Dash speakers

[vath2001]

Originally Posted by kerplunk

There are rear speakers in the Boxster?!?! I thought there were just two dash speakers and two on the door.

He may be referring to these:

http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=P&Product_Code=SpeakerKit986&Category_Code=986AUDIO

[JAAY]

All this talk about speakers and stereos and all this is making rip out all my factory stuff. I started yesterday. I took some photos of the stock dash speakers. I am going to be replacing the dash tweeter with memphis 1"tweeters that are a component set with a 5.25 door woofer. When it is done it will be running off a alpine deck, I am not sure which one yet, a a/d/s amp and the memphis crossovers. I am not sure if I am going to change out the dash speakers though just the tweeters. I have some of this stuff left over from when I used to be into car audio. The memphis are new and they look real sweet. I'll post up a pic of them in a bit.

[JAAY]

Heres a photo of the Door speakers and the tweeters and the crossover for them. The cool thing about this set is they can be bi-amped and come with a plate all ready to put the sub and the tweeter mounted together in a 6x8 configuration. I can't wait to hear how they sound. I should do the full install next week.

[mptoledo]

RE: REAR speakers.

I was suprised also. I had never looked behing my seat. I have the rear cargo box with the speakers VATH had linked(definately not worth $169). There is ample room in the speaker box, albeit with a little drummel tool work, to possible put 6x9s back there. They won't be pointed in the exact forward direction, but as i stated I could put them facing up but tilted forward. the seat rest are directly in front of the stock so the sound should be similiar.

What I have read on the Kappa 4" round for the front is they run on 2ohms, sound fantasctic and I think it said they have a built in crossover. my stock amp is hooked to my fronts so that would help.

Questions:
1.) how many channels is the stock amp?
2.) Will it run rear and fronts?
3.) How much difference between Infinity's kappa vs REference

And lastly I am still waiting for Urbanlegend to give us some feed back on the infinity kappas. I admire Jaay and his zest for great sound, but I am jus looking to drop in some good/great speakers and go. If I was in my 20's I would be dropping at least $2000, but approaching the big 40, I am a little more frugal

[urban_legend]

Hey all..at the beach so no chance to fill you in.
Very briefly with more to come next week when I return home.
- Infinity speakers are the four inch (100mm), they are just a few mm shy of a perfect fit in the OEM speaker "basket". You need to add a gasket to make them fit snug.
- They sound great. Like the difference b/w a clock radio and a decent pair of bookshelf speakers.
- I only have the front dash speakers - no door, no rear. So from my point a view - a MUST upgrade.
- Pretty easy DIY - I just used the OEM speaker basket - so total out the door cost was like $69.
- A lot more room under the dash than you would think - plenty of space for the external crossovers of the Infinity.
- BTW - no tweeter the speaker cover is a fake, nothing under the tweeter sxn.

[mptoledo]

Originally Posted by urban_legend

- A lot more room under the dash than you would think - plenty of space for the external crossovers of the Infinity.
- BTW - no tweeter the speaker cover is a fake, nothing under the tweeter sxn.

Hey thanks for the update. couple question about your post

1.) RE: to your no tweeter, Are you talking about the Porsche speakers? cause mine has a tweeter in there.
2.) about the room, could you have gone 5"? The drivers side looks the most restrictive.
3.) and are they the "KAPPA42.9I 4" 2-Way?
Thanks again for the update.

[urban_legend]

The speaker grill has two parts - one looks like it should be over a seperate tweeter but when you remove the grill there is no seperate tweeter.

Two main ways to replace the speaker:
- use the special speaker bracket sold on EBAY
- or do as I did and just use the existing speaker basket. You will need to cut out the OEM speaker and just use the plastic. The plastic basket (now a plastic ring) can then just be screwed back into the speaker grill keeping the proper speaker orientation.

You will want to use a 4" speaker that you can break the mounting tabs off - you won't need them and they will just be in the way. External dimension should be less than 105mm to fit back into the plastic ring. The Kappa 42.9I (2-way) were 100mm external and were just a few mm shy of a perfect fit..so I needed to add a gasket to tighen them up.

Regardless of the method choosen you will need to use a 4" speaker otherwise it will not mount to the speaker grill. Also keep an eye on the speaker depth - for a good reference see the Polk 4" dB dimensions they will fit fine.