986/996 dash speaker adapter

[BoxPaulie]

Yeah it was my intention to make this so you didnt have to butcher the existing grill or do anything to the speaker, snap tabs off etc. On a few cars there is a plastic cover over an earth cable under there, but surprisingly this seems to be a minority of cars, and even so you can remove that plastic if you need to.

[Cunningr]

Nice looking bracket. Just as a thought anyway to make one that would hold the tweeter in place? I use components 4” driver and a separate tweeter 1.5”

Maybe an add on bracket that screws into.

Great looking product wish I knew how to do 3D printing.

[BoxPaulie]

Originally Posted by Cunningr

Nice looking bracket. Just as a thought anyway to make one that would hold the tweeter in place? I use components 4” driver and a separate tweeter 1.5”

Maybe an add on bracket that screws into.

Great looking product wish I knew how to do 3D printing.

yeah i could probably do that. On my own grill the tweeter area is just blanked off, id have to get a hold of a grill that has that section open as standard. I'll look into it

[Rayrevolver]

Originally Posted by BoxPaulie

yeah i could probably do that. On my own grill the tweeter area is just blanked off, id have to get a hold of a grill that has that section open as standard. I'll look into it

Paulie, I am a new owner so I have a few questions.

Is the factory speaker a non-standard size in the dash? Is that why you made this mount? So if I bought a component speaker set with a tweet, I would need to modify my car to install it?

After reading about your 2 mounting options I went out and looked at my car. 2001 Base, no navigation. It has the amp in the bonnet.

I still have no idea if my dash has a tweeter or looks like yours without.

The original owner had the rear tray speakers installed (11/2002). Using a flashlight, it looks like they installed the smaller 2 speakers in that rear tray on each side. So I assume that is similar to a stock installation.

One more question: The single rear speaker is going to sound better than the smaller pair???

[BoxPaulie]

Originally Posted by Rayrevolver

Is the factory speaker a non-standard size in the dash? Is that why you made this mount? So if I bought a component speaker set with a tweet, I would need to modify my car to install it?

I still have no idea if my dash has a tweeter or looks like yours without.

One more question: The single rear speaker is going to sound better than the smaller pair???

hi fella. The dash speakers are totally custom, they have a specific mounting system that is unique to the 986/996 so you can just drop in a replacement im afraid. You can butcher up the old speaker to reuse the mount, but you would have to basically destroy it and cut the tabs off your new speaker and hot glue it in. Yes this is why i made it. I didnt make it for a tweeter as i had no need for one, my grills dont have them so i couldnt prototype it. The speaker size is 4" to use with these adapters.

i have no idea if the 2 will be better than the 1! i couldnt make the design work with a pair in there, just not enough room so maybe the Porsche speakers are slightly smaller than the generic 3.5" speakers you can buy off the shelf. I have the singles in there, Alpines and they really add something to the car especially if your head unit can control the fade.