I've installed Polk 5.25" shallow mounts in the doors of my last gf's 6th gen sedan. They fit the stock 6.5" mounts fine. All I had to do was cut the back of the basket off with a hacksaw, then ground it clean on my table grinder .... a dremmel would've been easier, but still, 5 minutes?!?

 

Bah!
I can't seem to win!
I did that too, and cut alot more then that to get my stupid Lightning Audio 6 1/2's in there.

I guess when I put these in ill have to see how much those mounts are or how much the adapters are. Nothing is easy to do anymore!!!!

 

Nothing wrong with 5.25's at all so long as theyre QUALITY speakers.

I ran 5.25's all last season in MECA and picked up my 2nd straight state championship and my 2nd straight 2nd place finish at world finals.

Gary Biggs won humpteen dozen world championships with 5.25's.

True the 6.5's will have more midbass but the 5.25's will generally have better midrange, be easier to dial in the imaging and still have very decent midbass output. Plus you can make up for most of the difference with a little fancy tuning with the sub.

 

Thanks MacLeod!

I have been so busy w/ finals, does BB have the adapters or will it be a total rip off? I cant see them being more than a few bucks a piece.

I think the only tuning on my amplifier is
Bass Boost
Gain
and I forget this one
Then there is a switch for spf and hpf? I think

On my HU it gives me seperate controls for bass, low, mid, and highs. All go from -10 (off) to +10

 

The other one should be the low pass filter. No clue what the SPF and HPF are...

On my HU it has a built-in crossover for the fronts, rears, and subs. Very handy.

 

HPF and LPF are low pass filter and high pass filter, respectively. LPF switches the crossover to filter out sounds above a set frequency, which is used for a sub. HPF filters out sounds below a set frequency, which is used for speakers if you don't want any bass on your speakers. I have my speakers crossed at 80hz but Macleod may have a better suggestion for you. I just crossed my subs and speakers at that same frequency assuming thats the best thing to do.

EDIT: And the off position doesn't filter any frequencies out.

 

Trust me, I know the PITA that it is to get 6.5"'s in there. My Accord had 6.5" MB Quartz components. Basically, I gutted the OEM basket down to just the front ring and black silicone caulked the woofers to them. They fit back in perfectly, but the 6.5's put out too much bass to not remove the plastic liner ..... I never got around to replacing them with dynamat, so I ran them with the bass turned way down from the amp.

 

Hmm, I shall check into the amp more.

Falkore, I did the same too! I cant remember though, if I dont use the oem basket, I think the window wont close, right?
Stupid Honda and their thin doors![8D]

I dont think I stuck the plastic liner back up very well b/c my car is soooo loud when it is windy. I plan on using the Scosche sound deadner to cover up those areas.

 

Well I ended up winning these for $41 shipped after an intense bidding war! Brand new!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170218554168

Hopefully they'll come tomorrow and I can put everything in on Sat!

 

stay away from speakers on ebay. just go to best buy or circuit city.besides they have demo's so you can listen to the quality of them, and i say get pioneer. there the best in my opinion,i had alpine's and i had pioneers and the pioneers destroyed the alpines but in my opinion alpine's are just names unless you buying the type R's or the amps,other then that alpine is whack.