Speakers for an ICE muppet

[ChrisBarns]

Fitted my new stereo. V pleased. Has predictably thrown up issue of speakers (only two in the front).

What size are they / what size will fit?

Any recomendations for a fairly low priced pair for general use (speach and music).

Is it worth changing the wire while I'm about it?

[secondtimelucky]

Hi mate, glad uv taken the first important step, lol, as for speakers, your front footwells take 5 1/4" speakers as standard so u wont have any trouble finding these, or you could do what some people have done and mount a spacer ring to fit 6" speakers. A per my sig, i have these sizes from In-Phase Audio if you are intersested, pm me if you are. Check out the XT range on www.inphaseaudio.co.uk to see what im on about, fairly cheap but very good quality stuff. Its what im using in my touring, look forward to hearin from you mate, good luck

[chinchilla]

Secondtimelucky, where can i get these spacer rings from? will they fit cab foot wells? and will it allow me to fit 6 1/2" speakers or just 6" speakers?

[secondtimelucky]

Lol i PM'ed the other guy on this one so i might as well do it here for all to see

basically its a DIY job, here goes a step by step type thingy:

1. Use 1" MDF and cut a ring that fits the 6" or 6.5" speaker nicely

2. Sand the ring down so that doesnt sit more than a couple of mm away from the edge of the speaker mountings.

3. Screw the ring in place over the original speaker hole into the metal work.

4. Mount speaker in hole and wire up.

Hey presto! bigger speakers in footwells

Hope this helps and goes well for all who try it

[chinchilla]

thanks man.

found this on ebay-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-5-6-1-2-9mm-12m ... dZViewItem

Any good?

[secondtimelucky]

Perfect dude, didnt realise people were making them in batches like this though,

[chinchilla]

hehe for the lazy people!

Umm im confused still, what size do i need? have a look at this link -

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... age=search

its obviously out of the 5.25" & 6.5", but if you look at the inner and outer ring dimension in the listings...

[secondtimelucky]

Lazy bugger, get the power tools out and have some fun!!!!!! For an e30 front speaker upgrade, you will need the ones with the larger inner diameter designed for 6-6.5 inch speaker dude once in the grilles withyour speakers should hide the spacer perfectly