rear speakers...

Post by **Acca Dacca** » Mon May 30, 2005 1:13 pm

Anyone managed to somehow fit rear speakers into a Sierra ?

I wouldn't mind putting some 6x9s in the back of mine but I'm at a loss as to where they could go.

Post by **nicbeer** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:06 pm

Yup, chuck some 6x9 in a couple of spacers into the tailgate or in the sideplates under the rear windows of a hardtop. Eith that or a set of 4"s will fit into the area of a softtop on the side panels.

cheers

Post by **Acca Dacca** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:41 pm

So you can't fit 6x9s in a soft-top ?

Post by **spamwell** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:46 pm

well thats what i did, but i have seen plent mounted in the tailgate they just have custom interior panels that space out the speakers.

Post by **ausyota** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:46 pm

I fitted 6x9s into my wifes soft top in some ally chequer plate side pannels.
If I was to do it again I would deffinatly just go with 6" round speakers though.
Would be so much easier to fit.
Paul.

Post by **-Mick-** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:00 pm

I have 6x9's in the panels just behind the b pillars and they JUST fit in with the ute top and little extra cab bit.

Would go 6's next time like ausyota said though

Post by **Acca Dacca** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:21 pm

Well I actually have some 6x9s around so I'd prefer to use them. I didn't think they'd fit into the side panels to be honest. For those that put them in the tailgate, is that without the back seats?

My only idea was put them in boxes on the floor, then figure out if I wanted the seats in or not. Sound quality vs practicality.

Post by **RB zook** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:49 pm

i got 6x9's in the tail gate

if im home early enough tomorrow arvo il take a pic for you

Post by **alien** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:56 pm

i got 6x9's in the gate... but theyre not sitting horizontal... i have them like this in the door: () () purely for space saving reasons. less likely to get whoppered by something in the tray.

theyre mounted on 20mm MDF covered in carpet... works a treat.

im in need of new ones soon though... the ones in there are 3 years old and the paper cone type - so theyre pretty crap now after that long in the sun/wet/mud/dust... i want to replace the MDF with aluminium sheet and some bolts to space the speaker out from the door for clearance.

Post by **angus350** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:37 pm

im about to get 6x9's in boxes to go in the back of me hardtop with my new stereo

Post by **munga** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:55 pm

Acca Dacca wrote:... Sound quality vs practicality.

what can you possibly hear in a zook?

Post by **Acca Dacca** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:35 pm

munga, thats the whole reason for better sound quality. Take your mind of those annoying noises.

Post by **benjamin78au** » Mon May 30, 2005 9:58 pm

well speaker wise, u can fit 6x9 or 7 x 10, get a bit of mdf and design a box for ontop of the rear wheel arches. i have done this and came out pretty good, after 5years of abuse my kenwood 7x10s finially gave up ghost. they use to be powered off an amp under drivers seat, you also can fit a reasonable size sub box behind those rear seats so i put 2 x 10 inch subs. um, could send photos drop me an email, or some one show mehow to post em.

bj

Post by **map** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:02 pm

I managed to fit 6 x 9s in rear tailgate and single 10" sub in middle just used alot of mdf to keep the weight down and fibreglass

Post by **Crawford** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:03 pm

SPeaker boxes = shit sound

Use 6"

I bought 6x9s to put in.. but they wouldnt fit cause of the depth.. and there is no where to chamber the sound behind it..

got 2 x 6" in back and 2 x 4" in front.. awesome sound..

6x9s are shit go 6"

and A LOT easier to fit in.. remember 6x9s have lots of depth to them.. not just the actual size of them

Post by **benjamin78au** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:09 pm

depending, on them , i found my 7x 10 , to sound pretty good. but dont mount em up and down verticly, or they won't fit. i mounted mine at 45 and seems to fit well. those with a set of 6 inch splits, in the foot panels. sound is pretty damn good even with roof off. just , remember, with or with out a roof, a lot of noise goes out thru that area, so it can attract the odd cop.

bj

Post by **Try_Me** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:26 pm

need help also with 6x9s have them in boxes at the moment on the floor in the back behind the seat inbetween the front and rear seats

need to put them somewere would luv a hand plz if some one can email me pics much apriciated

nick

Post by **Try_Me** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:35 pm

need help also with 6x9s have them in boxes at the moment on the floor in the back behind the seat inbetween the front and rear seats

need to put them somewere would luv a hand plz if some one can email me pics much apriciated

nick

Post by **-Mick-** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:49 pm

6x9's are deep.... space the mounts

sound quality arguments are redundant in a zook

It needs to be loud enough and clear enough (no clipping). If you need more go buy a camry

Post by **Crawford** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:56 pm

use 6x9s when you got a whole boot backin it :|

6" sound just as good in a zook... get a sub and amp if you got spare room...

Post by **mike** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:56 pm

I just ripped out my whole stereo system.
could never hear the damn thing anyway...
One of my mates wears ear plugs when he's in the car...

Post by **jabtronic** » Tue May 31, 2005 1:16 am

I'm running 6x9's with huge magnets on the side panels of my hardtop. I've used 12mm MDF panels for each side, then there are speaker spacers. The seats only just cleared them.

Now I've removed the seats anyway as I've built a 2 x 15" sub box to fit in where they were

Post by **zuku26** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:54 am

I did a set of 6x9's in the rear tailgate I also attached some thick cloth to the metal because the strong magnet kept attracting to my wall. I also tossed a set of 6x9's into small 6x9 boxes that fit over the rear wheel wells and used the 2 holes already there to bolt them down. I used smooth head bolts and used a washer and nut on the inside of the box to attach to keep the tires safe while stuffing them. I also plan to run miata seats that have built in speakers in the headrest. i have also seen guys use the Wrangler sound bar.

Post by **yamadafaka** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:48 am

Ive rigged up 2 round 6" speakers and a Rockford Fosgate 4channel amp on a piece of 25mm thick MDF straight to the back door and run all wiring under the floor mats. the amp is powering all 4 speakers in the car through a crappy pioneer cdplayer. the speakers are waterproof and the amp is stuck to the back door soooo tight that water (or mud) cant get down behind it. ill post some pics later....

Post by **yamadafaka** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:51 pm

here it is...

Post by **RB zook** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:29 pm

little cleaner

Post by **markil** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:53 pm

yamadafaka wrote:here it is...

is that a ockey strap holding your spare tyre in place in the back?

Post by **germo** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:03 pm

I had 2, 6" speakers in the rear side panels. 2 tweaters on the dash, 2 normals in the kick panel. and 2, 10" subs in the rear. the thing went off.
ashley

Post by **angus350** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:15 pm

for those of you who have 6x9's mounted or behind you back seats does it make it sound crappy being behind the seats ?

Post by **yamadafaka** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:46 pm

Ill have u know that there are 2 ockey straps

... dont worry it doesnt move around as much as you would think

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