Rear speakers Options

[mikecelica]

I just finished installing my 6.5" phoenix golds in the doors, was pretty easy, a little custom work, the how-to on here was very useful. Now the rear I thought were 5.25". But after tearing apart all the rear panels to get to the rear speakers, I found the new speakers were a smaller than the stock. I measured the stock speaker and it is 5.5" diameter, which doesnt make sense cuz I dont think there are such thing as 5.5" speakers. Anyone know whats going on here?? Help me out please.
BTW: I have the 4-speaker system.
thanks

[DEATH]

It wont drop right in, trust me I just did it on mine, you need 5.25" speakers. The place where the old speakers are attached to you need to get the old bracket draw it on a piece of thin wood and cut it out and then draw your new speaker on the inside, cut them both out and thts it. Kinda hard to explain but once you take it apart you will know what i mean.

WTF are you talking about? I've replaced ungodly amounts of rear 6gc speakers and yes - like manphibian says they are not really 6.5" speakers but they will drop in [I believe you can fit all but one screw IIRC - that screw you can either leave out or just make your own hole with some strength and a wood screw - done it many many times]. The speaker that best fits there is a 6.5" speaker - the 6.0"s ones you were talking about with the 6.25" and 6.5" adapter rings will surely fit easily.
And just to give you an idea I've changed those speakers on several GT's, ST's and Verts including 4 speaker systems, 6 and 8. The variances are in the door speakers - some have 8"s with tweets and 4.5"s [8 speaker system], some have 6.5"s in 8" rings with tweets [6 speaker system] and some just have 6.5"s and no tweets or 4.5"s [4 speaker system]. I've never seen any variance in a USDM rear speaker setup unless it was already replaced with an aftermarket system. If you use my front door How-to and just go with a 6.5"s for the rear you should have no problems. The speaker cone itself may be 5.5"s but the mounting surface will accept 6.5"s.
if someone had to make brackets it's because they bought the wrong size speaker.
Overseas - I have no pratical experience so this may not apply - IDK.

For the front: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=57246
For the rear: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=58150

Hell - if you still have a problem believing that - just ask all the people who've changed them out on here - 9/10's of them have 6.5"s installed and some have opted for 6x9s but that was personal preference. I can't find a decent 5.25" worth putting in there cause very few can handle the wattage and range my amps demand of them.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Aug 26, 2008 - 11:25 AM