spent about an hour last night and another hour tonight installing a new set of Polk Audio db 6500 Components in my doors. after hearing these speakers in Ducatiguy's car and also in coupin827's... and considering that they were only $130 brand new shipped from eBay, i figured what the hell...

rather than ripping the guts out of the Bose speakers and using them as spacers, i fabricated a pair of MDF rings to allow the Polk woofers to mount right up to the stock holes from the Bose speaker (the rings are ugly since i didn't have a router but they worked perfectly and are hidden by the door panels, so who cares). the tweeters mounted right into the stock locations with the stock bracket.

i think i could do this again in about an hour and 15 mins if i had to do it again... alot of time spent deciding how i wanted to do it and figuring out what blade for my jigsaw worked best on 3/4" MDF, measuring 3-4 times, plus the fading daylight, etc.

anyways, on to the pics.... sorry didn't take a pic of the tweeter, but mounting it was common sense and only took like 2 mins per side. i'm going to take the doors apart again sometime this week to apply more dynamat and also to trim and clean up the wires

 

Very nicely done. May I ask what you used to mount the crossover. I also installed the same components a few weeks back. Sounds great.

 

How is the sound improvement over the bose? What kind of headunit and amp are you running?

 

Niiice...did you use the stock speaker as a template for the MDF ring? I need to fabricate a mounting bracket for a set of 5.25" Focals I bought off a buddy.

 

- crossover has 2 holes inside for mounting... i just used a pair of sheet metal screws... i found a spot that didn't interfere wih the door panel and that didn't have anything behind it (like the window, etc). i also put a piece of Accumat (Scosche brand "dynamat") behind the crossover to be extra certain there was not any rattles, etc.

- right now i am still running with the stock Bose amplifier... when i finally change that out, the sound will improve even more. even with the Bose amp, there is still an improvement in the sound for sure

- to make those rings... first i traced out the outline of the stock Bose speaker for the outside of the ring, then i used the gasket that came with the Polk woofer to trace out the inside of the ring. i made the cuts with a drill and a jigsaw, then used a countersink bit to rout out the holes for the stock screws (because the mounting tabs on the bose speaker are only 1/4" thick or so, not 3/4" like the spacer)... PM me if you have any other Q's

 

Steve... want to make me a ring??

I'm thinking about getting those Polks as well...
If you're gonna go by Duc's place, I can meet you there... and I'll buy you a beer or pizza. lol

 

J, i can make another set of rings, sure. the next set will probably come out better, mine were alittle off b/c it was my first time.

 

damn u guys are all so handy
i have a hard time pumping gas sumtimes

sheesh

good job Steveo!

 

Lol. Yeah everyone has caught the mod bug. It helps to be handy so you can save a few $$$, and then go buy more mods.

 

The "Polk Bug" been going around I see.... Nice setup! I wonder how it sounds... Hmmmmm....

 

was originally going to goto a car stereo place to get my speakers done...

but i figured "i gotta be as smart as those guys"... once you reach that realization, you jump in head first.

(not to mention i called coupin about 4-5 times to make sure i was doing it right lol)

 

Oh man, if I'm as smart as Steve, I'm going back to school. LOL j/k Steve, I wouldn't go back to school just for that. Hahahahaha.

 

Looks niuce steve!...and thats the way to go ....instead of killing your originals Bose speakers..cause hey U never know..

I'm sure some people will wanna get a set of your MDF spacers....clean install and takes the headache out of the mounting for sure....NICELY DONE!

I wanna hear it at the next Squad event!

And yes WE ARE ALL at least as smart as "those guys"...LOL

 

i dunno man lol - smart maybe - handy nope! lol
ok im lying i did do my emblems myself lmao
na if i put my head to it i can do it i am sure but i am impatient - its alot easier albeit more expensive to just go to some dude and be like "do it" (in ben stiller's starsky voice)

ahh watever im a little drunk and tired
gnite

 

Would love to buy a set of mounting rings from you for the exact same speakers. Email me at mrcscomics@comcast.net if you could sell a set to me.
Best,
Chris