Replacement Speakers For Your R32..

[Tezzah]

Hey guys,

Just wondering what everyone has done with the front speakers of their R32's. I replaced mine with 4x7" JBL 2ways (maybe 3ways) and anyway didnt last too long before they blew.

So what did you do?

Ta

Tez

[Daniel R32]

I cut a rectangle out of the bottom corner and made my own fiberglass pods to suit some fusion woofers and crossovers.

Its not show quality but still looks good and works well.

Edited July 13, 2007 by Daniel R32

[Boss-zilla]

i got a bit of 3mm purpex and cut it to the shape of the hole to use the original bolts then made a 6 1/2in hole in the center for the speaker.

All fits no prob. (sorry dont have any pics)

[gazza750]

i got MB QUART discuss 6 1/2 splits in front doors of my gtr there is a template for them

here

they fir well and sound good and the tweeters are mounted at front of door

[GODTHRILA]

I hacked up the factory black plastic pod thing so that it had a flat face to it...

2 factory screw mounts were still there and mounted a 6mm MDF board up to the now flat face...

Traced the 5" woofer and flush mount for the tweeter onto the MFD board (checking for possible depth issues)...

Remove the MDF pannel and cut the holes...

Re-mounted the MDF pannel and trial fit the speaker and tweeter...

Add some resin (and fibreglass if needed) to bond the MDF to the plastic pod and also seal any gaps...

Clean up any fibreglass dags and trial fit the finished product...

Spray with matt black paint...

Mount the complete pod and wire up...

Enjoy...

The benifit I gained from this install was that the factory plastic pods also doubled as the front wall of the door pockets so there is no way anything will find its way into my door. Also the factory mounts are angled so that the speakers face up towards your face rather than straight out into your leg... my speakers play into my ears now and not into my MASSIVE calf muscles!

oh... and no, sorry I don't have any pics

[SLIPPERY]

take the plastic mounts out and use as a template for some 16mm MDF

ive got the good pioneer splits in there with the factory grill over the top so that it still looks factory

[Ashy Larry]

I bought some 5 3/4 speakers with a little teewter in them, mounted them in the factory speaker pods.

Looks standard. Also hid a set of Pioneer 6" threeways under the rear factory speaker grills.

Hope this helps.

Mike

[GODTHRILA]

What luck you are in!!!

The twat that replaced the factory speakers in my car (before I installed new splits), did a super dodgey job and busted the factory speaker grille. It has never stayed in properly and today fell out completely. I have to remove the door trim to fix it permenantly, so I will take some pics of my modified factory plastic pods... all in the intrest of science of course.

[lach 32]

hey, got my stereo guy to put some pioneer 6.5 inch splits in the front door. he was able to do it just by trimming at the factory plastic to make it big enough to put the speakers in, he said it's better to do it that way rather then make a new mount out of mdf cause it makes for better Acoustics or something because it keeps the original angle of the factory plastic speaker mount. thats what i understood when he was telling me.

[SLIPPERY]

but plastic is tinny, rattles and vibrates a lot more than thick wood would

i reckon he said that cause it would have been more work to make up new ones hah!

[lach 32]

but plastic is tinny, rattles and vibrates a lot more than thick wood would

i reckon he said that cause it would have been more work to make up new ones hah!

yeh probs, but it did take him a while to shape all the plastic. They seem to be very clear and i dont get any sort of rattles or vibrations or anything but i geuss it just depends on the time you want to spend on it.