rothshot55

can anyone walk me through it??


i wanna up-grade from the 4in speakers


i have a 1993 lexus gs 300



thanks

Kaiser

iTrader: (1)

Pretty sure they are 5" so 5.25 should go in the stock location with a little modification.

Seize

Actually the door speakers are 4.25"

rothshot55

anyone ever done this??

Xeeeeeem

I have 5.25s in my car. Had UE install it but they messed up pretty bad, i redid it. Seems easy enough tho, a little dremmel work and duck tape will do the trick. Yes, ducktape.

Be really careful so that no part of the cone is touching the door panel. You'll be able to see that once you have the window switch (wood grain) off.

My speakers were too close to the door panel so i took a mini hand torch (size of a lighter) heated it up and shaved the plastic with a razor blade. Then sanded the circle flat and sealed with duck tape. I don't have a Dremel so thats why i used a torch. Got the job done!!

Good luck

BIGGZ

So does anyone know if a 6.5 inch speaker will fit in the doors,or is there a size that you'd recommend.I might replace mines with kenwoods this week.

boostedGS

iTrader: (26)

i bought some 6.5" i was gonna try and fit them.. but i dunno.. havent started it yet so i dunno the outcome yet..

twojayzee

I have 6.5's in mine. I dont have the stock pod anymore though. I took a piece of 1/4" of HDF and trimmed it to match the basic outside shape of the stock pod. Used some another small piece of HDF to fill the gap and covered the whole door skin and speaker pod/spacer in a "dynamat" type material.

slvr-2jz

I think they did a very good job at the stock enclosures for each speaker, i thought that was very neat when i took the doors apart and saw that, but you are right when it comes time to upgrade it will take some work making everything fit right. on all the systems i ever had, sealed enclosures seem to thump the hardest and sound the best.

twojayzee

I concure. I was thinking about doing a fiberglass shell or tupperware container behind the 6.5 but it barely clears the glass on the back and the door panel on the front, as it is.

vinnymack

you guys wouldn't happen to have pictures of the install would you?

joelgs3

plz i blew my speakers the yesterday i put a clarion amp a while ago and i turned it up 2 much and they were gone i wanna do the type r set up to match my subs

twojayzee

I dont have pictures. But if you search for stereo, you'll find some photos. I think maybe is was davegs4 ?