Hi,
I have searched the posts and found a few helpful things but I need some info/advice for my TF. I have the original tape deck (woohoo! :dancin: ) with some pretty worn out speakers front and rear. Now remembering that I am fairly illiterate when it comes to audio stuff I read somewhere that if you take the rear covers off you are looking at standard round cone speakers? and once removed you can bolt in 6x9 speakers (pioneer?) in with relatively little hassle, I was looking at the rear speakers the other day thinking... where on earth am i going to find something to fit that shape!! (referring to the shape of the covers which I thought were the shape of the actual speakers). So is this so? and is this also the same for the front speakers too? I didn't want to get aftermarket stuff but get some decent sound to drown out the decent exhaust!! he he (only joking of course).
Any info/advice is very welcome.
Cheers
Neil

Almost any 6x9 speaker will fit in the back shelf.

Forgot the idea of putting 6x9's in the front. 6x9's aren't the best speakers for sound quality. Infact they are the worst. Your better off with the 2 peice "split" speakers, where you have athe round 6" speaker in the door and a tweeter speaker in the dash. That will result in much better sound. Infact the pro audio installs often don't use 6x9's at all for this reason.

(Bit of custom mounting work with a bit of MDF, and you could mount around speakers under the 6x9 rear grill too.)

Thanks for the information Driver... hmm do I attempt it myself or leave it to those in the know? at least with this information I will know what I am talking about. Thanks heaps. Now where do I find the money for this u-beaut system...!

i'd recommend attempting it yourself. this way you know exactly how it was done and you are learning something too (not forgetting its cheaper to do it yourself :D ) this is the approach i take with my car and now i am able to help friends around town with their installs for beer :dancin:

i spose though, if u really don't feel confident with it at all, or u get to the stage where you must do something that could either work or totally stuff everything up, take it to someone who knows how to do it.

Yeah, you're right. How hard can it be really (apart from fiddly wiring). I will give it a go (when I have the $. I just forked out $300 for a service, $500 for new manifold gasket & side and rear engine mounts then $340 for a redback exhaust system. Bank balance looking a bit sad but car is looking a lot happier!) - Cheers Neil

ya best bet is to put out a call for help... i'm sure any1 in ur area who knows what they are doing would give ya a hand for a bit of lunch and a couple of beers. :D


Tim

The hardest part of doing my car stereo's is not the wiring, it's custom #$*Y#$ mounting stuff :D

I put my entire stereo in my TF, I had a bit of knowledge and experience though about stereo installs in general. All my speakers bolted straight in. 6x9's in rear, didn't even have to drill any new holes. 6.5 inch splits in the front doors, simply bolted in to where the old speakers were with a few new holes in the plastic moulding behind the door panel, used factory wires. Tweeters up on the little round things on both ends of the dash, they pop out which makes drilling holes easy.

Everything pretty much bolted in, overall was fairly easy. I say definitely a job worth attempting yourself, although head unit replacement can be a bit of a pain, there was a tech article on this site some where telling your how to do it, with pictures, helped me out alot.