Q45 Door Speaker Question - Rex?

[rsiwicki]

Rex...I think you know this one and I can't find the answer tonight. Can I fit a 6.5" component speaker into the front doors easily enough by cutting the existing bose speaker mounts?

[PoorManQ45]

Depends on how deep the basket and magnet structure are.

It'd have to be pretty shallow(4in) to fit in the Bose box.

You could easily fab up a mount out of MDF for it, and make a small enclosure for the speaker.

[Rex]

As PMQ said, your limitation will most likely be around mounting depth if you want to use the existing "pod". I'd suggest fabbing a mounting "plate" by tracing an outline of the existing pod onto some MDF and then use a "foam hat" baffle backing to enclose the speaker.

[rsiwicki]

I thought I read somewhere that you could put a 6.5" in the door easily enough and there was actually an aftermarket bracket from the 300ZX that fit our Q's in doing the larger speaker upgrade.

If not a 6.5", what about a 5.25" speaker in the door? Any clearance issues with this size?

[Rex]

I thought I read somewhere that you could put a 6.5" in the door easily enough and there was actually an aftermarket bracket from the 300ZX that fit our Q's in doing the larger speaker upgrade.

If not a 6.5", what about a 5.25" speaker in the door? Any clearance issues with this size?

I think the only thing that may limit the use of a 6.5 is if you want to modify the existing plastic bose speaker pod. Then the limit is the mounting depth. If you remove the plastic pod, I think you're pretty wide open.

IMHO, 5.25's are plenty for front stage, but the 6.5's should fit.