3.5" and 6x9's

[Dec]

Going to be ordering these between xmas and new year.

3.5" for my mk2's dash

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/jbl-gto327-p-5459.html

6x9's for the parcel shelf

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/jbl-gto937-p-5125.html

My mate got those 6x9s from halfrauds for £59.99 and they seem good but is there anything that can handle bass better for around £40-£50?

Not sure if those 3.5" speakers are anygood but they look ok and are cheap enough to try out and cannot be worse than the standard ones!

Cheers guys and happy crimbo

[dubslug]

dec dont u have a sub??
if so 6x9s will fight with the air in the boot, sure more people will post more abt this
i would go for the best componant set up can get in the front, tweeters in dash and get some decent speakers in ur doors, will sound much better

[giorgio1712]

If you really want 6x9's you can cut a hole on the parcel shelf can't you? Make one out of MDF then cut a shape out, like a semi circle or something at the boot end. I may be wrong but this is how a mate has his mk2 setup and its a pretty good sound.

[Dec]

dec dont u have a sub??
if so 6x9s will fight with the air in the boot, sure more people will post more abt this
i would go for the best componant set up can get in the front, tweeters in dash and get some decent speakers in ur doors, will sound much better

Oh right I want some sound in the back though aswell and wiring speaker cables to the doors doesnt look easy so i was hopeing to stick to the standard positions tbh.

Is wiring to the doors hard as i dont have the door pods?

I never thought about them using the air together

[dubslug]

hello mate and happy xmas.....
not sure on the wiring but its quite easy, when u open ur door do u have a rubber tube that links door to car, where central locking goes?? just gotta feed it through there, door card comes off easy too...
ive just up rated my 6x4s with some rockford fosgate ones and id say i gotbalanced set up

[Dec]

Happy xmas too mate

I dont think i do have the rubber tube. Dont have central locking :embarassed:

I know there is a rubber bit in the side of the door that looks like it could be used to put a cable through and im sure i could get some tube stuff to put there. I think i'll give it a go and see what happens.

Cheer bud

Wont be online for the rest of the day so have a good 'un!

[dubslug]

if u go to scrappys most of them will central locking will have them, u should be able to do it all in an afternoon at max, remember u want best sound at front as thats where u are, well thats what ive always done....

[Dec]

Yea i do like having good sound in the front. At the moment ive got most of the sound set to the back (fade balance on the head unit not more speakers) and this seems good because if i turn the volume up, my dash speakers start poping

I quite like having bass at the back and clean sound in the front and i guess the 6x9s are just for the rear passengers to hear some music rather than just hearing bass (as my mate has in his car, only has a sub in the back and front door speakers)

Thanks for the advice mate, im going to get some of the door pods from ebay and have a go at wiring door speakers before buying any speakers to go there if you get me lol got some pioneer 5.25" speakers i could test if it all goes well

Cheers bud

[dubslug]

dec i believe vw still sell the door pods, and i think they are cheaper than most people think....
worth a try as ebay ones sell way over price

[Dec]

Oh ok thanks mate. Ive seen them on awesomegti for £20 ex. vat so do you think vw would be about the same or less?

These ebay ones proberly work out the same as awesomegti and ive used the seller before suppose it wont matter where i get them from as those two seem to be about the same price.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-PAIR-VW-FRONT-DOOR-SPEAKER-PODS-Golf-MK2-gti-etc_W0QQitemZ320199449857QQihZ011QQcategoryZ9889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem