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Offline stainesy

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MK3 Golf speaker sizes
« on: 22 September 2011, 06:01 »
after now having full leather i have decided to upgrade the door speakers.
what sizes are they so i can just buy and swap over without having to cut anything?
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Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #1 on: 22 September 2011, 07:12 »
Both the front and rear  door speakers are 6.5".
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Offline N900 MJT

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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #2 on: 22 September 2011, 12:30 »
Quote from: thai-wronghorse on 22 September 2011, 07:12
Both the front and rear  door speakers are 6.5".

+1 - Are you running them off the HU or are you planning on running an amp for them?
I would highly recomend running them from an amp as the sound is so much better!
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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #3 on: 22 September 2011, 16:21 »
as said all are 6.5 inch and would sound better if run from the amp as appose run from head-unit  .
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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #4 on: 22 September 2011, 19:47 »
165mm or 170mm both fit but becareful of the design/depth as the o.e grilles wont fit over many
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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #5 on: 22 September 2011, 20:14 »
Stainsey has just got some nice slim Alpine Type E co's.....Be a nice change in sound  :smiley:
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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #6 on: 22 September 2011, 20:50 »
Quote from: Godzilla on 22 September 2011, 20:14
Stainsey has just got some nice slim Alpine Type E co's.....Be a nice change in sound  :smiley:

oh yes cheers buddy cant wait to fit them.
am also on ebay now looking for and amp and sub for the boot  :grin:

i have a kenwood head unit and i bloody hope its got jack plug connections in the back lol. aint looked yet.
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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #7 on: 22 September 2011, 20:53 »
Quote from: stainesy on 22 September 2011, 20:50
Quote from: Godzilla on 22 September 2011, 20:14
Stainsey has just got some nice slim Alpine Type E co's.....Be a nice change in sound  :smiley:

oh yes cheers buddy cant wait to fit them.
am also on ebay now looking for and amp and sub for the boot  :grin:

i have a kenwood head unit and i bloody hope its got jack plug connections in the back lol. aint looked yet.

So long as its not from the 80's,most head units have,pull it out and have a look :laugh:
i found upgrading my dash speakers made a difference also.
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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #8 on: 22 September 2011, 20:59 »
Quote from: stainesy on 22 September 2011, 20:50
Quote from: Godzilla on 22 September 2011, 20:14
Stainsey has just got some nice slim Alpine Type E co's.....Be a nice change in sound  :smiley:

oh yes cheers buddy cant wait to fit them.
am also on ebay now looking for and amp and sub for the boot  :grin:

i have a kenwood head unit and i bloody hope its got jack plug connections in the back lol. aint looked yet.

I can get you a sub and amp bud  :wink:
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Re: speaker sizes
« Reply #9 on: 22 September 2011, 21:00 »
Quote from: gtiballs61 on 22 September 2011, 20:53
Quote from: stainesy on 22 September 2011, 20:50
Quote from: Godzilla on 22 September 2011, 20:14
Stainsey has just got some nice slim Alpine Type E co's.....Be a nice change in sound  :smiley:

oh yes cheers buddy cant wait to fit them.
am also on ebay now looking for and amp and sub for the boot  :grin:

i have a kenwood head unit and i bloody hope its got jack plug connections in the back lol. aint looked yet.

So long as its not from the 80's,most head units have,pull it out and have a look :laugh:
i found upgrading my dash speakers made a difference also.

dash speakers as standard are just tweeters, now iv looked at re-newing mine do you juust do away with the tweeters and their surrounds and fit like a 4" speaker in the hole??
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