Which speakers do you have in your doors?

PNW Westy Owner · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:42 pm Post subject:

One of the cleaner installs IMO.

This is from Brent Weide's site.

"These are the new 6 1/2 inch JL Audio component speakers after installation.
To install, I removed the door panels, marked and enlarged the speaker install holes, and secured the new speakers in place."

Wish I had done this instead of cutting a large hole for the woofer down at the bottom of door.

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greenraVR6 · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:32 pm Post subject:

tam_shops · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:02 pm Post subject:

If my stock one was working, I'd have left it be! In fact, if the stock stereo w/ tape deck and been working, I'd probably have left that be too! Mostly I just listen to the radio anyway...I kind of wanted the hands free *thing* though for my phone. Given a new stereo w/ that feature is cheaper than a fine for using your phone in the car, figured it was a reasonable upgrade request for my birthday! LOL

Team WorldTour · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:52 am Post subject:

SteveVanB · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:53 am Post subject:

Infinity seperates. I found the square grills at the bone yard out of a conversion van. Not as blingy as the Infinity ones....

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luVWagn · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:13 am Post subject:

denwood · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:01 pm Post subject:

SCM, 4x6 in the rear AC cabinet. There is lots of depth there but 4x6 is a tight fit on the width side. To be honest though adding mid- bass drivers to your front door would give better thump for your buck...and they're pretty easy to install. The door is a great bass chamber if acoustically treated to dampen it. Any base generated by 4x6 speakers in the rear will mostly be lost at highway speeds. My goal was to listen to Boticelli at 100km/h with a window open and still enjoy it without massive distortion..ha. Seems it took 850 watts and 7 speakers.

tam_shops · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks everyone!

If you don't have air conditioning, there is a cabinet there. A 4x6 would be too big, right? Then, you'd need a 5x5 maybe?

surfinwesty · Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:41 am Post subject:

You could always make custom kick panels for them -this option sounds the best. Installed it in 3 wety's so far.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/443858.jpg

chojinchef · Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:12 am Post subject:

Front - Rockford Fosgate 4" in stock location. RF in door on lower portion. Have matching tweeters going in dash corners next time it's removed. I modified stock grilles to work over the 4" speaker and keep some semblance of original look.

Rear - Rockford Fosgate 6x9's in seat base. RF 5.25's in upper cabinet. Both run off an Alpine amp under drivers seat.

Contemplating a sub of some sort, just haven't found a solution I liked yet.
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Team WorldTour · Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:42 am Post subject:

tam_shops · Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:15 pm Post subject:

Yep, that wouldn't last. I have kids. What's that!? Finger right through it!

tam

randywebb · Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:38 pm Post subject:

I use Focals
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tam_shops · Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 12:35 pm Post subject:

The gentleman at FutureShop (like BestBuy) suggested these Kenwood KFC-1054S and thought they'd fit. They don't have anything in their store that will fit and I don't want to order something that then doesn't fit and has to be returned b/c then I have to drive back to the US to do it. Which is fine, BUT it has to be done in their little time frame, which is annoying! Wink

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_43774_Kenwood-KFC-1054S.html

Happy to spend up to $100, don't want to spend more than that. Want speakers for front and back.

Opinions please!? Better ones w/ links so I can order them instead, please! Confused

Thank you! Very Happy

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dobryan · Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 12:58 pm Post subject:

tam_shops · Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 1:01 pm Post subject:

THANK YOU!

Yes, I have manual windows and want the speaker in the stock location. I thought there was that *thing* you could get to move the window winder handle out more?

tam

madmax25 · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 10:31 am Post subject:

After years of tweaking and upgrading, I've finally got a pretty decent system in my bus:

In the stock 4" location, I've got some nice dedicated mids hiding behind the stock grilles that I cut off the originals. Got them from partsexpress.com (awesome source for diy stereo stuff), they're bamboo fiber coned and weren't labelled for auto use, but I don't heed warnings. They sound good, not much bass but they don't need it. They're powered off the HU and bandpassed with passive filters to just cover the midrange.

To fill in the low and high ends, I got a set of 6.5 kenwood components. They're powered by a 4 channel amp under the bench seat. I made some baffles out of some thick plywood- helps a lot with the bass response and rattles, spaces the speaker out for more door cavity clearance, and I had to cover a nasty hole where I used to have some 5x7's. While the bus was stripped down for paint a few years back, I FatMatted most of the doors and panels, and have some sound deadening on the back of the front door cards to keep the rattles down.

The tweeter just hangs out tucked in the corner. Double stick tape. Was going to try to get fancy with mounting but it's pretty low profile and doesn't stick out too bad. This placement gives a nice cloud of treble to the cabin Wink

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Some cheap ass old 6x9's that just won't die for rear fill. I've got them hooked to the 4 channel amp under the seat and wired for a Hafler effect (old school 70's surround trick that cancels the center information, leaving the hard L R pans). I've got them hi passed around 120 and have them just loud enough to 'complete the picture.' I used to love loud bassy rear fill, but once you get a nice setup in front, you never go back. And for the record, speakers can be spray bombed Very Happy

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And for the icing on the cake, my custom butt rumbler. I made a tetris-shaped MDF box that fills every inch of the spare battery compartment. It houses a slimline 10" sub, and is powered by this little 2 channel guy. It BARELY fits. There is literally no room to spare, i even had to cut part of the surround and bash the underside of the seat metal up a bit Twisted Evil

to keep things from rubbing or muffling. And unfortunately, this only works on non-swivel seats. It works well though. Depending on the music it can max out a bit at highway volume, but is definitely loud enough to keep up with the system and promote chronic hearing damage Laughing

Best part is it's totally out of the way.

This is all running off a decent sony head unit with good EQ and imaging options. I used to be big into sound engineering, and am a budget-minded audiophile. I wanted a system that sounded killer, but didn't sacrifice the functionality or storage of the bus, and didn't look too shiny to all the Nor Cal tweekers lol. I'll never quit fussing with it, but I'm pretty happy for now.
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randywebb · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 12:07 pm Post subject:

best mounting I've seen yet - now angle the tweets in a bit

some one should fab up a tweeter mount that molds to the corner at the base of the A pillar and sell them
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tam_shops · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 1:07 pm Post subject:

Those look nice! Thank you!! Smile

Do you have a link for the specific speaker you used for the stock location? Do you think it'd sound as good as (or better) than the originals did? I only have one front speaker, so anything is better than that! LOL

tam

idahoskier · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 3:06 pm Post subject:

Alpine SPS 6.5" up front with Vanagon factory grills. Window cranks become a non-issue. Alpine Type R 6x9" in rear under seat and SPS 4" in the AC cabinet. Works for me Very Happy

How they got there:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465055&highlight=
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