Thread: New Speakers Needed- what size?

Yep, fronts are 4'' just like the back. I left the back as per normal but fitted 6" splits to the front doors with spacers. the tweeters clipped straight into the original LR A Pillar position without any modification. speakers were MB Quart vintage 1996 "Made in Germany". Still working well in the car.
Bass tube sub in the rear that can be removed when extra space needed.

the front 4" speakers I left in there and use them for the hands free phone.

After market 4" will be difficult in the standard location because the mounting depth is very shallow. I have also opted for 6" splits in speaker boxes which replace the map pockets in the doors.

I have fitted 6"x9" Rockford Fosgate speakers in the back.It was quite a job though as it has been said that the standard depth is a bit shallow.I had to remove the standard mounting plate behind the trim and then make a larger one out of some sheet metal I had lying around to fit the larger speakers which I pop riveted on and then made some spacers out of 2 pieces of ply glued together to get a depth of 35mm.I am very happy with the result and I also insulated the cavity with some foam.If you are handy I would say go for it but if not then you could fit some shallow mounting 6 inch speakers.I have uploaded a couple of pics.
Cheers
Shane

Has anyone got some photo's of how and where they put 6" speakers in the front doors?

the rears are 4.5".. I got some really nice European speaker in there that sounds much better than the original ones did.. 6" would bulge out some way if stuck in the front door, not alot of space behind them

I have 5.25 inch JBLs in the front. it required enlarging the door (metal) pocket a little to fit the magnet, but not much. I took the door panel off and used a dremel. Easy job. The JBL are quite deep, and seemed that it would require a spacer, which I didn't want, so i modified the cover a little and drove securing screws through the cover (now you can see it) rather that using the JBL snap on spacer for the cover. It works Great!

In the back I have 6X9, but as mentioned here by someone it was quite a job. I had it done by my garage boys that spent half a day working and manufacturing custom new brackets.

Front speaker replacements -

Response 4" Coax 2 Way Car Speaker,SCSEPCAR - Jaycar Electronics