I bought an old FJ80 and could not find door speakers that would fit but finally cracked the code.
First thing is you will not find anything to fit in the factory screw and bolt holes. The big problem is the window track which will hit any speaker installed into the original door holes. The money answer is to find a speaker that is sold with a spacer. I found these Alpine 6 1/2 inch which work perfectly. Back doors are a smaller speaker so just get two of these 6 1/2s.
The brand new box includes hardware for mounting the spacer and speaker. The next problem is the metal screws are too long and the machine screws are too short. These Alpine's weren't meant to be installled like this so just run to a Hardware store and buy a bag of pan head sheet metal #8x3/4" and one bag of round head machine screws #8x5/8". Lowe's doesn't carry the size machine screws we need FYI. Found both at a Home Depot. They come in bags of 6 and since you'll need 8 of each for both doors, buy two bags of each size.
The sheet metal screws will work with the alpine included clips, you can see them being used on the first picture.
The speakers don't come with covers so if you don't use covers you can probably get away with the machine screws included in the alpine kit. I got some JL 6 1/2 covers which fit fine with the slightly longer screws.
Pictures below hope this helps someone save some time!
Doors close just fine with a few cm to spare!
Front doors finished to a near factory look!
First thing is you will not find anything to fit in the factory screw and bolt holes. The big problem is the window track which will hit any speaker installed into the original door holes. The money answer is to find a speaker that is sold with a spacer. I found these Alpine 6 1/2 inch which work perfectly. Back doors are a smaller speaker so just get two of these 6 1/2s.
The brand new box includes hardware for mounting the spacer and speaker. The next problem is the metal screws are too long and the machine screws are too short. These Alpine's weren't meant to be installled like this so just run to a Hardware store and buy a bag of pan head sheet metal #8x3/4" and one bag of round head machine screws #8x5/8". Lowe's doesn't carry the size machine screws we need FYI. Found both at a Home Depot. They come in bags of 6 and since you'll need 8 of each for both doors, buy two bags of each size.
The sheet metal screws will work with the alpine included clips, you can see them being used on the first picture.
The speakers don't come with covers so if you don't use covers you can probably get away with the machine screws included in the alpine kit. I got some JL 6 1/2 covers which fit fine with the slightly longer screws.
Pictures below hope this helps someone save some time!
Doors close just fine with a few cm to spare!
Front doors finished to a near factory look!
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