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Old 06-30-2008, 05:11 PM   #1
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Hey guys!!!

I wanna put in 6 1/2" drivers into the doors....
What is invovled, and did you have clearance issues wiht the
window once installed?
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Old 06-30-2008, 11:18 PM   #2
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Default Re: converting door speakers

make a spacer, or buy a plastic one from metra, I have soundstreams in mine, and no problems at all (and they are large)
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My car had the Bose speakers in it. It had a plastic holder for the speaker that was secured to the door panel. When I upgraded to my 6.5" Memphis M speakers. I took out the plastic hold that held the 5.5" speakers and dremelled it out so it would fit the 6.5" speakers. It took a few tries to get it to sit below the section of the door skin that was rubbing against the outter part of the woofer. But once I managed to get past that, they worked fine.

I am guessing GP's without the Bose speaker package do not have those nice plastic holders???
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mine had some, but they put the 6.5's against the door panel
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mine had some, but they put the 6.5's against the door panel
Aye correct, that is the part I had to work around. I cut deep into the plastic so that the speaker would sit lower in the cradle. And I then used my dremel tool to shave off the plastic of the door skin so it would not rest against the woofer. It worked out rather nicely. Granted I had white plastic stuff all over the place before it was all said done, but it doing that made it work
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mine the mounting surface was pretty thin
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I cut the inside of the plastic housing out and made a 1" spacer for my kickers. The good thing about wood is you can sand it down at an angle for beter imaging. @ 1" I had no issues at all.
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