r32 front & rear speaker sizes.

[ANut]

Wondering what size speakers would fit in the doors and the rears of and r32 GTS. Any help please. Thanks

[paulr33]

This probably doesnt help at all but the r33 came with 4" stockies and ive got a pair of 6" in there at the moment and its fine. 6" *should* fit

[Nav2k]

i think theyre 4x6's

but theyre hard to find and crap generally unless u pay big $$.

best thing and cheapest..would be to make a pod and get some 6's.

[wados]

i have 6x9's in my front doors and 6" in the back you will just have to either buy or make some pods

[ANut]

Damn. heh. ive been searching around for the sizes. and found that its a 5" X 7" speakers or 5" X 7"/6" X 8" speakers. gotta love google!

[ANut]

yeah mite just make sum pods n throw in sum 6X9s.

Ta ppl!

[paulr33]

6x9's are crap

[CalaisT3RBO]

Ive already got 7x10's wheres the best place for them. car arrives shortly. It currently has a stock stereo

[gts4]

there are plenty of 6x4 jbls on ebay going for $50 all the time ive heard these are great in the front doors

[BHDave]

You can jam 6 1/2 inch speaker in there but you have to make a mounting board out of 18mm MDF and recess the speaker so it doesn't foul the door trim.

I have Kenwood Dual mags in mine ATM.

[wados]

6x9s may not be the best for the front doors but my alpine splits got stolen out of my old car a week before i bought the skyline so i do with what i got for now.

[DJ984]

FUSION make a really good 4x6" that will fit straight in, sounds good and keeps that neat stock look....

[Madtrang]

6x9 don't fit in the front, despite all my effors. Put 6.5" in front on mine. Mange to fit 7x10 in the back on mdf, with out modifiying the parcel tray. It just clears the window.

Yeah make all your mounts on MDF, cus it won work other wise. Well depends how much metal u might want to cut in some instances.

[wados]

i will have to take some pics of my car because i have 6x9's in the front door and they are behind the standard trim

[mtopxsecret6]

I have a 5.25 inch split, and a 4inch split in the front doors of my car. they fit in very nicely. included with the crossovers and tweeters.

[BOoStEr]

I've just tried to fit 6.5" speakers to the front doors of my R32 and they won't fit behind the factory grille.

Are there any tricks I might have overlooked?

They are 62mm deep plus they need 14mm clearance in front to clear the suuound, 76mm total depth. There is 68mm between the window mechanism and the top edge of the factory grille so they are 8mm too big.

How deep are the 6.5" speakers that people on here have fitted successfully?

[mtopxsecret6]

How are you mounting the speeaker? Are you just mounting thwem to the metal door? I would suggest using 18mm mdf as a backing board then putting the speaaker onto that. Dont worry about putting the speakers speaker grill on it.. not needed when it is being proteected by the door grill. Give that a try, you will find it will work. Heck, if i can fit a 4inch and a 5.25 inch in a 4inch speaker fitment, anything can be done.

[Fhrx]

Diamond make very nice 4x6 and 5x7's.

The R32 skyline will happily take 6" speakers in the front doors.

[BOoStEr]

Quote mtopxsecret6

"How are you mounting the speeaker? Are you just mounting thwem to the metal door? I would suggest using 18mm mdf as a backing board then putting the speaaker onto that. Dont worry about putting the speakers speaker grill on it.. not needed when it is being proteected by the door grill. Give that a try, you will find it will work. Heck, if i can fit a 4inch and a 5.25 inch in a 4inch speaker fitment, anything can be done."

Thanks for your reply.

I made a baffle and mounting ring to fiberglass at the correct angle with the speaker magnet as far back as possible but when I checked the clearances by refitting the door trim the top edge of the factory grille touched the speaker surround which needs 8mm of clearance during operation. The space is physically 8mm too small for this speaker to fity behind the factory grille.

Quote Fhrx

"The R32 skyline will happily take 6" speakers in the front doors."

Not my 160GTs but then they're 6.5s" I don't regret my choice of driver. I'll make it fit. Then again if I have to make a custom buildout I may as well fit my MW170s.

I just wanted to know how other people have approached this job in the R32s.

[Fhrx]

BOoStEr, you couldn't fit the 6.5's in the doors dude?

We fit them in all the time. Mind you, we also make baffles, deaden the doors, seal the baffles into the door and use diffuser panels too!