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My 6.5" Focals are mounted on the door cards with stand-off rings to accommodate the speaker depth, with the tweeters up high so as not to be obscured by your leg. The crossovers live behind the disconnected OE speakers in the td5 aircon dash extension. The JL Audio amp is in the driver's seat box and drives the Focals, with the Alpine head powering the rear speakers (currently a pair of Celestion SR Compacts until I get around to making something with another set of Focals to fit better behind the Double Cab rear seats).

It's not lacking bass but I'd like to add an under cubby sub in the future to give it an extra octave.


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bankz5152



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Id be worried about them getting rather wet!
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barbel jim



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Djcla wrote:
Was looking at these below to save hassle, did you flush mount yours?
http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/products/in-car-...allow.html

There are spacers currently so I can live with the knees thing, not sure the ones above are angled though like the originals


They would do the job, although you'd probably find cheaper on the bay, halfrauds probably stock them too. I'd doubt you'd get angled like the originals. All my installs have been flush mount. Personal preference Thumbs Up
Post #674615 31st Dec 2017 9:41am
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Djcla



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Cheers , I see mudstuff do some rear corner speaker panels that look good too.. I'll make a shopping list next month and keep you all updated. They also do a neat sub that fits under the cubby box in the middle Smile.

http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/mud-sub-locker-953.html

http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/mud-rear-speaker-panel.html
Post #674677 31st Dec 2017 1:21pm
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Djcla



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Looking at these speakers from JL audio as they give me flexibility on how I install them. Any ideas if there is enough room to hide the crossovers behind the speakers some where?

https://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m...-33118.htm
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barbel jim



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There is room Thumbs Up the focal power crossovers are massive and I got them to fit. You'll be fine Thumbs Up
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Djcla



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barbel jim wrote:
You can remove the end cap easily on passenger side. Drivers I did insitu. I used the new grill cover to position and mark the new hole size, small molegrips can hold it in place and marked with a sharpie pen. I have used a dremel to cut the extra out, and also stitched drilled along the new line. It's all pretty easy, just measure twice cut once. If you look in my gallery there's photos of the td5 and puma. There a few threads, look in the definitive ice section from thread. More than happy to talk through it Thumbs Up
Ps is yours a puma or TD5 as the puma I used a fein cutter as only plastic


Edging towards this flush mount method, I've made a few card template of speakers size and 116mm for the hole to get an idea. Did you cut the leather type dash material or stitch drill it along with the metal?

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Post #675065 1st Jan 2018 9:43pm
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barbel jim



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You don't Thumbs Up push them up towards the screen and trim the excess. It will allow you more depth. Pm me your number if you'd like to talk about it more Thumbs Up
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barbel jim



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I'll try and remember to take a photo tomorrow for you Thumbs Up it's worth it
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Djcla



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Photo be good thanks, I'm not quite ready yet to do the work just trying to plan the job and get my head around the work needed. Photo be great thanks as not sure what you mean by push up towards screen above.
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barbel jim



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Might make more sense now Thumbs Up you can see the old footprint of the standard speaker and 2 fixing holes. But the hole has been cut for the new 5.25" speaker. In this case the orientation is across to the left, however it works better moving then up towards the windscreen, allowing maximum clearance from the bulkhead
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barbel jim



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And fitted Mr. Green
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barbel jim



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And tweeters flush mount Thumbs Up
Post #675117 2nd Jan 2018 10:51am
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Djcla



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thanks, what ill do is stick my templates on the dash and see how things look and post up some pics. As you say measure lots and cut once.
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Djcla



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its like a rabbit hole this as the speakers i found are too over powered and need an amp LOL.. Anyway ill decide on that later but a question for now is can you get adapters for the connectors on the LR speaker cables to save chopping them?
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