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Hey guys, ive just got a simple question to ask. Ive get a pair of 6.5 inch splits and would like to know if any here has installed spilts themselves before or have taken it to an audio specialist ie. tonkins, mobiltek. If a home job, is it hard to remove the door trims etc tc or If you guys had it pro installed would any1 recommend tonkins?

thanx in advance

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Originally posted by Miss_Nismo

complete audio cause i work there ;)

Are you offerring a discount? :)

anyways, yeah Ill give you a visit sometime soon

btw tonkins quoted me ~80 to install speakers, but with my splits(kickers k6.2) would require mdf therefore he sed ~$130 yikes!? is this to much? oh Im not going to tonkins now that miss_nismo has sugested hers, but as a benchmark as to how much Im looking @ paying.

Thanx for your informative responses

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thats sounds like a very good price miss nismo.

Another thing which i might add is that is it possible to get just purely the speakers installed ie. by complete audio. y? b/c im getting an amp not long from now and would want to get the speakers directly connected to it , thus no need to uncut/clip wires from the headunit to then have to rerun the wires to the boot. Furthermore, it would save me money in the long run as it seems they cost another $150 odd to run to an amp in which you have alredy got an amp kit for. Can pro's just do the speaker step for you?

thanx

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Hi guys

I just installed some Kicker 6.5 splits in mine. Very Easy and hardly worth paying a pro for. The door trims aren't complicated. There are 3 screws along the bottom of each door. One screw in the bottom of the door handle (hole). The rim around the door lever just clips off (take care). The power windows switches come off in one bit and are just clipped in. On the passenger side there are 2 screws holding the handle in. Remove the cover on the bottom one. The top one is under the power window switch which will just unclip with a screw driver. Then just lift the door trim up. The speakers can be mounted to the black plastic ring which is stuck on the factory speakers. No need for any MDF. As for the wires, pull back the rubber seal along side the dash and you will see a hole even with the bottom of dash. Run your wires through there and into the door. Make sure you have enough slack wire so the door can open fully but not too much as it will get caught in the window mechanism.

Hope this helps.

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Sime: thanx for your reply, its very helpful. Well, then im going to try and install it myself but it that fails then i guess Ill have to get it pro installed. btw where did you mount your tweeters? Im thinking of putting them on the back of the mirror plate but atm with a glance it seems to be too big, actually more like it buldges out a bit. Also, how do your speakers sound .. any sound deadening used?

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I've just got the tweeters on the dash next to the window facing up. It's easy to run the wiring from there between the dash and the A pillar. They're not the optimal position for sound quality as they aren't pointing at you and the sound supposedly bounces off the front window. Unless you've got a very good ear, you won't notice the difference. The problem is they are visible from the outside. You could always put a Maccas drive through sticker there to hide them. The other one is hidden behind the reg sticker. I thought about the mirror plate but decided I couldn't do a neat job of it there. As for sound deadening, that's on the cards. My speakers sound awesome at the moment but I do get a bit of rattle as the door trim vibrates against the door.

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yes, Im concerned about visibilty also since the car is prodominately situated in public places. hhmm..need window tinting! btw is your speakers running of your headunit or amp? On the issue of sound deadning, ive heard that some ppl have used pink batts..seems like a cheap alternative but then again it doesnt contain the properties which sound deadning products possess. Approx. how long did it take you to install your speakers..particularly door panel removal and midrange installation?

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You should run your speakers off an amp. Head units don't give out enough power and can actually damage your speakers. I don't know much about sound deadening except it's expensive if you buy the real thing. I don't know how good the alternatives are. (Anyone else out there know?) Speakers took less than an hour. That doesn't include installing the amp. Once you've figured out the first door, the second one will only take a couple of minutes to get off. You'll need a drill to screw in the speakers as you'll have to create the holes in the plastic ring. I just used self tappers rather than drilling a hole first.

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your input has been very much appreciated sime =D

yes im going to get an amp and will run speakers of them.

Im going to give installing the speakers a go in a few hours, hope it wil be fun without alot of cursing and screaming. rofl.

cheers

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