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Does anybody recommend using supression material like dyno mat too?

 

recomended size speakers are 16.5cm

 

Bolts, I am not too sure

 

Yes, a lot of people recommend using dynamat to give the speaker a decent (ish) enclosure.

It would also mean that your doors wouldn't vibrate as much.

 

6.5" \ 16.5cm

 

Bolts, I'm fairly sure you need longer ones, but I'm not sure on the exact length.

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Well I'll have to wait until I see mine in the flesh against the doors as I can't picture any issues after looking at your images.

 

no worries, i'll wait for the step by step guide.

 

If the speaker grill and the speaker dont line up then it is a bit pointless tbh.

 

If like you I still had the stock grill, then I guess like you say you can make do, but certainly from what I experienced yesterday, the speaker mount doesn't line up with the door card hole.

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All the brackets have now been sent out. Apologies to anyone who is still waiting for the plain ones, Royal Mail seems to be on a go-slow:(. They have all been sent out recorded delivery, so give it up to a week, then contact me and i'll chase them.

 

I'll try to address some of the issues:

1. These brackets are for 6.5inch round speakers only. I'm not aware of any 6.5inch round speakers that will not fit.

 

2. Thanks to Burna, who has kindly allowed me to do all the work on his car :rolleyes: , in order to produce a install guide. I should be doing this on Friday and i'll get the guide posted on here as soon as I can and i'll cover everything I can think of, with photos.

 

3. You will need longer bolts - there are 2 options and i'll cover both in the fitting guide.

 

4. Dynomatting - its up to you, and depends how much of an audio-geek you are;). Its not essential, but wont do any harm. I've padded out the space behind mine using the accouctic wool that is inside the stock speaker enclosures. It is important that the plastic liner is not damaged though as that could allow water inside the cabin.

 

5. I've borrowed the photo below from Kev.O. Thats exactly how they are supposed to be fitted. If you look at the grill, you can see that the vented bits are not central in the grill (circled in red), and that the centre of the speaker (arrowed) is central in the vent, not the whole grill. Due to the shape of the door, it is not possible to put a large speaker central to the whole grill, behind the door card, as the magnet and speaker frame will hit the door frame at the top. How much space you have depends on the size of the magnet on the speakers you are using. I designed the bracket to allow for fitting behind the door card with the stock grill. If you want to mount the speaker in front of the door card you will need a speaker ring (at least 3/4inch thick) which will allow you to move the speaker up, and away from the door so the magnet will clear the door frame. You can use my bracket to attach the ring to if you wish to fit them this way.

 

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Hope this is of some help for now.

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I designed the bracket to allow for fitting behind the door card with the stock grill. If you want to mount the speaker in front of the door card you will need a speaker ring (at least 3/4inch thick) which will allow you to move the speaker up, and away from the door so the magnet will clear the door frame. You can use my bracket to attach the ring to if you wish to fit them this way.

 

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/trick152/1-1.jpg

 

Hope this is of some help for now.

 

Thx Trick for posting the clarification, this helps a lot. As my 6.5" speaker is mounted center of the door card hole, I wont be able to use this bracket without a speaker ring.

 

Is this something that you can help with cause without that I wont be able to use these.

 

thx

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2. Thanks to Burna, who has kindly allowed me to do all the work on his car :rolleyes: , in order to produce a install guide. I should be doing this on Friday and i'll get the guide posted on here as soon as I can and i'll cover everything I can think of, with photos.

 

:D You love it!!! ;)

 

I picked up the speakers last night mate so the car will be with you Thursday night :)

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Impedance 2 ohms... might be a problem for anyone who doesn't have a head unit/amp capable of supporting 2 ohms?

 

Oh please don't p!ss on my chips now Mawby :( I don't have a clue about ICE so these sounded ok to me http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=160155&highlight=INFINITY+REFERENCE+6522i

 

What's the worse that could be wrong with these speakers please?

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I'm no expert so it may be nothing to worry about, but when I was looking into what speakers I was going to fit I found lots of sites stating stuff like...

 

"...using lower resistance loads produces a greater load on the amp. Well designed amps that cannot handle the demand will either shut themselves off or blow a fuse. A poorer designed amp can permanently damage itself. Also, even if an amp works in these configurations it will probably generate more heat so ventilation is even more important..."

 

Taken from here where there's a load of in depth articles about car audio. I looked at this one in reference to ohms.

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Thx Trick for posting the clarification, this helps a lot. As my 6.5" speaker is mounted center of the door card hole, I wont be able to use this bracket without a speaker ring.

 

Is this something that you can help with cause without that I wont be able to use these.

 

thx

 

How is that Sheefa was able to do a group buy on my original design for brackets and separate rings for £17 a pair, in moisture resistant MDF, yet these, to your design, are some £30 a pair and its just a bit of cut Marine ply with holes drilled in? Yet Imi is still going to have to buy some rings to get them to actually fit.

Don't feel obliged to answer, its more a rhetorical question.

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