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Old 11-20-2002, 04:11 PM
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I would like all who upgraded their door speakers without modifiying the doors to please share their speaker size and name brand please. Thanx
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I won't matter what speakers you get ! If you keep the stock location you won't get proper imaging ! In each door do you have 2 speakers or just one ?


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I have jl audio xr series 5.25'* w/ 1 inch tweeter. they are awesome. They fit perfect all u need is a lil super glue to make sure the tweeter stays in place the woofer fits perfectly. and the cross over fits nicely inside the door too. but if your going to upgrade your door speakers i would suggest gettinga mp3/cdplayer if you havent already.
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I went with Rockford Fosgate 5 1/4 compont speakers. They went in fairly easy. I like the sound too. Matches my Rockford head unit too!
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I would like all who upgraded their door speakers without modifiying the doors to please share their speaker size and name brand please. Thanx
Hey VZE nice setup on the tweets ,you do that yourself ,and hows the sound from that location.Unfortunately i have 6-1/2 kicker resolutions from my previos car and i think there'* no way in hell im gonna get them in without heavily modifying the door ,
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Those are my doors now... :P



And the Billet Brackets we made for it. :P

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I used a dremel kit for the hole'* ! I must warn you , your not supposed to separate the tweeter and mid-range speaker by that much , but , I liked it like that better ! I'm sure that position sounds better than the stock location ! Sounds alot clearer too!
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Originally Posted by 99BonnevilleSE
Those are my doors now... :P



And the Billet Brackets we made for it. :P

Holy snikies there is a way after all.I will save loads of money now,by looking at your setup up it doesnt look to difficult.Nice job dude im going to try to rig something up,btw what kind of components are those .
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Originally Posted by vze3r85p
I used a dremel kit for the hole'* ! I must warn you , your not supposed to separate the tweeter and mid-range speaker by that much , but , I liked it like that better ! I'm sure that position sounds better than the stock location ! Sounds alot clearer too!
Nice man ,good ole dremil does it every time ,I think im going to put it on my christmas wish list.
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Actually we used a hand jigsaw and we cut the holes in 10 minutes. Those speakers are Powerbase Components, they are $30 dollars for 6.5 Components that handle 75RMS/150Watts Max. They are a new brand that a friend of mine wanted me to try out so he gave me a set for cheap. New company and these things kick *** for the price. They are up to par with more expensive components. Quite amazing actually, I thought they would suck but I do believe it now. The website for their speakers is
http://www.powerbaseusa.net. I can get more of these Powerbase components, they also have Subs, 6x9'*, everything. Apparently they are coming out with an extreme line soon but my friend can get me a pair of them now. I think I should. Also I put the components outside the doors for more bass since the cubic volume of where the speakers reside in the door is perfect size for the mid range speaker. Ah math, so much it can do.
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