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[kazjim]

I picked up a set of Sony 6" two-ways which fit into the stock holes and even had the right triangle-pattern screw holes...

$49 at JB Hifi ...

Take in your old speaker as a template - makes it easier to line up the holes

J

[Okibi]

Dude, I have some 8" pioneers you can have for $80 if you think they're suitable.

Perhaps you should drop around some time (Winthrop).

I have bought 3 different head units over the last 12 months all from Cash converters, the last 2 were about $120 each. It might give you an idea of what you can get if you hunt around.

I'd rather Alpine than a supercrap brand and they play MP3/ipod etc.

[kazjim]

I'm pretty happy with them, but then again, i drive with the roof down a lot and listen mostly to the ABC

But when i have a CD in and the roof up, they are about 100% better than the stockies....

I'd LIKE a decent bit of bass, but in this little car and this little head-unit (Sony Old-School Cassette / CD Changer), it will do for the moment...

J

[Garry]

New speakers and an amp will make a bigger difference than speakers alone. Thats initially what I did with my car. I got a small 2 channel Pioneer amp that fits in one of the tunnels beside the fuel tank so I didn't loose any boot space.

[Juffa]

Jaycar for speakers.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.as ... BCATID=609

And what I have in my car currently.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.as ... BCATID=602

Powered by a Alpine Amp and Alpine headunit with a external source adaptor.

J

[green_comet]

I would go the Jaycar kevlar splits Juffa linked. They are some of the best speakers I have heard for the money...

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=CS2329&CATID=15&form=CAT&SUBCATID=602

[Jeo]

With your budget i'd be looking at jaycar splits and if you can stretch it just a little, a small amp to in with them. You will see an improvement with just the speakers, but you'll see much more with even a 50w cop behind them.

Edit: beat me to it green comet

[mx52nv]

Are you coming to the meet up this Saturday?

[mx52nv]

So that means you can make it to the monthly club run?

[Jeo]

MDF and a jigsaw are your friends here. Make yourself a small spacer to go between the speaker and the door and you should be right. Will sound better than straight mounting metal on metal too.

[Jeo]

You can buy premade ones from autobarn/supercheap/etc but they won't fit as well and cost FAR more than a sheet of MDF. Or you could take it to a car audio shop and get them to make you up a pair, but again cost.

If you didn't own/have easy access to a jigsaw I could see those options but really, are you that lazy?

[connico]

Thanks Jeo. I think I'll have to give that a try - unless someone has a simpler (lazier) option

There are things called spacers for speakers that are avaliable at Jaycar, you could use them to space your speakers out.

I am curious but what size speakers did you buy to have this issue? My impression of the 5 door kick speakers were 6x8 inch. A standard 6x8 inch speaker would have fit fine.

Regards

Edited

[connico]

after some searching..

The tweeters I can't give you an accurate measurement (although they do look like the 'standard' size for most tweeters), but the mid-range speakers are 5x7 items.

The door holes are actually suited for an "8 round speaker

So the standard mid-range are 5x7 but the hole can fit a 8" round speaker.. This means you have multiple options to fit a speaker in this hole.

The best bet would be the get the trim of and double check that this is true... take the speaker into a shop and get a direct replacement if you dont want to muck around

A direct replacement would be something like this

[Alex]

Yep hole is 8", I would be more worried about depth, but it's not an issue with the Jaycar splits, I've had them in for more than 2 years now and they are still going fine.
I also just made an MDF mount for them, doesn't take long, just use cardboard to get a template (from either stock speaker mount or door itself) copy onto MDF, cut, then use the template that comes with the jaycars to cut out the centre.

[Jeo]

Even if you go for an OEM sized replacement, I'd still recommend making up some MDF spacers. MDF has a little bit of play in it which really helps to absorb some of the vibrations that would otherwise be there if you mount straight to the door. A hard plastic spacer will get you the same problem.