6.5 components = no go

[92SC300 10+ year member]

alright so I have a '92 Lexus SC300 (go figure)

let me just tell you, this car is a nightmare to work on

anyway, I bought a pair of 6.5" Diamond Audio hex series, stock speaker fit is a 4" - have talked to a few people and went to a shop, due to the location of speaker, fitting a 6.5" is near impossible

I have also looked into fiberglass for pods but I still have the same problem

any suggestions for a pair of 4" components?

amp is rated at 200 x 2 @4ohm

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[gamecock guru]

dude, your car looks like a nightmare. i still think you can fit some 6.5's in the kicks. you need to try yo make this work because you want be satisfied with a 4" component. you'll be playing your sub above a 100hz to cover the lack of midbass coming out of those 4' speakers. take a pic of your kick-panels and post it.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

pics of kick location...

i have a hard time believing (but im not calling bs) that you cant custom fit 6.5"s..

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

How about a compromise.... 5.25"... I use that size anyway... they tend to have better off-axis dispersion and sound livelier... and you can get moderate midbass out of them... much better than a 4".

 

[gamecock guru]

throw some big a$$ opened butt busted puppies in there

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

throw some big a$$ opened butt busted puppies in there

nice..................

Your avatar's ***, that is.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

yeah who is that?

 

[gamecock guru]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ your avitar.... straight up sux hella head

 

[92SC300 10+ year member]

maybe I can mount on the carpeted area below the stock speaker location?

worried about making things look stock again

 

[tbasile1 10+ year member]

cmon its a 92, be creative, fab somethin up, it'll look fine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

j/w how many miles u got on that bad boy

 

[92SC300 10+ year member]

110k, just had power steering hose replaced, but other than that I've had no problems whatsoever

gonna throw some 6000k HID's and 4300k fogs soon, and new exhaust system

plenty of mods coming

 

[tbasile1 10+ year member]

110k, thats nothing man, those Lexus' are so dependable

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

Bottom of the doors is a good idea.

Don't know why you are worried about stock look with all the mods you are making. Anyway, you could always leave a grill with matching grill cloth over it, or re-carpet the bottom at trade-in time.

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

Bottom of the doors is a good idea.
Don't know why you are worried about stock look with all the mods you are making. Anyway, you could always leave a grill with matching grill cloth over it, or re-carpet the bottom at trade-in time.

Agreed. Looks like enough room at the bottom of the door for you to fab a door pod for you speakers out of MDF and cover it in the same color vinyl thats in your car. Would not be too hard, and def sound a lot better than a set of 4" comps

 

[92SC300 10+ year member]

Bottom of the doors is a good idea.
Don't know why you are worried about stock look with all the mods you are making. Anyway, you could always leave a grill with matching grill cloth over it, or re-carpet the bottom at trade-in time.

sorry it was my choice of words, what I wanted to say is I don't want it to look shitty

any alternatives to fiberglass?