Front Speaker Pods And Origional Speaker Sizes?

[Guest dave29]

hi guys n galls ive just managed to get a replacement set of front speaker pods for my all blue that have,nt been hacked to bits and was wondering what size speakers i would need to fit behind them properly and also whats the proper way of fitting them as my old set where cracked so i kinda forced em in place n i dont wanna break the new ones.......also lol......any sugestions for a decent pair of aftermarket speakers

[Basilbear]

hi guys n galls ive just managed to get a replacement set of front speaker pods for my all blue that have,nt been hacked to bits and was wondering what size speakers i would need to fit behind them properly and also whats the proper way of fitting them as my old set where cracked so i kinda forced em in place n i dont wanna break the new ones.......also lol......any sugestions for a decent pair of aftermarket speakers

 

Hi Dave,

I replaced my front speakers with some from Halfords and they are 10cm (4") that fit. If you do want the original front and rear ones I think I still have the full set.

 

Thanks

Avril

[Guest dave29]

Hi Dave,

I replaced my front speakers with some from Halfords and they are 10cm (4") that fit. If you do want the original front and rear ones I think I still have the full set.

 

Thanks

Avril

 

 

cheers basil your a star. :@)im looking at getting some aftermarket ones though as id imagine the standards wouldnt sound to great with a non standard stereo.are the rears 10cm too? i,ll be keeping my eyes peeled for a set of non hacked rear pods shortly too lol. does the dash have to be unscrewed at the bottom as the old cracked ones where difficult to fit as the metal panel behind is shaped......

[gingergman]

unscrew the bottom side star bolt on the dash that the door covers when closed, that gives loads more room to do it

[Guest dave29]

unscrew the bottom side star bolt on the dash that the door covers when closed, that gives loads more room to do it

 

cheers bud. i tryed to undo that with a flat screw driver as i could,nt find my star drive of that size lol.i guess i,ll have to find it before i attemp to fit em.

[Basilbear]

cheers bud. i tryed to undo that with a flat screw driver as i could,nt find my star drive of that size lol.i guess i,ll have to find it before i attemp to fit em.

 

Dave,

when I replaced my front ones I found that the passenger side speaker cover could be wedged up just by undoing the 2 dash bolts by the door....but the drivers side has a shelf under the steering wheel in the dash and you have to undo more of the dash on the drivers side to enable it to slide up behind without breaking the cover. I found that if you undid the centre dash screw thats hidden behind the heater controls as well as the ones by the doors it allows it to come out enought to slot the covers up both sides. And yes the rear speakers are the same size as the fronts....all 10cm (4").

 

thanks

Avril

Edited December 17, 2010 by Basilbear

[Guest dave29]

cheers basil. i,ll have to go speaker shopping lol

[gingergman]

you can get good 4 inch ones cheap,

 

you have the right idea, i dont like the big nasty speakers cut into cars

[Guest dave29]

you can get good 4 inch ones cheap,

 

you have the right idea, i dont like the big nasty speakers cut into cars

 

i agree. not only that the fact that a cabby is easyier to break into that a hard toped car so i dont want my goodies on display for some thieveing skum bag to nick.

[Guest Savage]

Set of 4" / 10cm's fit fine front and back. I opted for some cheap Tornado in front and a set of PowerBlasters in the rear. Although they dont sit flush in the original Ford mount, if you shave off the raised bit on the mount, they work fine and once covers are over, they look good:

 

Mk5:

 

Front mount after trimming with a stanley:

 

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Rear showing the mount:

 

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Rear finished:

 

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[Guest dave29]

Set of 4" / 10cm's fit fine front and back. I opted for some cheap Tornado in front and a set of PowerBlasters in the rear. Although they dont sit flush in the original Ford mount, if you shave off the raised bit on the mount, they work fine and once covers are over, they look good:

 

cheers fella. i had to do the same when i had my mk6 escort gti but i trimmed my speaker mounts with a cutting disc on a dremal.ive got a pair of speakers already mounted in the front pods but they where botched in by the previous owner lol.i wonder if they will fit behind the new pods......mmmmmmmmm...aint sure of the size of em. if there 4" bonus!

[iansoutham]

A good set of 13cm (5.25") speakers will fit in the front on the MK3/4 models, but the locating lugs will need to be cut back. I then use a foam-backed draught excluder tape to seal between the metalwork and the speaker. This keeps the sounds "nice" and stops it from being misdirected. Make sure that the speakers are not too deep otherwise they will not clear the back of the enclosure.

 

On the rears, only 10cm (4") will fit and they would need to be shallow to miss the roof frame. Sony customs are shallow enough, but I use the 2010 edition InPhase on the rear as they have a redesigned setup meaning that they are shallower and lighter while still producing more output than older versions.