musto Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 well after both myn blew up i had no choice to change them, so i thought ill upgrade them while im at it. got sum 6" ish FLI's. To solve the whole problem about hitting the window when its down, i used two 13mm bolts as a spacer. there solid as a rock and sound great, so its not as hard as it first loooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 When you say you used bolts as a spacer, do you mean you used these to push the speakers away from the door? If so, has that now left a gap between the speaker and the door so it's not sitting flush?If so, I would highly recommend making a simple MDF baffle so everything is flush. This will make them sound even better! When speakers are mounted onto a solid, flush surface you have a better air enclosure around them. This improves bass and mid-bass response greatly and really helps bring the speaker to life!If you can't be bothered with making the baffles, check out AutoAcoustics website as, in the past at least, they sold pre-made baffles in a range of sizes.Cheap, simple and really helps make the system sound better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPS Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I made my mdf rings, took me around 45mins to an hour, they werent perfect but you cant see them,Deffinatley worth doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwick Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Yep on the MDF front. The plastic things you can buy are too flimsy (not to mention expensive) to get a proper contact with the door and don't create a good sound. The standard speakers are better than even good aftermarket speakers without a decent baffle setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icegeezer Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 When you say you used bolts as a spacer, do you mean you used these to push the speakers away from the door? If so, has that now left a gap between the speaker and the door so it's not sitting flush?If so, I would highly recommend making a simple MDF baffle so everything is flush. This will make them sound even better! When speakers are mounted onto a solid, flush surface you have a better air enclosure around them. This improves bass and mid-bass response greatly and really helps bring the speaker to life!If you can't be bothered with making the baffles, check out AutoAcoustics website as, in the past at least, they sold pre-made baffles in a range of sizes.Cheap, simple and really helps make the system sound better 100% correct - the use of bolts as spacers will work but the improvment of using a correct spacer and a enclosure around the basket of the speaker makes no end of diff.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breamy Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 what size would i need for the baffles off auto acoustics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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