Found 6.5 speakers that fit door without mods - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

jeeper31 · 08-07-2014, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Burg Boxster

Yes and no...

If you change them out, you will notice a nice difference if you go w/ the right set-up / drivers to optimize the 40W peak power they get.

Simply put though... you really don't want anything that will bolt right into the tuned ports. Why? Simple physics. The tuned ports drivers are 5.25". Good luck finding any driver w/ a decent low freq range (let alone one that doesn't require gobs of power) in that size. Instead, you need to move up to 6.5-6.75 or 6x9" drivers and make a baffle to replace the tuned port.

So, change the drivers (all of them) and leave room for expansion later if desired (in amp and head unit). There are lots of DIYs here and the Boxster wiki (including a baffle template). Just do a search and you will find plenty.

Good luck

Changing the drivers is probably the right way to go initially but the more expensive way. Just got the car and needed up do some suspension work and some other repairs. Was thinking of just doing head unit now. Would that be of any benefit?

chipmunk · 08-07-2014, 03:02 PM

In my experience, once you start you need to do the lot. I tried just replacing the HU and it sounded terrible - worse than std. Ended up replacing the HU and all speakers - also added a small sub behind the passenger seat. Sound is pretty good now with good base. All the info you need is contained in forum postings.

jeeper31 · 08-07-2014, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chipmunk

In my experience, once you start you need to do the lot. I tried just replacing the HU and it sounded terrible - worse than std. Ended up replacing the HU and all speakers - also added a small sub behind the passenger seat. Sound is pretty good now with good base. All the info you need is contained in forum postings.

I know what I have to do but trying to avoid it. Lol. I m afraid to mess with the dash speakers. I can install the HU myself and can probably change the Amp but I am hesitant to start messing with the dash speakers. I am not that creative/artistic/handy.