Is it worth havin door speakers in mk2 ?

[eddie1905]

I've just fitted a new hu in t car and the speakers now sound a lot better than with the standard hu . I will b upgrading the current speakers in the dash and rear and will prob run a sub in the boot so is it worth fittin my door pods from my other car ? If so how would I wire them in as the car at t mo only has door bins wd it b a easy job or is it best to get done by an audio shop. All advice greatly received thks.

[ghost8]

fiddly for big rugby playing fingers but no real probs,
  undo some dash, feed cables down around gubbins from unit slot ( remember to keep them even lengths), - use electrical cable with a loop in the end to locate an pull cables-

 pull up trim in f/well. locate the rubbers on the sidewall of the footwell, poke hole thru, feed cable,  remove door cards,( be carefull with the original plastic if any still present)

I removed the original little door tidy pull open trays, increased the remaining aperture to suit the cones I selected , using a round file  it took seconds.
 
 the sound is well balanced, that extra tin  is appreciated up front

[Judderi]

If you currently have the pull out bin things on your doors then im pretty sure its a simple upgrade to swap them for pockets containing speakers. If you do this its a good idea to buy a set of components. Install the main cone in the door and hide the tweeters in the dash speaker locations. You will get the best results this way and everything will still look standard.

[rubjonny]

I just invested in a good set of dash speakers and a pair of 6x9s in a proper MDF stealf shelf.  Sounds great and looks completly std.  I also get to keep my door bins for random useless junk which may help me one day if I break down 

[frog]

What dash speakers did you buy as i cant seem to find any to fit and with the cost of replacement grilles and speakers for the door not sure if its worth the hassle

[Mk2Kezza]

A couple on  months back I put speakers in the door, as I had to have my 6x9's blaring in the back so I could hear the radio while on the motorway. So, I bought cheapy Pioneer speakers from Halfrauds £30, two griles and screws from VW, about £18, two crossovers from Maplins and two gromets to keep everything dry between the car and my door.

Put the speakers in the grill, run wires into the doors, and used the dash mounted speakers as tweaters. Now I know this isn't what they are designed for but to be honest the sound is great! Of course super heavy bass distortes the door speakers, you can just adjust and lower the amount of bass to the front.

Couldn't be bothered to remove dash mounted speakers and put in new, but they work fine. It all comes down to how much you want to pay. Ideally, i'd like a sh!t hot sound system but as money is tight I did as above.

Oh yeah, I can now hear my 'tunes' while zooming up the motorway!!

[rubjonny]

I bought a pair of Kenwood KFC-1059S speakers off ebay, only cost £10+pnp

[Judderi]

Thats cos kenwood are sh!t.

[rubjonny]

if you say so 

[eddie1905]

Alr8 I've brought some soundstream speakers for the dash yet to arrive so cant say if they any good or not yet have been told they good speakers from a few m8s who have used or heard them b4 so it would quite easy to wire the pods in then think I'll have to give it go fingers crossed I don't blow anything up