Blimey I suggested that yesterday pm
Before Zep sidetracked me
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Meddling. Not peskyI only did it to nick your idea.
And I would have got away with it too if it wasn’t for those pesky kids
Meddling. Not pesky
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Just to confirm after my Zep speaker test . The yellow striped wires are the negative wires .
Well, after upgrading the head unit to a much more powerful Becker Grand Prix, it was apparent that the speakers were just not up to the job.
Expecting the worse I started to strip the interior apart and see what Fiat parts bin speakers I had, even though my car has the upgraded Auditorium package. To be fair, the fronts were not too bad, but the mids and rears were, well to be kind, pants.
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I upgraded to Alpines and cost me £200 for the parts, the fronts were changed to similar compnonants with separate tweeter but with cross overs. The mids were changed for a 2 way coax, as where the rears:
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I also used some Dynamat acoustic material and worth every penny:
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Now the car thumps like a good'en, absolutely noticeable and the speakers that have benefited the most are the mids, its so clear and thumping, not the muffled base it used to be.
New speakers sizes were:
Front: 6.5" base plus tweater, bonded into the origional grille so looks 100% stock plus crossovers
Mid: 5x7" 2 way coax
Rear: 5.25" 2 way coax
All went straight in with no cutting or adapting. I cut the original speaker multi plugs and crimped new fitting on, simples! The hole for the mids is too small, but using the Dynamat makes a snug, non sound leak fit.
Here are some links to removing the panels for fitment:
Door panels:
http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/348-4200-GranSport-Doorcard-Removal
Rear panels:
http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/979-Passneger-rear-quarter-panel-trim-removal
Rear shelf:
http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/351-Rear-Parcel-Shelf-removal
Thanks for the great info and photos.Well, after upgrading the head unit to a much more powerful Becker Grand Prix, it was apparent that the speakers were just not up to the job.
Expecting the worse I started to strip the interior apart and see what Fiat parts bin speakers I had, even though my car has the upgraded Auditorium package. To be fair, the fronts were not too bad, but the mids and rears were, well to be kind, pants.
View attachment 1555
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I upgraded to Alpines and cost me £200 for the parts, the fronts were changed to similar compnonants with separate tweeter but with cross overs. The mids were changed for a 2 way coax, as where the rears:
View attachment 1554
View attachment 1556
View attachment 1551
I also used some Dynamat acoustic material and worth every penny:
View attachment 1557
View attachment 1553
Now the car thumps like a good'en, absolutely noticeable and the speakers that have benefited the most are the mids, its so clear and thumping, not the muffled base it used to be.
New speakers sizes were:
Front: 6.5" base plus tweater, bonded into the origional grille so looks 100% stock plus crossovers
Mid: 5x7" 2 way coax
Rear: 5.25" 2 way coax
All went straight in with no cutting or adapting. I cut the original speaker multi plugs and crimped new fitting on, simples! The hole for the mids is too small, but using the Dynamat makes a snug, non sound leak fit.
Here are some links to removing the panels for fitment:
Door panels:
http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/348-4200-GranSport-Doorcard-Removal
Rear panels:
http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/979-Passneger-rear-quarter-panel-trim-removal
Rear shelf:
http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/351-Rear-Parcel-Shelf-removal
I have a NON Audiotorium base system in my GS and the main front door speakers are on inspection a bit shot (but sound surprisingly OK).
Can anyone help point me at some current (Alpine?) speakers that would just slot easily in place of all the originals in the base stock Gransport system. Looking for minimum effort here since I don't really listen to the radio that much. My ideal would be take off grilles undo some screws and screw new speaker in
If you look at the first post in this thread, there is a picture of the parts you need. Dont bother with the rear parcel speakers, just disconnect the ones you have, its sounds much better without.
I just put in the Alpine 6 1/2 component speakers in the door. They come with a separate tweeter with the crossover or capacitor built in to the speaker / wiring harness. The tweeters are slightly smaller than the originals, but fit very well and you won't really notice the size difference. In order to use the new tweeters you do have to take off the door panel. The Alpine tweeters are installed by screwing a ring on them from behind the panel, so you take the panel off and put the wires through the hole and then put the wires thru the ring from the backside of the panel. Tighten it and then drop the tweeter wires down to where the door speaker opening is. The door speaker needs to not be installed yet so do the tweeter 1st. Then hook the wires up to the lower speaker . I did unsolder the yellow connector from both the tweeter and the woofer of the original speakers and I then made a short piece of connector so that it will hook up. You don't have to do this really,but I was having trouble with what spade connectors to use. A point also is that with the new style tweeters the one screw behind the tweeter cannot be used. There are so many other screws it is still way tight. No issues. Hopefully this will help you a bit.
Marco