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> Door Speakers, What have YOU used?
windforfun
post Sep 27 2010, 06:04 PM
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You're an artist Rod!!! I love your audio system!!!

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post Sep 27 2010, 06:07 PM
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QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Sep 24 2010, 11:09 AM) *

You need the Infinity Reference speakers from ~5 years ago, I have some I have yet to install:

5 1/4" 5002i
http://cgi.ebay.com/Infinity-Reference-500...=item4151fd93e4

6.5" 6002i
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Naturally they are real hard to find these days, I bought them when I saw the market going for those terrible new grills.
OR you can install speakers and buy normal looking grills separate.



I have those speakers in a storage box, waiting to go into something. I will probably put them in the kick panels in some modified Morph style enclosures.
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post Sep 27 2010, 06:19 PM
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Yep same with mine, other stuff comes up, so I'm listening to the car and not the radio, haha.
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post Sep 27 2010, 07:26 PM
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I cut up factory new old stock door panels- yea! I did the same thing with a metal panel to reinforce the door frame speaker hole and used an acoustical form inner "hat" to seal the speaker from the inner elements. To finish it off- 911 speaker grills. This and the kick panel speakers- I hardly ever use the stereo.
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post Sep 28 2010, 08:46 AM
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yes very nice set up Karqeek
But does any any one know who makes the 6x9 grill where the OEM speaker mounts too i saw it years ago but cant find it
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post Sep 28 2010, 09:37 AM
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I've put (don't laugh) the Radio Shack Minimus 7 die cast box speakers in a few 914's. They will fit with the optional brackets, but you've got to used cap screws instead of the thumb screws.

They are a tuned enclosure so you get decent frequency response, you can aim them so you get decent stereo imaging, and they can be removed, and the stock grills replaced without cutting anything.

They aren't audiophile quality transducers, but they are cheap, durable, and blend in the 914 interior fairly well.
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post Sep 28 2010, 10:09 AM
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Are those like the Optimus speakers that Rich Johnson's car has in them...if so, they really do blend in well with the interior.
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post Sep 28 2010, 10:13 AM
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show me a pic guys let see what they look like
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post Sep 28 2010, 01:21 PM
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QUOTE(windforfun @ Sep 28 2010, 01:04 AM) *

You're an artist Rod!!! I love your audio system!!!

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post Sep 28 2010, 02:23 PM
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I'm pretty sure that's what Rich has in his car. They changed the name from Minimus to Optimus in the 90's. I looked at the Radio Shack site, and I think they must be discontinued. They are/were great little speakers, and have found from a google search that they have quite a following among the audiophile websites. There's even a few people that are selling woofer, tweeter, and crossover upgrades. Glad I kept an extra set!
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post Sep 28 2010, 02:57 PM
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...I never cut hole's in my door panel's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Sep 29 2010, 06:55 AM
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I ran Kenwood 6x 9 inch speakers years ago in the original kick panel location with out the kick panels, they actually fit pretty good and I held them in with two screws and they worked well for many years until the car was broken into and the sound system and many other parts were stolen...the only problem I had is I couldn't use the original kick panels and I often hit them while getting in and out the car but the sound was good enough for me....I had a built in 100W amp in the deck and it was more than enough for me but nothing compared to what others have done to their cars.
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