Standard speaker sizes??

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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:06 pm

The standard fit speakers in my touring are shot and need replacing, im not after anything fancy, just some half decent replacements, does anyone know the standard speaker sizes for the front kickpanels and the rear side shelf speakers, cheers Dean
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:49 pm

front are 5.1/4 inch and rears are 4 " if i remenber correctly :)
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:14 pm

Ok cheers, 4" at the back?? that is tiny, i might have to look into getting something bigger in the back, i dont want anything on show though, i think stealth is the word im looking for!
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:27 pm

take the speaker boxes out and make some mdf rings for a 5 1/4 speaker to sit just beneath the rear grilles. stealth as fcuk
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:35 pm

tomtomiS wrote:take the speaker boxes out and make some mdf rings for a 5 1/4 speaker to sit just beneath the rear grilles. stealth as ****
Sounds good, i havnt looked at the back speakers yet, is there a chance of getting 6s or 6x9s under there or is 5 1/4 the max??
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:39 pm

i've not done it myself but it looks like 6.5" will fit, i imagine 6x9s will fit but it would be easier with 6.5s
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:50 pm

Ok, i might stick to the 5 1/4s for now, its easy to get carried away with these things and iv found a shop on e-bay thats doing a deal on them so i think im gonna replace all 4 with 5 1/4s for now, cheers for the info
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Post Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:22 am

In this link
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... hmount.htm
scroll down to see a larger speaker fitted in the rear.

There's a stealth box for sale for a touring on here at the moment - it looks handy.

See my post for a stealth amp installation.
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Post Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:36 pm

toby wrote:In this link
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... hmount.htm
scroll down to see a larger speaker fitted in the rear.

There's a stealth box for sale for a touring on here at the moment - it looks handy.

See my post for a stealth amp installation.
That makes more sense now, cheers, nice install too
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Post Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:58 pm

Hello all.

In that link showing the Touring speaker pod, is it easy to fit?

Do you have to cut anything> How do you attach the MDF ring?