I was wondering if 4x6 would fit up on the dash in those spots? Also, is anyone running 6 1/2 in the doors? If so did you have to make a special mount for them?? TY
Jay

 

scorp is running 6.5's in the doors, and had to make a mount

im running 4x6 in the dash, and had to make a mount.
they stick out badly, and look terrible.

if i did it again, i'd get 5.25" seperates.

 

This may be why you don't have mid and tweet in the system Smash. You need to make sure there is a good seal between the speakers and where they are mounted. For example, the dash speakers should seal to the dash. The dash will in effect become the box for them. Door speakers use the door as a box. In a normal car, speakers on a package tray use the trunk as a box. Without this seal, they release sound waves from the front and rear of the speaker into the cabin area and these waves are opposites and fight each other. There is also no backpressure on the woofer part of the speaker and they will max out and fart much earlier than they should. Some people build enclosures inside the doors, etc. to get better seals. I put my rear speakers into my sub box so they have their own seperate boxes. They are compartmentalized seperately from the woof and each other. When I worked at the shop, we saw all kinds of crazy stuff: speakers tied to the shirt hooks above the passenger car doors with their own speaker wires, power and ground wires run out the driver's side window, across the fender and under the hood to the battery. I shoot you not! Lastly, make sure your speakers are all pushing and that one is not pushing and the other pulling. This will set up the same problem even if they are sealed. One last easy test to see if the speakers are ok. When the system is off, carefully push the speaker's woofer/mid inward and allow it to return to a standing position. If you feel and hear a scraping noise it means they are blown. Replace them or if they are expensive(over $200) have them fixed.

92TripleBlack :cheers:


[Modified by 92TripleBlack, 4:35 PM 9/29/2001]

 

man, you know your stuff! unfortunately i cant seal the dash, becaue it doesnt "fit right"

After I get my new rims/tires im throwing in some REAL GOOD seperates up front, and having a shop do a professional grade install.

 

When you do the seperates, put the tweet in the dash and the mid in the door. You'll get a good seal in the door for the mid and the tweet doesn't need to have any seal to work. They are in their own sealed box already thats one cubic inch effectively. This way you won't need to cut a hole for them in the door and they will sound great and give you good sterio imaging. I mounted my tweets in a 88 stang convertable I had 8 or 9 years ago in the dash. The opening was for a 3"? speaker. I used those metal pieces you are supposed to use to attach the back of your radio to the car with that noone uses, bolted one that was cut to the correct length diagonally across the speaker hole, and attached the tweeter to it. Then I put the speaker grille back over the opening. It worked like a charm. I think they make adapters for 4x6 openings for tweeters but if you can't find them just do what I did.
92TripleBlack :cheers: :smash:

 

I shouldn't put them on my a pillar?

 

Nah, they reflect off the window straight at the listener. On the pillar they get really close to the head and you end up hearing only your tweet instead of both giving you sterio. Also, you can't flush mount them there so they will stick out. When you get them, I would either put them in the dash or flush mount them in the top front part of the door. If you want to try them first, put them in both spots with doublesided tape to see how they sound before you start cutting.
92TripleBlack :smash:

 

verfy cool