Hellsbells Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hi all,I'm new here so hello Does anyone know how easy it is to fit rear speakers in a fox? Is it 17cm speakers and is the wiring already there?Thanks,Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO7LXJ Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hi rear speakers are a right game to install. More the fact you have to take masive trim pannles off (some people even take the back seats out). The wiring is not all there you need a connector (I think it is a mk5 golf speaker addaptor) it took me I think 2 days to fit both properly I also had to get some special screws from halfords. I think I used 17" but I am not sure I still have all the gear I used + a few pics that might help, I was going to do a how too guide but I traded in my Fox so did not bother. Hope this helps message me if you need more help (I am not with my laptop hence the no paragraph page of words iPhones arent grate for this kind of thing)J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellsbells Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Hi rear speakers are a right game to install. More the fact you have to take masive trim pannles off (some people even take the back seats out). The wiring is not all there you need a connector (I think it is a mk5 golf speaker addaptor) it took me I think 2 days to fit both properly I also had to get some special screws from halfords. I think I used 17" but I am not sure I still have all the gear I used + a few pics that might help, I was going to do a how too guide but I traded in my Fox so did not bother. Hope this helps message me if you need more help (I am not with my laptop hence the no paragraph page of words iPhones arent grate for this kind of thing)J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellsbells Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Thanks J,Any info you can give would be helpful as my other half is going to try and fit speakers for me this weekend. How do you get the panels off? Do you need speaker adaptors or will the 17cm fit ok?Thanks again,Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO7LXJ Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) OK so these connectors I think they are mk5 golf connectors they fit on to This is what the panel looks like from the back as you can see there are quite a few black connectors these pull off and one slides off (hopefully you have an urban Fox with the sliding seats as you will need to move them forward and back to get the panel off).I lost at least two of these and broke the top clip at the top so the panel never fitted quite right after that, the biggest problem is at the bottom there is the biggest clip (the big bit on the panel top right this is actually at the bottom near the seat-belt when it is in the car) on the car attached to a very flimsy clip at the bottom of the trim I broke one on the install an the other on the uninstall.My speakers are 16 cm ones Kicker DS650'S they seemed a little big though but they fitted okYou also need something like these http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_162297_langId_-1_categoryId_165562 too hold them on, they do them with the screws all in one bag you need 8 in total. So in summery it will take a while it will cost quite a bit and may brake the trim in the car if your happy with that, good luck if not just turn the music up.O don't bother with the front speakers you have to remove door panels and drill out rivets and wire the speakers in as they have an even weirder shaped connector than the back ones. I tried it it took an age to put the door cards back on.Hope this helps J Edited February 17, 2011 by FLO7LXJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellsbells Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 OK so these connectors I think they are mk5 golf connectors they fit on to This is what the panel looks like from the back as you can see there are quite a few black connectors these pull off and one slides off (hopefully you have an urban Fox with the sliding seats as you will need to move them forward and back to get the panel off).I lost at least two of these and broke the top clip at the top so the panel never fitted quite right after that, the biggest problem is at the bottom there is the biggest clip (the big bit on the panel top right this is actually at the bottom near the seat-belt when it is in the car) on the car attached to a very flimsy clip at the bottom of the trim I broke one on the install an the other on the uninstall.My speakers are 16 cm ones Kicker DS650'S they seemed a little big though but they fitted okYou also need something like these http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_162297_langId_-1_categoryId_165562 too hold them on, they do them with the screws all in one bag you need 8 in total. So in summery it will take a while it will cost quite a bit and may brake the trim in the car if your happy with that, good luck if not just turn the music up.O don't bother with the front speakers you have to remove door panels and drill out rivets and wire the speakers in as they have an even weirder shaped connector than the back ones. I tried it it took an age to put the door cards back on.Hope this helps JJ that's brill, thanks very much for posting the pics and info. I'll pass it on and see what he thinks.Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Fox Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I found it very easy to upgrade front speakers and didnt need to drill out any rivets, i just solderd the wires into the connector that was already their. As for the rear speakers i used the same mk5 golf connectors, but i only removed half the door card, i then added 6x9's and just soldered them to the connectors again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Fox Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Can anyone tell me the exact name for those connectors please, cant find them anywere.Or even direct me to a link thanks Ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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