do you need special brackets? i talked to several audio places here in vegas and they all mentioned making special brackets that will cost an additional $50... whats the deal with this?

 

the dont have to make them....you can get them alot of places....best buy, circuit city, crutchfield...http://www.crutchfield.com/S-H9Mzp1T...0&I=142SASC656

 

you dont need brackets whatsoever. All you need is a pair of 6.5" speakers, a drill to mount the speakers, 4 screws and anything you want to use to punch out the factory speaker. Id post pix but i dont have any of my install. Just cut out the part where the woofer cone meets the plastic mount and walah. Drill your 4 screws into the plastic.



punch out all the RED

 

Thats fine too....unless you like to save the factory pieces just in case you sell the car or blow a speaker...etc...

 

I'm not in favor of destroying the stock speakers, at all.

Oddly enough, aftermarket sound systems don't necessarily increase the value of a used car, at all. They can even detract from it.

Chances are good, however, that those aftermarket components will have value if sold separately, or if carried over to the next car... the wiring can simply be abandoned, for the most part, tucked under the carpets or behind the dash, and all the stock stuff re-installed if things were done right in the first place...

Commercial and DIY solutions are available. Tanakasan graciously mailed me the patterns for the front and dash speaker adapters, which I have yet to install, and I plan on contributing patterns for the rears whenever the weather comes around.

It's been a particularly brutal winter here in Denver... and I don't have a garage...

 

i agree with shadowbox, i did the same thing, i punched out the old speaker and then mounter a 6 inch alpine component woofer in it, then reinstalled, it looks factory, you put the door panel back on and you can't even tell. worked awesome.

 

yea the brackets crutchfield has are only like 15$ i kept my stock speakers incase i sell the car.

 

$12.99 from crutchfield!

 

any picks on how the back door speakers look and how to get that done?

 

i think they have a sticky in the tech section.

 

The back doors don't have speakers in them.

 

Ever sat in an xA before????

stone, I didn't take any pics when I upgraded my speakers, but they are very simular

 

Ever sit in the back of an xB...????

 

No, I was afraid someone might see me.....

 

you can go with that or if you like premade MDF go with this one. I have them and they are much better then the ones I made. Honestly though you will only need them if the magnet on the speaker won't let the window roll down. Which I believe will happen on all aftermarket speakers. I've had Alpine type-s components and a set of Elemental Designs and I had to use the brakcets to put them in. You might also need to trim the door panel a little mainly due to mounting positions. Some people had to do it others did it with no problems.

http://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/pro...products_id=77

 

I need a set on my fronts, when I shut the door with the window all the way down, it rattles against the magnet.....

 

I had no idea we started talking xA. My Bad!

 

OK, I'll forgive you.... but some of these other guys might not......

 

Has anyone cut the rear door panels and installed speakers or no of a place to get door panels that will hold 6.5" or 5.25" speakers? I really don't want to put 8" subs on the doors.