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as above, i have bought 6.5" splits, believing that they were the same size as the factory front speakers.

i have just pulled off the door trim and the woofer cone is just too big to fit into the black speaker holder thing stuck to the door trim.

what to do? :S i splashed $400 on focal splits so buying newbies is NOT an option..

cheers guys

Ric

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Too big as in too deep? The magnet is hitting the door?

Mine were like that (MBQuarts, not cheap either) so some spacers were made up... You're going to have to make some spacers no matter if it's depth or not cause it's not fitting as standard...

not too deep, the cone diameter wouldn't fit in the factory spacer. so all the people on here who have said that the car came stock with 6.5" splits were high?

and the so-called 'expert' where i bought the speakers telling me they will fit no dramas.. grrr..

anyway thanks for your help buddy, at least i know theres a way of making them fit.

Ric

i just put a set of 6.5' focal splits in the front doors in my r33 s2 96 and they go very hard and sound great, i put a set of 6.5' twoway alpine R in the back side panel too, and a set right at the back too. 6x 6.5" speakers = 600watts rms just with speakers

back panel pics, i was bored so i thought i would give it ago

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check out the 'installing speakers into skyline doors tutorial' at the top of the car audio and security page. Its pretty much what i did except i made the mdf spacers longer (exactly the same shape as the factory ones) so i could put the plastic plate on (as this is what blocks off the trays in the door trim). Hope that made sense

i just put a set of 6.5' focal splits in the front doors in my r33 s2 96 and they go very hard and sound great, i put a set of 6.5' twoway alpine R in the back side panel too, and a set right at the back too. 6x 6.5" speakers = 600watts rms just with speakers

back panel pics, i was bored so i thought i would give it ago

done the same thing with my panels dont have pics but looks great and different.

im assuming it wont fit into the black moulded peice in the door. just trim it mate and drill new holes its what i did and they fit fine :D

yeah ended up getting out the angle grinder and shaving the sides a bit... just got it to fit. pain in the ass though!

btw focal speakers KICK ASS!! no sound deadening and still pumps fair hard..

When you put your tweeters in don't put them in that little triangle bit next to the window, do this instead,

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just need to mark it out and cut it with some snips or use a hole saw on a drill.

and Skylineboy84's idea kicks ass, I'm doing that someday!

When you put your tweeters in don't put them in that little triangle bit next to the window, do this instead,

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just need to mark it out and cut it with some snips or use a hole saw on a drill.

and Skylineboy84's idea kicks ass, I'm doing that someday!

Hey man quick question, what size are ur woofers..6"..or 6.5"...cas my speaker covers dont fit the OE door grilles.

Also how did u mount ur speakers to ur door?

Cheers...good job by the way.

Hey man quick question, what size are ur woofers..6"..or 6.5"...cas my speaker covers dont fit the OE door grilles.

Also how did u mount ur speakers to ur door?

Cheers...good job by the way.

6"s

Someone else pulled out the stock grills to put some crappy speakers in and they did a really hack job, so a had to mark out the alpine grill and snip out the door skin to make it fit without showing the door skin.

The speaker itself is mounted in the factory plastic speaker mount behind the door skin and the speaker grill is on the door skin. So theres a 1" to 2" gap between them.

Edited by -Dukes-

I have got some hertz 6.5inch spilts on the front with stock pods

Just basically had to trim a bit off the sides etc.

They deff fit. Just try and trim a bit off

Heres what i did few years ago: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Sp...-H-t103289.html

Edited by siddr20
  • 2 months later...

When we did our Project car we worked out the factory speakers are actually 6-3/4" (oversize) which are 17cm speakers. Pioneer make a direct replacement if you don't want to stuff around with chopping and grinding and re-use the standard black insert and speaker grille.

When we did our Project car we worked out the factory speakers are actually 6-3/4" (oversize) which are 17cm speakers. Pioneer make a direct replacement if you don't want to stuff around with chopping and grinding and re-use the standard black insert and speaker grille.

so if 6-3/4" speakers fit into the factory speaker housing, why did my 6.5" ones not? :rant:

  • 4 years later...

Sorry to bring back an old topic guys but im looking for the perfect size that will fit the front doors of an r33 s2. dont want to cut and grind and all that bs. want a straight swap

from above , 6.5' wont work? what will then?

looking at putting splits in (front speakers + tweeters)

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