Summitp
CarAudio.com Newbie
This has been a very interesting forum to read and learn more than I ever knew existed about car audio. I've always liked messing around with audio equipment in the house and car, and now I find myself with a bunch of random car audio gear, and I've started ripping into my Porsche to do some upgrades. Stock, the 89 turbo came with a 10 speaker system, 3 speakers in each door, a tweeter, a 3" mid, and a 5.25" woofer. All three ran off a passive crossover that was installed in the door. In the back right behind the seats under the quarter window were a 6.5" woofer and tweeter. Sounded ok, but was buzzing in the doors from blown mids.
So over theast year and a half between chasing parts for my e34 540i bimmer, I ended up acquiring some interesting car audio stuff. I installed a pioneer deh x9500bhs head unit, and have begun installing speakers in the doors. I have some older Alpine spring 136a type r 5.25" woofers (silver with red r)weeter, and passive crossovers, but no tweeters. For the amps, I have an Alpine v12 mrv f505 4 channel (100w rms per channel at 4ohm), an Alpine mrx f30 4 channel (50w rms per channel at 4ohm), and an Alpine 3542 2 channel (75w per channel at 4ohm).
So my plan is, sound deaden the door, mount up the type r woofers in the door, block off the 3" mid. For the rest of the speakers, I was going to run the stock tweeter in the door, or replace with the Alpine eBay ones I see people here using, and just run the type r crossover. For the rears, I was going to replace the stock 6.5 and tweet with a passive component set, but I have no idea what to get, I want to budget about $200 for speakers, total.
For a sub, I will use a jl 8 slim box (currently sitting in bimmer trunk) until I figure out how to install a sub stealth somewhere in the back, cubbies behind rear wheels or in spare cavity.
I plan on sound deaden everything I can while I am in there, but am not going to go crazy pulling carpet. Will get the doors, the rear hatch area, and the speaker cavity for the 6.5.
So plan is.... Keep it on a budget, into it about $30 so far for wire.
Doors, type r 5.25 woofer and crossover, need tweeter. What to get?
Rear, Need 6.5 passive comps. What to get?
Use the Alpine mrv f505 for the front four channels.
Sub jl 8 slim box until a bigger better mounting solution is figured out, and power with the Alpine 3542.
Good plan? What speakers to get?
Car in question, and pics of gear...
So over theast year and a half between chasing parts for my e34 540i bimmer, I ended up acquiring some interesting car audio stuff. I installed a pioneer deh x9500bhs head unit, and have begun installing speakers in the doors. I have some older Alpine spring 136a type r 5.25" woofers (silver with red r)weeter, and passive crossovers, but no tweeters. For the amps, I have an Alpine v12 mrv f505 4 channel (100w rms per channel at 4ohm), an Alpine mrx f30 4 channel (50w rms per channel at 4ohm), and an Alpine 3542 2 channel (75w per channel at 4ohm).
So my plan is, sound deaden the door, mount up the type r woofers in the door, block off the 3" mid. For the rest of the speakers, I was going to run the stock tweeter in the door, or replace with the Alpine eBay ones I see people here using, and just run the type r crossover. For the rears, I was going to replace the stock 6.5 and tweet with a passive component set, but I have no idea what to get, I want to budget about $200 for speakers, total.
For a sub, I will use a jl 8 slim box (currently sitting in bimmer trunk) until I figure out how to install a sub stealth somewhere in the back, cubbies behind rear wheels or in spare cavity.
I plan on sound deaden everything I can while I am in there, but am not going to go crazy pulling carpet. Will get the doors, the rear hatch area, and the speaker cavity for the 6.5.
So plan is.... Keep it on a budget, into it about $30 so far for wire.
Doors, type r 5.25 woofer and crossover, need tweeter. What to get?
Rear, Need 6.5 passive comps. What to get?
Use the Alpine mrv f505 for the front four channels.
Sub jl 8 slim box until a bigger better mounting solution is figured out, and power with the Alpine 3542.
Good plan? What speakers to get?
Car in question, and pics of gear...
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