A while back some folks were asking about speakers. While I had the door skins off anyway today to change out the door lock motors, i took some picks of what I did it case it helps somebody.
Front door
Kenwood 6.5 three way.
A plywood spacer ring was created that:
1) supported the door's inner panel and
2) spaces the magnet out from the window runner.
The OEM poly nuts are used to hold this on with large FH wood screws.
I removed the factory grills as mine were pretty beat up. The new speaker's mounting screws line up with the slots the OEM grill was mounted through.
Wired up the speaker per instructions and screwed it to the plywood spacer with the included screws.
The speaker sandwiches the door panel and the plywood ring.
Put on the grill and time for Step 6!
Rear Door:
4" Kenwood 2 ways, ( CORRECTED, from 4.5")
I recycled the OEM speaker cups but they take a fair bit of altering. The entire bottom is removed and all internal protrusions cut away, I used a hacksaw blade in a single ended handle.
I could have done this similar to the fronts, but I didn't want to drill holes in the doors, ended up doing that anyway in the end, kinda got wrapped around the axle and headed down a path a I saw to the end, right wrong or indifferent.
So the cups go back on the door, so that the OEM grills get recycled. But the speakers needed the have separate mounting screws. I used some long Tek screws and ran them though standoffs so the speaker's mounting ears wouldn't be bent over.
Only 2 of the 4 mounting ears could be used though.
The inside of the grills had to be relieved slightly over the head of each mounting screw so the grill would snap on tightly.
And another step 6! yeah..the end.
Front door
Kenwood 6.5 three way.
A plywood spacer ring was created that:
1) supported the door's inner panel and
2) spaces the magnet out from the window runner.
The OEM poly nuts are used to hold this on with large FH wood screws.
I removed the factory grills as mine were pretty beat up. The new speaker's mounting screws line up with the slots the OEM grill was mounted through.
Wired up the speaker per instructions and screwed it to the plywood spacer with the included screws.
The speaker sandwiches the door panel and the plywood ring.
Put on the grill and time for Step 6!
Rear Door:
4" Kenwood 2 ways, ( CORRECTED, from 4.5")
I recycled the OEM speaker cups but they take a fair bit of altering. The entire bottom is removed and all internal protrusions cut away, I used a hacksaw blade in a single ended handle.
I could have done this similar to the fronts, but I didn't want to drill holes in the doors, ended up doing that anyway in the end, kinda got wrapped around the axle and headed down a path a I saw to the end, right wrong or indifferent.
So the cups go back on the door, so that the OEM grills get recycled. But the speakers needed the have separate mounting screws. I used some long Tek screws and ran them though standoffs so the speaker's mounting ears wouldn't be bent over.
Only 2 of the 4 mounting ears could be used though.
The inside of the grills had to be relieved slightly over the head of each mounting screw so the grill would snap on tightly.
And another step 6! yeah..the end.
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