped up and with a sub/s most ppl have the fronts high passed anyway, i have a set of 4" bookshelf speakers and a 35wrms x2 mini system and it ••••• all over the 100wrms 6.5's in the car (but you cant compare home and car audio) but it still does
i made this mistake and i'd go back to the stock boxes if i could
factory is a perfectly made chamber with nice little port, kinda like a little bookshelf speaker, i believe unless your chasing big i mean BIG sound and bass i'd stay that way...
i was given this advice when i was looking into my system and what to do, i ignored it and put in 6.5" splits and now i really wish i'd have gone the 4's
actually offer open to ppl in vic, swap ya similar gear for similar |
Ty Mackay
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT 1jz-gte
Posts: 1136
Reg: 01-2009
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i bought some speakers already so im gonna change over... ill eventually go for big bass
my factory doesnt go as loud as i want so yeah.
also MDF where can i buy something like?
so i just line it up against the factory box and cut that shape out? |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
V8 Limited
Posts: 1584
Reg: 09-2007
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MDF can be found at bunnings. pretty easy to work with |
Boris Siljanoski
Tinkerer
Western Australia
Soarer GZ20 TT
Posts: 84
Reg: 11-2007
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You can buy 6.5" MDF rings, mount the speaker on the ring then mount the ring onto the door. While your at it you might want to add some sound deadening to the door to reduce vibrations. |
Ken Yo
TryHard
Victoria
V8 SC400
Posts: 283
Reg: 08-2009
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So Andrew do you think if I replace my front woofers with some Fusion 4" woofers, the sound would be better you think? Just curious, because I've got the rear speakers replaced and all hooked up to my amp. |
Andrew Duaso
DieHard
Victoria
V8
Posts: 507
Reg: 02-2009
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Yeah I reckon. I have alpine type s splits in the front 6.5" your welcome to come listen to it. I still honestly believe what I had in there before (clarion 4" splits in factory housing) were better. Sadly I pit them in the recycle bin along with heaps of useable parts ppl want LOL |
Austen Menze
TryHard
WA
GT-TL
Posts: 282
Reg: 07-2009
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Ty I've bought the speaker adaptors off ebay and they required so much modification to get the speakers to fit it just wasn't worth it. Get some nice 4" speakers in the front and throw the 6.5's in the back mate. Coupled with a set of decent tweeters and wired via a crossover it will make you very happy.
The reason why 4" speakers are good in the front is because you only want to reproduce vocal and music clarity for the sound stage, not bangin doof doof, that stays in the boot as bass is non-directional sound.
The factory sound boxes are awesome and with the right 4" speakers they will blow away any unbaffled 6.5" rattling around in free air giving uneven sound response and lack of depth, effectivly sounding like ••••• |
Austen Menze
TryHard
WA
GT-TL
Posts: 283
Reg: 07-2009
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If you're really dead set on getting the adaptors, search on ebay.com, not ebay.com.au. Something like SC300 speaker adaptors. |
Ken Yo
TryHard
Victoria
V8 SC400
Posts: 287
Reg: 08-2009
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So what are good 4" speakers out there these days do you think Austen? I've got Fusion Reactor's but haven't had time to put them in yet. Suggestions? |
Austen Menze
TryHard
WA
GT-TL
Posts: 284
Reg: 07-2009
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I've never heard a set of Fusion speakers so I can't comment on them but the construction looks pretty decent. I say throw them in and see what they sound like!
Focal speakers are nice if you want to spend a bit.
Ty, which 6.5's are you looking at getting? |
Ty Mackay
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT 1jz-gte
Posts: 1144
Reg: 01-2009
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Austen Menze wrote on Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 09:59 am:If you're really dead set on getting the adaptors,
yeah i have already bought the speakers for the front
Ken Yo wrote on Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 11:13 am: I've got Fusion Reactor's but haven't had time to put them in yet. Suggestions?
i heard fusion are decent as far as speakers go, fusion are bad for amps as its american apparantly due to our heat here they fry something terrible.. speakers are good apparently though
Austen Menze wrote on Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 12:17 pm:Ty, which 6.5's are you looking at getting?
i have already got them on there way here now  or soon! (from a fellow member)
the fronts ill be doing are alpines with tweaters
300 watt.. |
Austen Menze
TryHard
WA
GT-TL
Posts: 291
Reg: 07-2009
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You do know that watts does not equal louder right? |
Ty Mackay
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT 1jz-gte
Posts: 1147
Reg: 01-2009
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no not really... but i have already bought them so dont upset me haha! |
Andrew Stewart
TryHard
Queensland
Manual GT-T VVT-i Single Turbo
Posts: 490
Reg: 06-2007
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i have the template on my computerised router, if u want, i can do a set for $90 including postage. i don't have a pic, but i have my focal 165KR splits in them and work well. they are the same as the ones you get from the states |
Austen Menze
TryHard
WA
GT-TL
Posts: 293
Reg: 07-2009
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Ah they'll be fine, I'm just trying to be a smart c*^#t haha.
Andrew what are the adaptors made out of? |
Andrew Stewart
TryHard
Queensland
Manual GT-T VVT-i Single Turbo
Posts: 491
Reg: 06-2007
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they are made out of MDF, i think it is 10mm |
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