speakers

[Suffolk944]

People often suggest JBL 6 x 4's for the front (which can easily be picked up on fleabay) but have to say when I installed some in my previous car I was hard pressed to tell the difference from the originals. [&:]

 

[944 man]

I assure you that its easier to take the windows out, than mess about in the way described. Just see that you dont damage the delicate aluminium trim which 'locks' the rubber.

 

[924nutter]

Or think about your neighbours and keep the stereo turned down so the speakers don't distort. If you lived oppsite a newsagent like I do you would understand what I am talking about. As a bonus you wont be having to rely on a hearing aid by the time you are forty. In industry it is generally understood that Low frequency thuds like the repeteteive bass sound require anyone within earshot to wear hearing protection.

 

[scam75]

ORIGINAL: ChasR

ORIGINAL: scam75

I replaced my rear speakers recently and did not need to take the side windows out. I carefully slid the overlap out from under the seal and then carefully fed it back in under the seal using a little flat blade screwdriver to lift the seal as I went along. You can get 6.5 inch round speakers in there with a bit of fiddling!

I have also fitted 6.5 inch round speakers at the front with minimal fuss, slight nibbling of the door card sufficed and they don't foul on anything except maybe your knees when you get in and out![]

Prey tell, It was the fronts that I was thinking of. I have a lovely set of 6.5" Rainbow Prototype components ready to go in. Currently it has the old tired Blaupunkts in.

If a 6.5" speaker cannot be solidly mounted, what 6x4s have satisfied people here?

I had to cut away enough of the door panel to accept the back of the speaker and let the rim sit flush on the door card then just bolted them up. There is only a couple of mm between speakers and dash with door shut but they fit fine.

In response to 944 man, 10 minutes a side with my "fiddly" technique and no chance of damaged aluminium!

 

[rav]

I bought some JBL speakers for the front of my old 944 turbo. About £40 from a local specialist.

Like John says, they didn't make any difference. I just resided myself to the thought that the Porsche was made for driving with engine sound rather than the Eurythmics.

I have seen some 944s with a 10 speaker upgrade. Would be interesting to know where the speakers are installed and who made them?
If not so rare, im sure a breaker like Douglas Valley would have a car with this system in?

Not a great picture and not my car, but you can see the 6 x 9 here:

and a similar thing here too:

 

[scam75]

In an amazing coincidence you have pictured my car there with the burgundy interior. You know it well as you went down to Dorset to see it when it was for sale for £4,495!

Anyway, I know have slightly bigger 6.5" speakers there that look like the bottom picture.

Off topic but thought you might like to know I got the car for £3k and had to do 2 cv joints, 2 brake discs and a new temp gauge. Car has done 3000 faultless miles since. Will need the sill doing at some point!

Cheers

Stuart

 

[944 man]

The speakers in the ten speaker cars were made by Nokia. They were alright then; but theyre not particularly impressive now. More than adequate for the Eurythmics, of course...

 

[ChasR]

As Simon said, from what I've seen of them, they don't look anything great. For one the speaker positioning is quite wrong...

ORIGINAL: 924nutter

Or think about your neighbours and keep the stereo turned down so the speakers don't distort. If you lived oppsite a newsagent like I do you would understand what I am talking about. As a bonus you wont be having to rely on a hearing aid by the time you are forty. In industry it is generally understood that Low frequency thuds like the repeteteive bass sound require anyone within earshot to wear hearing protection.

I will have to agree to disagree there .

 

[Fat Albert]

I seem to have speakers everywhere in the doors on mine, so I presume it has the 10 speaket kit?
I did see a 3 speaker set on eBay recently that was meant to be an 'upgrade' and directly replaces the set of speakers i have under the door armrest, anyone seen/tried those?

 

[Suffolk944]

I have the ten speaker option and its certainly an improvement on the more usual set up and perfectly acceptable at normal volume levels with a decent cd player in place. I did notice that John Mitchell offers an upgrade for the ten speaker system using Alpine units iirc but it costs £550 fitted.....

 

[golfprorich]

These fit fine.............

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alpine-SXE-4625S-4x6-150w-Coaxial-Car-Speakers-Stereo-CD-2-Way-10x15cm-NEW-/140846209794?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item20cb169b02