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87Delta · Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 678 Location: Mississippi

Like the title says, finally got the courage to put in some 6 1/2's in the doors. They are Polk DB650's, decent speakers and I got them on employee sale for $65. It is finally starting to sound better. The door panels are crude, but work untill I get longer screws for the grilles. Also it was getting dark, didn't feel like messing with them anymore. Next step is 2 12's I'm hoping to have in next weekend. With all around 6 1/2's my sound is definitely more enjoyable, nice mid bass and plenty of highs for my heavy metal (blastin System of a Down and Chevelle sounds much better! :lol:) Enjoy... :D

Driver side:

Passenger side:

87Delta · Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 678 Location: Mississippi

Still in R&D stage, so fitment is ehhh...

Brianritchie21787 · Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Posts: 270 Location: Tolland, CT, USA

looks aright, i did the same to my doors... lucky for you, you have power windows :wink:

might wanna try using a foam baffle behind the speakers, as water could get inside your door wether your weather stripping is good or not. speakers dont like water :blush: i speak from experiance

88 Coupe · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject:

Hi all,

Brianritchie21787 wrote: ........ might wanna try using a foam baffle behind the speakers ........
Isn't foam placed inside an enclosure in order to tweak SQ?

Wouldn't plastic bags protect them better, without altering the sound?

Norm.

87Delta · Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 678 Location: Mississippi

Brianritchie21787 wrote: looks aright, i did the same to my doors... lucky for you, you have power windows :wink:

You could crank the windows down faster then my power windows speed :lol:

Brando · Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 3059 Location: Michigan, USA

88 Coupe wrote: Hi all,

Brianritchie21787 wrote: ........ might wanna try using a foam baffle behind the speakers ........
Isn't foam placed inside an enclosure in order to tweak SQ?

Wouldn't plastic bags protect them better, without altering the sound?

Norm.

:lol: Plastic bags would make tons of noise, noise you don't want.

While you also make a point, those speakers are meant to be mounted infinite baffle, not sealed up in a foam enclosure.

I would recommend that if you do get those foam baffles, cut most of the back away except for the top part and some of the sides (maybe a little of the back too) so that if any water does get in there, it just runs of the foam and SQ is not affected.

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Brando

88delta88 · Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 2407 Location: Canada

87delta, you didnt have clearance problems when you opened your window? i had major problems when designing my 6 1/2 mounts. I ended up creatively using a peice of 3/4" mdf to space the speaker that distance away from the window, and it worked good. ;-)

Your power windows are slow too? :-) Mine are just horrible. And they SQUEAL all the way up. Nice and quiet on the way down.

87Delta · Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 678 Location: Mississippi

88D,

No real problems with clearance. It was a kicks and giggles thing seeing if they fit. I can bearly fit my index finger in between the glass and the speaker, thats it. Mount depth on the Polk's are 2 inches, and thats about what the distance it is from the door to glass. I am VERY pleased of the sound. Makes my goal of SQ much closer :)

Yep, my windows are very slow! Passenger front doesn't even work right. It got out of track one day and keeps breaking windows clips. It's funny to watch my friends try and put the window down and it goes crooked.

87Delta · Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 678 Location: Mississippi

Done! 8-)

87Delta · Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 678 Location: Mississippi

Did some more stereo upgrades. I replaced all the factory crappy wires with new 18 guage. Bigger then stock, but not outrageous.

My rusty, dirty floor :lol:

ACK! :confused:

Too many wires! :lol:

Get Some :lol:

88delta88 · Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 2407 Location: Canada

nice! nothing like tearing it all apart and getting it just perfect. Sounding pretty good by now?

nalc · Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 30

87delta, I spotted a circuit city credit lanyard hanging from the key. You pick it up off the street or do you work there?

The power windows in my custom cruiser are goofy too. The passenger side one is slower than the driver side one, so if I push them down together at the same time, when the driver's side one is completely down, the passenger one is sticking up a few inches.

And sometimes the passenger side middle window won't go up at first, I need to hold down the button twice.

Edit - Reread the OP, "Employee sale" is CCity jargon, and we certainly carry 6.5" Polks. I know the employee price on the 4x10 polks is 73, so I'd imagine the more popular 6.5s would be cheaper, in the 65 range.

Question, though - Why didn't you get our Kicker accomadations through ccity.com? I was gonna do 4x10 and 4x4 Polks in my car when our Roadshop guys said that the Kicker stuff was better and cheaper. Hopefully it gets here soon, ordered it last Thursday. It was something like $65 vs. $110 for four speakers, and the Kicker stuff supposedly sounds better.

Still riding on the assumption that you are CCity, what store number and department are you? I'm PST at 0734.

87Delta · Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 678 Location: Mississippi

nalc wrote: 87delta, I spotted a circuit city credit lanyard hanging from the key. You pick it up off the street or do you work there?

Still riding on the assumption that you are CCity, what store number and department are you? I'm PST at 0734.

Well I USED to work there. Walked out cause I was givin bullshit. I was a CSA at 3638, but I usually was the only one in customer service in busy days (well, I worked evenings and nights) of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Doesn't matter too much since I'm moving 1,000 miles, so I was leaving one day or another. Hope your store is better.

I didn't get the Kickers casue I knew the mounting depth was to big to fit in my doors and the speaker gilles were ugly to me.

88delta88 wrote: nice! nothing like tearing it all apart and getting it just perfect. Sounding pretty good by now?

Yeah, for sure. I also picked up some boom-boom for free.

Yeah the one on the right looks screwed up. We gorilla glued a cone piece on the back to make it air tight and it works. I now have no trunk, but I can annoy my neighbors (not my main purpose, but it happens) I know Sony's, yeah not the best. But, it works for now.

P.S. Jeeze my car is filthy inside :confused: