6x9's in the boot - now with photo's of how they're made.

Ben Harris · Post by **Ben Harris** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:12 pm

Just thought you might like to see what I (with the help from a friend) made at the weekend. I loose very little boot space, can still get to my spare tyre, thanks to the way we fixed them in, and now have some decent bass on my stereo.

Ben.

guitarcarfanatic · Post by **guitarcarfanatic** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:17 pm

Looking good mate. Are you willing to give a description of how you did it? Looks very professional.

Rob

Ben Harris · Post by **Ben Harris** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:18 pm

I will take them out at the weekend, and take photo's of them from the back. That way you'll be able to see how they're made and held in. Basically, they're wood, covered in carpet, but you probably guessed that!

Ben.

kingrichy · Post by **kingrichy** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:30 pm

Really nice.
I`m impressed.

pol · Post by **pol** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:37 pm

That is exactly what I need. Please do some pics and a how to as i'm sure it will be really helpful to me and others who want 6x9's but dont want to trash their car.

pol

480turbo · Post by **480turbo** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:41 pm

Looks great! It's exactely what I am after, please post 'da manual'

T.

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:04 am

Absolutly friggin gorgeous

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:38 am

Very good Ben, i'm impressed.

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:39 pm

Wow, that is one of the nicest custom made setups I have ever seen in a 480! So clean and simple

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:00 pm

I like them, I fancy some extra speakers to improve my sound system and these are out of the way and donâ€™t require any cutting into the interior so I would be interested.

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Ben Harris · Post by **Ben Harris** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:00 pm

Thanks for all the praise!

I'm really pleased with them (as I'm sure you've guessed!)

I have to admit, that whilst I helped fit them, offered suggestions and wired them in, it was my friend (who's a carpenter by trade) who actually made the wodden enclosures and carpeted them. Also, it didn't help that last Saturday (when we made them) was one of the hottest days of the year so far - 36 degrees, according to "el Wedge's" infocenter.

I will remove one of them at the weekend, and take photo's so you can see how they're made and held in place.

I've got my stereo set up so that the front channel is split so it's actually driving the front Pioneer 13cm's in the door, and the standard rear 13cm's in the sides (soon to be upgraded to Pioneer's too). The rear channel is driving the Infinity 6x9's. My stereo also has an option so that you can control which frequencies are sent to the front or back, so I've blocked the very low bass from the 13cm's, and allowed the 6x9's to have the full range.

They did require a small hole to be drilled in the plastic and metalwork behind where they're now positioned, but I figured that I'd either sell them with the car, or could replace that plastic panel from the scrapyard very cheaply.

Ben.

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:38 pm

It works well because you aint got a sub. Have to say i didn't even think out mounting anything there when i had 480.

For those of you running sub it's pointless mounting the 6x9 in the boot, sub will override and interfere with the sound.

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:39 pm

inifinti 6x9s? snap!
Swweet!
Amp em up, they'll take a hammering

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:45 pm

sold the red one to your neighbour, nice one ben!!
now you dont have to do the whole "watch it drive away" thing and feel like you just handed your best pal over to the KGB!!
i hate selling cars

Ben Harris · Post by **Ben Harris** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:24 pm

Murf wrote:sold the red one to your neighbour, nice one ben!!
now you dont have to do the whole "watch it drive away" thing and feel like you just handed your best pal over to the KGB!!
i hate selling cars

I used to park it outside his house, anyway - so it's not moved far!

SanPhire wrote:inifinti 6x9s? snap!
Swweet!
Amp em up, they'll take a hammering

I've got a 2 channel 300 watt amp sitting around doing nothing - I might just do that. I used to have it wired up to a 12" sub (which I've also still got) when I had my mini.

Ben.

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:07 pm

That looks very good- ideal for me as i need the boot space and thus can't really have a sub. Well done.

turnac · Post by **turnac** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:00 pm

nice

turbo mad · Post by **turbo mad** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:32 pm

Hi there this is may first time on here and seeing this install Iâ€™d show you mine it needs a bit off work to finish it of

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Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:05 pm

it needs a bit off work to finish it of

eh, like back seats??

looks pretty good though! is that a capacitor on the rhs or a coke bottle?

turbo mad · Post by **turbo mad** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:29 pm

Dam it I thought that i'd covered that coke bottle up to look like a capacitor lol