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6.5" Round Speakers - 1995 SE


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Here is what I did to fit 6.5" round speakers in my front doors!

 

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Take the template for the speaker, and line up the screw holes. Mark the edges of the hole.

 

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Everything filled in with black will need removed, for the speaker to properly fit in the mount.

 

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Staging a dramatic in-progress selfie is not an integral part of the process.

 

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A lot of cleaning up needs to happen, but we're getting there!

 

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This tab may or may not have needed to be removed, but I did take it off both speaker mounts.

 

The speaker was just a little too deep to fit in the mount.

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I discovered this little dot on the backside, which was very helpful for the next step...

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Hole saw, for magnet clearance!

 

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I don't like how close those wires are to the edge of the plastic, if they end up rubbing for some reason they could break.

As before, sharpied the area to be removed.

 

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Clearance slot! Perfect!

 

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As you can see, it does not stick out past the original mount; so you are guaranteed that it will not interfere with your window.

 

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I was pleasantly surprised to see this nasty old foam peeled right off.

 

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And everything lines up as it should!

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Next up, installation!

 

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It mounts just like it should, but we knew that - it's a modified factory mount!

 

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...Well. I ought to have painted those mounts black before installation.

 

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Every project needs a little duct tape, right?

 

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That's better.

 

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While I'm in there, covered up the vent in the door panel. One piece of black duct tape, upside down, stretched taut with the pieces on the end...

 

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Covered up with two pieces the other way. Nothing sticky exposed now!

 

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And last unrelated side project while I was there, replaced the door handle trim, because mine looked pretty gross.

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Thanks, Slartibartfast!

I also hope the adhesive holds up.

There's a similar issue on Metros, the 1995-1997 (and early 1998) dash plastic turns white and begins degrading. The only way to fix it is to swap the whole dash from a 1998-2001 car.

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It is worth mentioning, by the way, if your interior panels don't look like mine (XE trim package maybe?) I don't know if the 6.5s will fit.

The speaker covers SEEM to be slightly smaller.

I don't know for sure if they actually ARE smaller.

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Nice attention to detail there!! Like you said, looks factory. I've got some custom tweeters higher up on the doors in my Pathy, but I've never posted any pictures of them. Maybe I'll add a few just for reference. Either way looks like a clean install!

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