Upgrading 8" Woofers for 8 Speaker System, maybe same for 4 & 6 speaker system? Options

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How To Upgrade Your Stock 8" Woofers
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The woofers are JL Audio 8W1V2-4 but any 8" (or 20cm) woofer will do.






Step 1: Once you've removed the woofers from the doors, you'll need to remove the 4 screws under the foam surround and pry off the old woofer.

Step 2: Then you'll need to cut the sides of the hole on the speaker adapter (shown above) to match the diameter of the magnet going on.

Note: You'll also need to cut about the same amount of metal on the doors for the woofer magnets to fit.

Step 3: Then you'll need to cut the 3 braces on each side depending on how deep the new woofers go.

Step 4: Then you tap new holes along the rim of the new woofers to match the existing anchors, and use the existing screws to mount the woofers.

Step 5: Just splice the old connector with the new speaker wire to connect to the new sub.

For best sound quality, do not use these with the factory stereo system.

Progress Pics
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Old vs New




Front View of Modded Speaker Adapter




Rear View of Modded Speaker Adapter




Woofers Mounted on Speaker Adapters







Woofers Mounted on Doors






View of Woofers with Door Panels On

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I put a small 300 watt 2 channel amp under the driver seat, I tucked the wiring under the carpet past the seat, then ran it neatly through conduit under the center console. The incision for the wiring into the carpet is maybe an inch from the side of the amp and the wiring goes under the seat rail into the e-brake area where the carpet ends. You can also pull larger audio cable through the door seal rather than use the stock 8 speaker wiring. I have an 8 speaker door harness on my driver door which I swapped from the donor, but on the passenger side I have my stock 6 speaker harness with two thick speaker wires I ran through the wiring harness door seal. Trust me, running two thicker and heavier insulated wires is easier than fooling with the oem 8 speaker harness.
Lol and if you wanna do it right run your power wiring in the conduit under the driverside fender into the fusebox. I have my fender off right now and I plan to add some amp power wires to the oem harness while I'm rewiring a 1mz into the engine bay