6.5 Speaker Upgrade Upront Door Card or Footwell

[cliffybabe]

Since im again updating the speakers in the cabby im gonna do the 6.5 convo but im undecided wether to fit the speakers in the footwells and make the rings up or to get some door pods

Any suggestions welcome

thanks
neil

[cliffybabe]

what would sound best??

[cliffybabe]

these are what i have seen



fitted they look like this

[Jhonno]

I like Ian's factory looking 6.5" install.. It is the way I shall go with it tbh

[Alex]

cut the kick panels out for 6.5" speakers and mount them to it with a plain black mesh grill they look good, almost like factory, the previous owner did it in my 316i and it sounded cool loads of bass too

[chisel]

Dude you wanna off load you current gear into my cab I'm local too so could pop over.??

[secondtimelucky]

Dude you wanna off load you current gear into my cab I'm local too so could pop over.??

Dude he's only just bought the stuff himself lol

[320dave]

is there any info on fittin 6.5" speakers in place of the old ones?
also (sorry to hyjack the tread) is ther any where to put 6x9s without a ridiculous amount of work?

[ian332isport]

is there any info on fittin 6.5" speakers in place of the old ones?

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=30618

[cliffybabe]

Ian what size thickness is the metal ring??

[ian332isport]

Ian what size thickness is the metal ring??

Neil,

They are 3mm thick stainless steel.

I asked a local metal fabrication place if they could make them, and they had another place laser cut them for me. It took a while to get them though

Ian.

[cliffybabe]

Cheers Ian

yeah i might go the mdf route and mkae some new kick panel and carpet them, i did think about using some chrome but i am going to resist

[robbo86]

i did think about using some chrome but i am going to resist

are you ok neil???

[ian332isport]

i might go the mdf route and mkae some new kick panel and carpet them

The problem with this is the thickness. As soon as you add any extra thickness, you can't open the glovebox.

[Alex]

is there any info on fittin 6.5" speakers in place of the old ones?

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=30618

seems like a lot of effort when you can mount them to the kickpanels and with plain black speaker grills they look factory

there is a thread somewhere with some pics of 6.5" speakers mounted like that but i cannot find it

[Harvey_Dent]

But they'd sound terrible and just rattle like shit. Mounting a 6.5" cone to a thin piece of plastic?

The point is to mount them to dampened sheet metal re-inforced with steel plate / MDF.

[Alex]

mine sounded mint, loads of bass too

[Harvey_Dent]

Just screwed to the actual kick panel plastic?

A rigid mounting surface is kinda like rule number 1 for speaker mounting - but then you say that and it just makes me think people talk crap.

Bizarre.

[Alex]

Just screwed to the actual kick panel plastic?

A rigid mounting surface is kinda like rule number 1 for speaker mounting - but then you say that and it just makes me think people talk crap.

Bizarre.

honestly it did sound good, and yes it was just screwed into the plastic, and the plastic was screwed down with a few extra screws i think

[hongkongfuey]

mine are only 5 1/4 but you get the idea

[zaust]

Get a decent 5a. there is no need for a 6.5 at all.

[hongkongfuey]

or two sets

[Alex]

thats the pic i was looking for

[bigredbmw]

this is my speaker pods .....................

[hongkongfuey]

no good with manual windows

[toby]

mine are only 5 1/4 but you get the idea

There doesn't seem quite enough room to do that on mine. And does the glovebox still opens without to wrestle it, with the spacer under the bonnet release lever mounting?

[hongkongfuey]

glove box opens without any fouling, as for the release lever, i cut it down by about half, you can see a rough edge on the photo, still strong enough to open the bonnet without any problems.

i have heard you can fit an audi one as they are shorter, and/or they opperate upside down compared to ours, someone may be able to tell you which one.

[robbo86]

i have heard you can fit an audi one as they are shorter, and/or they opperate upside down compared to ours, someone may be able to tell you which one.

I read this in one of the articles somewhere way back when I first joined the zone. I think it was an audi tt lever!

[toby]

glove box opens without any fouling, as for the release lever, i cut it down by about half, you can see a rough edge on the photo, still strong enough to open the bonnet without any problems.

You cut in half lengthways?

[bigredbmw]

THATS WHY AVE GT ELECTRIC WINDOWS LOL ....................................

[ian332isport]

I think it was an audi tt lever!

It was. Have a look at the link I posted on page 1 of this thread.

Ian.

[secondtimelucky]

THATS WHY AVE GT ELECTRIC WINDOWS LOL ....................................

[hongkongfuey]

glove box opens without any fouling, as for the release lever, i cut it down by about half, you can see a rough edge on the photo, still strong enough to open the bonnet without any problems.

You cut in half lengthways?

yes

[robbo86]

THATS WHY AVE GT ELECTRIC WINDOWS LOL ....................................

Pardon?!

[robbo86]

I think it was an audi tt lever!

It was. Have a look at the link I posted on page 1 of this thread.

Ian.

Sorry Ian, It mustve been your post I read, all that time ago.