Re: SE Speaker Upgrade/Size
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:36 pm
Sorry to bust your bubble, but not going to happen. The stock speakers have some funky plastic mounting surrounds that act as water shields too. You will need to hack these to suit, (id highly advise using some kind of water shield). I got some mdf spacers and glued them into the plastic surrounds. Then screwed the 6 1/2" speakers into the mdf. Coaxial speakers will be easier in terms of install but component (separate tweeter) will provide better sound quality at the cost of having to mount the tweeter too, somewhere near the top of the door will do. I made brackets and mounted them behind factor tweeter location.
I would also suggest to sound deaden the doors if you want any kind of quality, the MX5's are not the best for rattles, you could probably get away with it for under $100 using jaycar stuff. A cheap set of speakers with deadening will sound better than a set double the price most of the time.
I would also suggest to sound deaden the doors if you want any kind of quality, the MX5's are not the best for rattles, you could probably get away with it for under $100 using jaycar stuff. A cheap set of speakers with deadening will sound better than a set double the price most of the time.