6 1/2" speakers in stock rear bracket

[Flametail]

This took me and my fiancé about 30-45 minutes.

Materials Needed:
1. 6 1/2" speakers
2. box cutter
3. terminal ends
4. speaker wire
5. Dremel or cutoff wheel
6. Vice
7. Phillips head screwdriver
8. Drill w/ phillips bit
9. screws to secure speaker
10. Green wires w/ connector still attached from stock speaker
11. Blue wire connectors (not sure what they are called)

DIY:
1. Remove rear speakers and bracket


2. Remove stock 4" speakers

3. Cut about 1" out of the long plastic piece with the box cutter. Make sure not to cut too high up so that the piece breaks off.
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4. Cut the connector piece off the other side to provide enough clearance for the speaker.
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5. Break the bracket off the old speakers
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6. Use the cutoff wheel or Dremel to make the piece you broke off flat.
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7. Reinstall modified broken piece and twist the speakers so you can screw them in as the pic shows.
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8. Attach the speaker wire and terminal ends to the stock wires.

9. Reinstall the speakers

10. Sit back and enjoy a better sound from the trunkless wonder.

[DueceMcCracken]

^ FYI the "blue wire connectors" are commonly referred to as suitcase connectors due to how they close like little suitcases. Super easy to use. Good call!

[Flametail]

thanks for the clarification! lol

[thesk8nmidget]

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nice write up!

[Flametail]

It's my parents' candle company...dad kinda misspelled the name on that one.

[DueceMcCracken]

I just did this mod, my buddy had some fresh 6.5's laying around. Score!

I cut the factory speaker connector off of the stock speaker and soldered it onto my new speakers. No suitcases for me, lol.

Looks totally stock. Sounds better. My old 4's were spent, broken surrounds and burnt up.

Super easy to do.

I mounted mine a tad bit differently as well.

I give this mod 10/10. Just awesome.

[Flametail]

I would have soldered mine...but I lack that ability so suitcases are my friend! Glad ya'll like the write up.

[angel318ti]

Thanks for the write-up. Installed mine today and they sound awesome.

[RenanMoreira]

Nice tutorial man!!!

I'll try it later in my bimmer, but i don't have the stocks speakers

is that a problem PM me

[Dr ///M]

Thanks a lot for the write-up. I did mine this afternoon and it sounds great, even though I did not use the blue connector (but I doubt that has any effect), took me about 2 hrs though.

[bluesteel]

Just got some alpine type R 6 1/2"s component speakers installed. Had to do a bit more hacking then you did. I also had to take the 6x8 plastic adapters that came with the new speakers and some 1/4" plywood to make a new mounting brackets. I couldn't use any of the bracket that held the 4" speakers. I also had a TI with the 10 speaker setup so I was able to mount the new tweater in the stock location.
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[tiFreak]

wow, the stock speaker rubber seems to have degraded slightly :eek:

[bluesteel]

wow, the stock speaker rubber seems to have degraded slightly :eek:

yeah, it sounded terrible. Maybe I used them for too long

[cali_guy_559]

Yeah, also used the Alpines... Since they only have the four forked areas instead of holes, I had to get creative with how they sat. Would have taken a pic, but I was at my dad garage when I did it. Too lazy to take em out. It was challenging, but well worth it.

[Bobtail_Bimmer]

Great write up. Just installed a set of Infinity Reference in mine. Installed easy and sounds great!

[dbsiphone]

So, how do i get the plastic case that holds the speaker out? I had to pull my tailight and the interior stuff back one day to install the rubber grommet that goes to the antenea (spell check much?) is this the same?

thx

[Bobtail_Bimmer]

If you havnt done it yet, that is how you do it. You will have to pull the stuff away from it. Once you do that there will be several bolts holding the speaker cover in. Just undo those and it will come right out.

[cali_guy_559]

If I remember correctly, there are possibly 4 or 5 bolts and 1 nut. There is a hidden bolt that connects the case to the pillar cover. It's pretty easy to find, but a slight PITA to re-align and reinstall.

[dbsiphone]

Thx guys, no i havent done it yet, but since i was tinting my window and had my door panels off (no front speakers) I seem to have finally killed my two back ones and its penciled in for next week. Ill let you know how it goes

[jca]

Has anyone tried to put a 6.5" speaker in the front kick panels, to replace the 5.25" speakers?

[xsalernox]

i put 6x9's in the rear by cutting 2 holes in the shelf..
i have a video on utube of it search "xsalernox" and watch 1 or both of the videos i have uploaded

[slade13]

I put some Boston Acoustics in the back of mine last weekend. It was very easy to do.

[slow_ti]

Has anyone tried to put a 6.5" speaker in the front kick panels, to replace the 5.25" speakers?

I have


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[slade13]

Do you have them behind the kick panel cover?

[slow_ti]

The driver side one is located behind the dead pedal. And the passenger I have temporally the cover off


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[BlazeTi]

Just ordered my speakers. PO had the base and treb turned all the way down when I bought the car. I found out why lol.

[BlazeTi]

Great write up. Did this to mine a few months ago and it works great.

[twdavis1]

What did you do with the factory tweeters? Just leave them connected?

[iski123]

Amazing write up! Not sure about 30-40 mins though, with all the dicking around took me at least 3 hours total. Though that did include adding tweeters to the base model 6 speaker system.

I bought some component Sound Ordnance 6.5's. Installed the independent tweeters in the deck as well for a virtually stock look. Will upload some pictures of how it all went together once I figure out a good hosting site.