Thread: D110 - Speaker upgrades

Originally Posted by LRHybrid100

Also where have people put the rear speakers? and what speakers?

LRH

I modified some 6x9 speaker boxes to fit in the rear.

As for the front I only replaced the factories for something a little better. Not much room elsewhere.

i reckon you can consider looking up instead of the traditional locations
planning on a roof console install myself with 5 or 6 inch splits mounted across the top of the windscreen...

Yes up is another alternative. I was thinking of mounting in some speakers in the roof console but then stopped when the thought of taking the console down to cut holes in it remembering how much fun I had trying to install it in the first place.
But up is probably the way to go.

http://www.alexminassian.com/landrove.htm

Have a look at this link, might give you some ideas. Alex has fitted several of my car sound systems. He is in Brisbane though

got mine fitted in the rear of the headlining
they work well

I had a couple of three-way speaker boxes mounted on brackets directly to the roof lining above the little windows either side the rear door, plus a couple of circular tweeters (About 75mm across, if that) mounted on top of the dash in the corners - all Pioneer units, plus a new CD player (whose name scapes me at the moment) to drive it all, for reasonable sound - not much point goging for a really flash setup with all the other ambient noise in a 'fender ! Only issues so far is having to fade a bit to the rear speakers means the tweeters don't get blown at higher volumes, but otherwise I'm happy, for about $250 all up, as I recall. Not at home, so no pictures unfortunately...

Are the defender speakers in the same place as the county ones?

I bought some 5" 2 way jaycar speakers. The magnets are HUGE and just fit inside the holes for the 4" speakers. I made a couple of rings out of MDF to mount the speakers - the mdf ring screws to the old speaker mounts, and the speaker screws to the MDF. The pass. side ring needed to be a bit thicker to clear the wiper motor.

The speakers are still in the same place and angle, but they are more than loud enough, sound quality is good, and they have not interfered with legroom (I am 6'3" and have plenty of leg room sitting on either side).

Don't La'salle make a rigid roof liner for Defenders with speaker pods at each corner?
I know they do one with a radio slot in to mount the head unit above the wind sheild....I'm pretty certain it comes with 4" speaker pods too.

Perhaps La'Salle hasn't hit your shores yet?

S.