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Ultima_Bloke
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Front door speaker upgrades??
« on: Aug 27th, 2007, 4:21pm » |
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Hi everyone. I'm looking at changing the speakers on my ultima, and just wondered if anyone on here has upgraded there front door speakers to aftermarket ones?? Any help?? Thanx
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Ultima_Bloke
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #2 on: Aug 28th, 2007, 6:03pm » |
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Just wondered what size i need that will fit straight in. Thanks
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Kjetil S
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #3 on: Aug 28th, 2007, 7:16pm » |
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the original ones are 4" BUT.. as far as I can remember, you can probably forget finding speakers that slot in directly. Ford, in their infinite wisdom, has made the mounting holes bigger than the speaker meshes and in an irregular shape.
What I did was to make two aluminium plates with the same size and shape as the original speakers, and cut holes in them for the new speakers. (aka adapter plates)
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Ultima_Bloke
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #4 on: Aug 28th, 2007, 7:55pm » |
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Oops! 
The 5" ones I bought on e-bay yesterday will have to be used on one of my other projects then! lol 
Thanks for the help tho. 
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Kjetil S
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #5 on: Aug 28th, 2007, 8:52pm » |
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5" speakers may fit, I haven't tried.  You would probably still need to make up some adapters though
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #6 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 6:02pm » |
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Al if I can fit 6X9's in the doors then you should be alright with 5" 
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Ultima_Bloke
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #7 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 8:27pm » |
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on Aug 30th, 2007, 6:02pm, RichardMS wrote:| Al if I can fit 6X9's in the doors then you should be alright with 5" |
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LMAO!! 
Hi richard! Howz u mate? Im after a quick 5 minute install, not the hours that you spent!
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RichardMS
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #8 on: Aug 31st, 2007, 11:31pm » |
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Hi Al, It only took me 15 minutes 
Are you going to Billing 
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dan_the_man
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #9 on: Sep 1st, 2007, 8:20pm » |
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I fitted one sony Xplode 130mm 5.25 ins today. you'll have to cut a little round the hole . I cut slots and knocked the edge over, inwardly. I used two of the origional screw holes. the sonys cost 32 quid and hardly sound better than standard with a 9'' square Dynomat sat behind them ! spend some money on good ones would be my advice. I may not even bother fitting the other to match the sound is that close. will test again tonight
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #10 on: Sep 2nd, 2007, 12:56pm » |
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I think my ears were not working at the time of testing !  they do handle a lot more bass. looking back I should have chucked in a few more pounds though. I hope the matching 6 x 9's for the rear make up for them . they were 45 bux. I chipped the guy in the shop to 70 and a fiver for the Dynomat so I aint upset.
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Pikey
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #11 on: Sep 6th, 2007, 10:48am » |
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Whichever Infinity speakers are the good ones (Kappa or Reference I cant remember, think its Reference) are very good speakers. I had them in the front of my Skyline, after making mdf adapter plates. They cost £130.
The other ones, Kappa, I had on the rear shelf. They cost £50 and they were UTTER rubbish.
It wouldnt make much difference without changing the headunit first anyway
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #13 on: Sep 6th, 2007, 3:02pm » |
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I've quite possibly got them the wrong way round then
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cossie_al
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Re: Front door speaker upgrades??
« Reply #14 on: Sep 6th, 2007, 10:07pm » |
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I still have these door cards and speakers if your interested. Not a five minute job I know, you would have to open out the hole in the door a bit and modify your door pockets. or the speaker pods would come off and fit your door cards if your interior is a different colour.
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