custom 8 speaker setup, looking for tips Options

[TJH4EVA]

i was wondering if anybody has been successful in converting a 6 speaker setup with tweeters and speakers in the door panels and speakers in the rear panels into a 8 speaker set up with tweeters in the mirror covers and 2 pairs of speakers in the doors and a pair in the rear panels. what i am trying to do it put the tweeters in the mirror covers and open up the tweeter hole to a 3.5 or 4 inch hole and put some speakers in that spot like on the 6 speaker setup. i want to know waht size and how to mount the tweeters in the mirror covers and the best way to mount the new speakers in the tweeter hole. if anybody has any tips please let me know

This post has been edited by TJH4EVA: Jan 25, 2008 - 12:11 AM

[Celicam8]

crossovers....

[itssteve]

i would say get a full range speaker set up, it would be a 6 1/2, a 4 or 3 1/2 and then a tweeter this would cover the midd bass and midd range then the highs, i know power bass sells them and im not really sure who else sells complete sets

as for getting them in to the doors i am not sure i would have to look at your car and since you prob live like 5 mins away from me hit me up and mb we can work something out

[DEATH]

Get the 8 speaker door panels from a vert and then work off those sizes. That would be the easiest/best way to do it and have it look correct.
I see vert door panels at the junkyards from time to time. Not overly rare around here anyway.

BTW - where are your factory tweets located if not in the mirror triangle? From your description it sounds like you are saying they are elsewhere but I've worked on every year/trim level of 6gc and I've seen them without tweeters but never with stock tweeters located anywhere else but the mirror triangles. Interesting...

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jan 25, 2008 - 11:43 AM

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Yeah your best bet is to find a set of 8-speaker door panels, and go from there. I have the factory 8-speaker configuration in my car, but I have some aftermarket speakers installed in their place.

You can see pics of my setup and how i did mine here:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=36658

I have OEM 1" tweeters in the mirror covers, 4" Kicker Resolutions in the middle 4" opening, and 8" Kicker Resolution RMB-8 Mid-Bass free air subs in the 8" opening. I just installed a set of 5 1/2" Kicker fullrange in place of the rear speakers recently and it sounds awesome.

I wanted to make a very full and clear setup that would eventually allow me to do away with my old 10" sub enclosure in the trunk...between the two 8" mid-bass in the door and the rear 5 1/2", it puts out plenty of bass for any type of music and its really nicely balanced.

[DEATH]

Does anyone know if there was a low model speaker setup that just had blank mirror triangles? I'm thinking about getting some and using them to mount my R-F tweets which are bigger than the stock ones.

[D_Dawg]

yes our cars came with mirror triangles without the holes for tweeters. mine are like this, if you want ill trade you for your tweeter covers if thats what you have.

[DEATH]

Let me check them out at the Texas meet - if they can be machined to look the way I want them you can have the tweets too.