Speaker set up....

....took my TT to a local ICE installer today - he said i can prob squeeze in 13cm speakers in the front doors, and the same in the back.

Does this sound right - am just about to buy a couple of pairs so wanted to check as all of mine are shoddy!!

thanx!

Yeah thats right dude, i fitted 6.5 in the front and back. The front you need to make up the Bracket for as the old one is crap and wont hold the Speaker.

Geo.

do a search, theres a template on here for the brackets, there was also one already made up in the parts for sale section from the group buiy - dont know if its still available though...

....took my TT to a local ICE installer today - he said i can prob squeeze in 13cm speakers in the front doors, and the same in the back.

He's wrong.

13cm isn't 6.5" though.

i fitted 6.5 in the front and back. The front you need to make up the Bracket for as the old one is crap and wont hold the Speaker.

 

Geo.

Correct.

so i need 6.5" speakers then yeah? will 13cm not fit as i'm sure thats what he measured the original ones at??

cheers guys.

so what happens if he screws these new speakers straight in place of the old ones in the front?

james

He won't be able to.

Get the brackets made and you can go to 17cm ones. Much better.

17cm for the win, how much are you wanting to spend and what are you aiming for, just a better upgrade then standard, or quality, loudness, bass?

you dont need big speakers for big noise guys just the right set up.10cm front 6.5" rear is the ideal setup.

Cheers fellas....basically all 4 of mine are blown and farting - its driving me nuts!!

All i want is some half decent speakers so i can actually hear the music - i will get my sub fitted at a later date - i have no big budget for this unfiortunately but have found some great deals on ebay.

can someone please confirm that 13cm will go in the front and 6.5" will fit straight in the rear....i'm getting a tad confused!!!

13cm will only go in the front if you make the bracket to fit them 6.5s will go straight in the rear thou, you just have to take out the stock one's

I think the fronts are puny 10cm but you can get as big at 6.5"/17cm in with a bracket.

cool - cheers guys - i will hunt out some 6.5" for the rear.

if i cant get a bracket for the fronts, am i better just putting 10cm ones in for now?

you can get 6"x9"s in the rears, not easy but can be done

cheers mate - i think i'll stick to the 17cm's in the rear just to be on the safe side.

so.... just to confirm... i am getting 17cm for the back and 10cm for thre fronts as i dont have any brackets to use.... is that definately going to be ok (or am i best to try it with 13cm in the front and hope for the best!) ???

I don't think you'll fit 13cm in the front - they'll certainly be pretty tight. Even 10cm are probably going to require a bracket because the stock speakers use three screws in a triangular arrangement. Nearly all standard speakers use 4 screw holes in a square arrangement. I originally went for straight 10cm replacements in the front and ended up having to make brackets out of plywood. If I'd known that up front I'd have gone straight for the proper brackets to fit 6.5 inchers (which I finally did this year with the excellent group buy brackets - thanks again Trick TT!).

If you're interested I wrote up my install here:

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=95086

Can definitely recommend going straight for the bigger speakers in front. Oh and the rears won't necessarily go straight in - again see the above write up. And having lived with 10cm in the front for quite a few months I can say there's a huge difference in overall sound with the bigger speakers, definitely worth the extra effort/cash.

Good luck!

The rears are a 4 screw square arrangement. I found the 17cm Alpine S type speakers to be a direct fit. Even the screws that come in the box work on the metal bracket.

ok cool cheers fella - hoping to get them fitted this weekend! will let you know hoe i get on!!