6G Door Speaker Recommendations?

snm95ls

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I have two sets of nice 6.5" speakers, and neither will fit in the door panels without major surgery to both the door panel and the speaker. It looks like a spacer for a deeper speaker id doable, but there seems to be very limited height to work with. Biggest issue seems to be the way the speaker grills mount to the door panels themselves.

I bought a cheap set of Kenwood shallow mount 6.5s just to kill the dead space up front. I am not really digging them as I have an older pair of Boston Acoustics 6x9s in the rear which tend to bring out the glaring deficiencies in the cheapo Kenwoods. Lesson learned again. Cheap car audio sucks.

So, I am a bit of a picky ass when it comes to sound, and I don't really want to have to cut the car or the drivers up too much.

I don't really have much time to go out and try to audition different speakers that are available locally, sadly, and I don't have money to buy several sets to find one that I can live with.


Any suggestions form personal experiences?
 

Aldundra

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If you don't want to cut that plastic molding in the rear of the speaker mount then get a pair of these

http://www.amazon.com/Blaupunkt-GTx-652-2-Inch-Coaxial-Speakers/dp/B000KQ0J46

I have a 98 civic LX and these screwed right in without having to cut a single thing, not only that but these speakers are CRYSTAL CLEAR, not too much bass, but the mids and highs are amazing for the price.

Trust me, you wont be disappointed
 


snm95ls

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Thanks for the suggestions so far.

I have never heard of CDT Audio. I may have to look into them a little.

The Blaupunkt speakers seem like a good deal as well.


I really wish the Bostons that I bought for the front would fit without having to cut the mounting flange on the basket as well as utilizing a spacer ring.

My old QM series MB Quarts will not fit either. :sad:
 


snm95ls

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eggyhustles said:
get to cuttin' lol
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Lol. I will NOT cut up the Quarts to make them fit..

I really don't care about cutting the back out of the basket since that has already been done. Still can't mount a very deep driver in there it seems.


Thought about getting the factory tweeter kit, and retrofitting a tweeters from a component set into the housings. Then it is not really cutting up up the door panels. The sound stage might suck, but it wasn't terrible with the tweets mounted to the side mirror interior trim in my old DB2.

:P
 

snm95ls

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eggyhustles said:
can't you take the basket off and mount them on a mdf ring?
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That is what I have done with many other cars in the past, but the OD of the speaker is too big to allow the stock Honda grill to fit as it should with the 6th gen door panels..
 
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