ccfj1 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Some have you may have seen this on other forums, but I thought I'd share here too. Well, I finally managed to do the speaker upgrade on the car. Used this as a Guide . I bought some Infinity Reference 5002i Speakers from eBay and some speaker adapters and started. Adapters; First off, I don't really like cutting the OEM plugs off the cars loom, so i soldered some crimps on to some speaker cable and soldered them to the speakers, I then soldered the crimps as well (for a good connection). I also wrapped the wire in harness tape so i won't get any rattles or suchlike. Modded Speakers; As you can see I had to modify the crimps so that I could use them with the cars loom connector, (i flattened the ends out and then cut and shaped them). I then fitted the rears first Ready to install OEM Fitting Modded Now on to the fronts Every thing was pretty straight forward, but here were a couple of gotchas, first one was the rear speaker covers, the tweeter sits a bit proud of the speaker so it caught the grill, so I got the hairdryer out and heated the cover (in the right place), then made a bulge, this was just enough to clear the grill. Second was the tweeter in the door card, this is connected to the speaker via a small plug, so rather than mess about I just cut the plug off and soldered the lead to the (modded) speaker lead I had made up. Also, i had to cut the raised lugs off the rear speaker adapters as the screws were not long enough with the lugs there. Reassembled the door cards and refitted to door, I must say the difference is quite marked, the sound is much more crisp and clear, absolutely no distortion coupled with the Sony SOT amp it's how the system should sound from the factory. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330d_Dan Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Great write up mate, will make this job for other users much easier now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///Marty Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hiya mate. great write up, had been planning on doing the same myself but the only guides i had seen involved mounting the speakers to the door cards using fibre glass. Can i ask where you got the adaptors from and ho much they were? Got a set of JL audio TR650's sat in my boot gathering dust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfj1 Posted June 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hi Marty, Adapters came from eBay and were £5 a pair, the cheapest I could find. http://tinyurl.com/4hfbky I used 5 1/4" speakers because the were cheap (£28 for 4) and I could get the adapters, so it was plug and play, the whole upgrade was less than £50, and its a whole lot better the OEM, even my missus agrees and she has a tin ear. The only other thing I'll say is that the 5 1/4" speakers don't produce floor shaking bass, so if you do go down this route and want loads of base think about a sub or 6" in the rears. BTW; The 6" speakers should fit (front or rear), but you may need to be creative with the adapters, as they are for 5 1/4 (13cm). HTH John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///Marty Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Hi Marty, Adapters came from eBay and were £5 a pair, the cheapest I could find. http://tinyurl.com/4hfbky I used 5 1/4" speakers because the were cheap (£28 for 4) and I could get the adapters, so it was plug and play, the whole upgrade was less than £50, and its a whole lot better the OEM, even my missus agrees and she has a tin ear. The only other thing I'll say is that the 5 1/4" speakers don't produce floor shaking bass, so if you do go down this route and want loads of base think about a sub or 6" in the rears. BTW; The 6" speakers should fit (front or rear), but you may need to be creative with the adapters, as they are for 5 1/4 (13cm). HTH John Good man, Thanks very much for that. To be honest i'm not really a massive ICE head, i set up a cheeky snipe on these speakers and got them for silly money. Don't really wan't to get into subs and amps and stuff but was thinking about an infinity basslink II to pick up the bass a bit. From what i have read it will be more than enough for what i need. My days of vibrating windows and loud thumping bass are well and truely over LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Good write up mate. I got some MDF adaptors from the states that should take a 6" speaker. I must get round to putting some speakers in there soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviejay Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Awesome write up, well done mate!!! Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jags Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Nice write up. Was this with the stock stereo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan k Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Nice write up. Was this with the stock stereo?good write up mate,i am going down this route at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfj1 Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Jags, It was with an OEM satnav setup. Allan, I've upgraded the fronts to Focal comps and added a modded HK sub, since this install, (to fill in for the lack of bass), I still have the Infinity's in the rears, but will be looking for some focals at some point (when I save some more money up, lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amowolves Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 nice write up john ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
