highline stereo

[Vr6pates 2]

Have changed my head unit in the vr6 but want some help with the speakers has anybody ever changed them for better ones

[Lukey. 381]

What are you needing help with?

[Vr6pates 2]

Up rated speakers anyone fitted them

[Lukey. 381]

Yes

[Vr6pates 2]

Thanks for the bluntness

[Lukey. 381]

Thanks for answering the original question, what exactly do you want to know? Speaker size? Wiring? Give us a clue.

[daveyboy 897]

There a piece of p**s to fit mate. Pop the grille off the door or quarter card unscrew the original speaker remove forme said card undo the connecters and replace with your uprated 6.5" (I think) speaker in reverse order obviously

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[Vr6pates 2]

I want it to sound better what speakers have people used that fit nicely etc is it just speakers that need replacing what watt

[Lukey. 381]

If they are components the wiring gets a bit more tricky as you have to isolate which wire goes to what with the woofers and tweeters. A lot of speaker designs are too deep aswell which will foul on the window mechanism on the back side. This can be fixed if not too bad by spacing the speaker out a mil or so, also if you want to fit the stock plastic covers back over you will usually have to either trim or flatten some of the edge area on the woofers. If you're only using the stereo to drive them don't go too high powered on the speakers as they will be designed for an amp and the stereo will under drive them and they'll sound shite.

[daveyboy 897]

If they are components the wiring gets a bit more tricky as you have to isolate which wire goes to what with the woofers and tweeters. A lot of speaker designs are too deep aswell which will foul on the window mechanism on the back side. This can be fixed if not too bad by spacing the speaker out a mil or so, also if you want to fit the stock plastic covers back over you will usually have to either trim or flatten some of the edge area on the woofers. If you're only using the stereo to drive them don't go too high powered on the speakers as they will be designed for an amp and the stereo will under drive them and they'll sound shite.

I'll second that

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[Vr6pates 2]

Ok thanks for that mate I take it I've done this before.what have you used

[Vr6pates 2]

Sorry prediction text on iPad is shite I meant to say uve

[Lukey. 381]

In the past I used alpine type S and in the golf atm I've got inphase xtc6. Always run just from the head unit. Lots of people say rainbow speakers are good too.

[CALICO 130]

I have rainbow three way speakers in mine but you need to modify dash vent on the nearside and the tweeters are not hidden. You have to have these amped up as the power is a higher. The standard speaker wire runs from the stereo to the tweeter in the dash then onto the door speaker so is fairly easy to add crossover at this point.

[Lukey. 381]

That's what I did, the crossovers are behind the far dash vents on each side numbers late tape to the dash bar. I gutted the standard tweeter holders and mounted the inphase ones in there, you have to mount them from under instead of on top but it works fine and looks stock.

Edited November 24, 2013 by Lukey.

[Lukey. 381]

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