Speaker sizes and front door mounting?

[AirmanSkee]

Since I haven't found a thread really for this I figured I'd start one.

Anybody know the actual size for the front door speakers in a 97? I believe it is a 6.5 Cone, but the PO of my truck had made a plywood spacer since the holes do not line up. Anybody have a link to a bracket to mount them up?

Rears are 4x6, correct? I put a 6x9 in mine with a spacer and bending the little lip back, but they fit nicely behind the plastic.

 

[volunteerff21]

Correct the door speakers are 6.5.

In my 94' the rear speakers were 4x6's as you mentioned. I'm 90% sure they'd be the same as a 97' though.

 

[AirmanSkee]

Correct the door speakers are 6.5.

In my 94' the rear speakers were 4x6's as you mentioned. I'm 90% sure they'd be the same as a 97' though.

Is there some sort of mounting bracket made since the speaker holes do not line up with the stock ones?

 

[volunteerff21]

IIRC the aftermarket ones I bought didn't line up either. I think I just used self tappers' to hold them in.

Found this though. I think it's what you're looking for.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_120823002/Speaker-Mounting-Brackets.html

 

[AirmanSkee]

haha I LITERALLY just found that and came back here to post it up. Yes, it is exactly what I was looking for. It allows the speaker to mount right up to the stock holes. Just a better job than the hack bracket the PO made. Now to decide on some speakers.

 

[tooslowtahoe]

Should there be a sticky for speaker size of all the makes and models at least for what is factory and location of each. Might help if someone just needs a quick reference.

 

[thered95]

though those brackets do make it easy to install a good baffle made of sealed mdf or plywood is better. it will help the door and speaker from flexing as much. it is also a good idea to put some deadener around the speaker opening and directly behind the speaker if nothing else.

so what the po did was not exactly a bad idea he may have just did it wrong.

 

[96Z71ECSB]

I used self tappers on my '96. The speaker fit evenly on the metal surfaces so it didn't flex at all when I cinched it down. The tweeter, however, took a little more work to properly aim it.
I also crossed them over at 80 hertz so they don't get a whole lot of abuse. The 12" sub gets most of it.
The speakers I installed are Rockford Fosgate components.

 

[AirmanSkee]

My doors are already matted with sound deadening material (not sure what brand, PO put in as well). But I was looking to see if there was a better way. He just had a ring cut and screwed it in. Basically a spacer so they would mount up.