Rear Speakers

Avatar · Post by **Avatar** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:36 pm

can any one tell me what size the rear speakers are in the 480 turbo and if any one makes them? am having real troubles finding replacments for mine

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:43 pm

Hmm, is there any rear speakers on normal ES? Haven't looked around so much

If there's someone who's installed rear speakers afterwards, how did you do it - or where did you place them? Pics please

levensnevel · Post by **levensnevel** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 4:41 am

@ Avatar,

sorry, I dont know about dimensions as I'am still doing without them

@ DaKyy,

Piccys and a short description ? here you are.
Item # 4

kackostrzewa · Post by **kackostrzewa** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:43 am

Hi,

Could you tell me where are those speakers?
I assume that they are under the material clothes near to the backseats but i have no idea how to remove these clothes ?

regards

Ben Harris · Post by **Ben Harris** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:50 am

no... they fit into the little bins either side of the passenger seats in the back. You have to sacrafice storage for the back passengers (they've still got the central box - they should be happy with that!

) for the speakers.

kackostrzewa · Post by **kackostrzewa** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:57 am

This car surprises me...
Anyway, how to fit the speakers? Should I remove something?

thanks

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 12:49 pm

I have a pair of rear speakers (for sale).
They simply fall into the rear storages (lying horizontally,filling out the storage totally).

Peter

Avatar · Post by **Avatar** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:01 pm

Peter wrote:I have a pair of rear speakers (for sale).
They simply fall into the rear storages (lying horizontally,filling out the storage totally).

Peter

whats the quality like, mine are still working but dont seem to like the volume i have coming out of my stereo, i really want to upgrade them all and was thinking of putting a set of 13cm Infinity comppnants in the front, wanted something to match that really

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:29 pm

In my first 480 (now I am having my 5th) I fitted two 16/13 cm oval speakers into the rear trims (with some steel cutting and moving away the front seat belt tensioners).
The sound was like sub bass but I do not advise to follow me.
As I remember my original speakers were good enough but only with the original front ones.

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:59 pm

My 480 has rear speakers Next to the rear storage box. they are look standard and have 'Volvo' on the mesh. So thus I have speakers and storage

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:03 pm

Me too, although my last car had the speakers in the storage - aparently the in-storage ones are more sought after, possibly because they give a meatier sound?

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:24 pm

They are 6x4 they don't sound as good as the 13 cm speakers mounted in the side at the rear as in later models.

I have both although i haven't fitted the side pocket ones yet till i can find some decent replacements.

Mind you with the amount of Bass myself and Lee push out does it really matter

Bakke · Post by **Bakke** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:58 am

Someone who can post a picture of the side panels in the rear where the speakers are mounted in? I had them once, but lost them...
Greetz
Bakke
PS To all ICE fanatics, I have a little surprise. Will be reveiled in a couple of months ...

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:18 am

Picture of the speakers now added to the Volvo 480 Club EUROPE Accessories Catalogue (thanx to Daniel Pescka!).

Go to club's website --> Volvo 480 --> accessories --> Loudspeaker HT-416

hereagain · Post by **hereagain** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:19 pm

Mine has speakers and storage, all standard. 480 ES 1991 J

Renter · Post by **Renter** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:18 pm

If you have the side panel rear speakers you can improve the quality of the sound a lot by purchasing some 3M soundproofing selfsticky material.
Its black in color and a bitumen kind material.
Stick the stuff in the compartment behind the speakers and most important stick it around the outside of the flimsy plastic speaker holder.
Now fit the panel with bitumen band for additional support and the bass really comes out a lot better. The resonance of the plastic is gone.

I also put a load of this stuff on the inside of the plastic interior covers, sounds like its made of solid wood now instead of shitty plastic.

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:28 pm

Is it similar to dynamat?

Renter · Post by **Renter** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:33 am

Must be similar, the 3M stuff is about 2 mm thick, flexible and you can cut it with scissors. If it is cold it breaks. Any self sticky sound proof stuff will do.
I got it in slabs of 50 cm x 50 cm, for the whole car i used about 12 slabs.
Remainder used for my computer.
For the rear panels you need approx. 4 slabs, if you include covering of the bodywork iwo speakers.

hereagain · Post by **hereagain** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:16 am

Why not use that expanding foam, would that do the job, would be easier than taking EVERYTHING to pieces..

No, I haven't done this...just a thought as I used some to fill a hole in the house, thought it was good..

Renter · Post by **Renter** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 4:03 pm

Feel free to try. Let us know the result.

You must maintain some space for condensation and moist to escape from the body cavities. If you foam everything shut you will have pockets and corrosion will happen faster than you think.

This 3M stuff sticks to the panels, making it more robust and less likely to resonate. The pockets behind the speakers are not so bad, they act as a solid chamber. A speaker needs that also for more solid sound.
What irritated me mostly was that at certain freqs i heard the plastic resonate and at other sound levels freq. i got all kind of unwanted sound effects. I solved all that by sticking some sound proofing to plastic and inside the wheel arc.

Rear speaker panels are easy to remove and through the opening you can reach far inside. No need to remove the rear side covers.

Regards, Renter