replacing speakers

[nrfitchett4]

anyone else have to mod their speaker holders in the 2006 version GP upfront? I bought the Boston Acoustics pro60 se's and they come with a universal bracket, but the shape of the speaker holders required some dremeling to get to fit.

Anyone else run into this problem?

 

[kassel98gt]

i have with a 98 prob not the same as an 06

 

[GeddyLee]

I dont have the same year model as you, but I dremeled out the factory speaker mounts in the front of my 03 GP without issue. Worked out nicely.

 

[GXP Bill]

I had to dremel them out for my 06 as well.

 

[matt5112]

Necro!

 

[I800C0LLECT]

I was lucky that my speakers barely fit. But at some point I need to go in and be sure that they "sealed" properly with the pod. Add some clay to it and sound deaden your plastic door panel and you should have some nice sound

 

[eddie97gt]

or dynamat , its good stuff been putting it in since u had to use a heat gun , and the extreme is so much simpler just cut , peel and stick , i find the end of old craftsman screwdrivers the best with the rounded end great for all the knooks and crannies

 

[matt5112]

or dynamat , its good stuff been putting it in since u had to use a heat gun , and the extreme is so much simpler just cut , peel and stick , i find the end of old craftsman screwdrivers the best with the rounded end great for all the knooks and crannies

Lets have a quick easy simple fast and painless physics lesson. (Who gives a f*ck about grammar anyway? ) In order to stop sound you must have mass suspended from the surface on which it is reflecting and passing through.

If you add mass, you only change the resonate frequency. If you add dynamat, same thing, only on a much smaller scale.

If you add a thick piece of vinyl suspended by open cell foam... you actually start to lessen the magnitude of the resonations. Now if you look at how this **** works in home audio, you'd know they use a material which converts sound energy into heat energy. This actually proves to be quite effective. So why don't people try this in cars? Theres no enough space in a car to do this. (Owens Corning 703 needs to be 6 inches thick to have an impact below 125 Hz) What do people try instead? Moving the resonant frequency by altering the mass.

SO.... Build proper enclosures (door isn't an enclosure no matter what you try...), place the speakers as close to the listener as possible and perhaps not run dual 18's off of two 1000 watt amps? Also crossing speakers over in the correct places helps as well.

 

[I800C0LLECT]

I'll piggy back on this....

DON'T RUN DUAL 18's OFF OF TWO 1000 WATT AMPS!!!

If you want real sound...learn some math, build some proper enclosures, and install correctly. If you want good sound, just find a way to get'em in and add some weight to surrounding surfaces

Gewd man Matt.

 

[matt5112]

I love how tame this forum is. You can go against the audio grain and people don't chew you up. :th_biggrin2:

I once argued with a guy on Acurazine who was running four 15" subs in the back of his Acura RL (underpowered luxury sedan) off 2000 watts I believe he said... I told him that you the reason he destroyed his trunk was because he was only firing into the trunk, not the cabin. He essentially refused to believe that, and simply believe that the car can't handle any "real" sub setup...

No car can handle that kind of power in the boot. The tunk lid is designed to be held down by two hinges in the front and one latch at the back against a rubber seal. Last I checked, a proper enclosure doesn't open when you apply too much power.