Lessons Learned Sail New Subs, Frt door spkr
03-24-2009, 08:10 PM
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Lessons Learned Sail New Subs, Frt door spkr Installed Elemental Design 6.5s in the sail and 6.5 seperates in the doors. Thanks to the recommendation from Ian Kee when his stock was expended he gave me some real good advice for DVC subs.
1. Used 3/8 thick plywood and cut spacers for the speaker to fit and the magnet to clear.
2. Need to trim the inside of the sail panel to clear the speaker grill.
3. Soldered the original speaker leads to the now speaker so as to retain the factory plugs.
4. The front factory speaker mount will work if you cut the back out and the grind it to almost paper thin near the speaker. Its not weakened because the mount speakers are bosses on the outside. Use new screws with smaller heads.
5. Put an extra screw in the top as its needed to hold the mount tight.
6. Factory tweeter mount works fine be careful removing the factory speed clips to prevent tearing them off the panel.
7. The factory screw with the after market speaker needs a lock washer prevent the screw from bottoming before getting tight.
THEY SOUND GREAT.
The Edead was awesome as well see seperate post!
Ed
1. Used 3/8 thick plywood and cut spacers for the speaker to fit and the magnet to clear.
2. Need to trim the inside of the sail panel to clear the speaker grill.
3. Soldered the original speaker leads to the now speaker so as to retain the factory plugs.
4. The front factory speaker mount will work if you cut the back out and the grind it to almost paper thin near the speaker. Its not weakened because the mount speakers are bosses on the outside. Use new screws with smaller heads.
5. Put an extra screw in the top as its needed to hold the mount tight.
6. Factory tweeter mount works fine be careful removing the factory speed clips to prevent tearing them off the panel.
7. The factory screw with the after market speaker needs a lock washer prevent the screw from bottoming before getting tight.
THEY SOUND GREAT.
The Edead was awesome as well see seperate post!
Ed
03-24-2009, 09:17 PM
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I just installed my powerbass 3XL-60C speakers in my car, and yeah i had to saw away at that damn stock mount. that was the PITA part haha. making it nice and smooth so that speaker fit in nice. What an upgrade!
