In This Chapter
► Calculating speaker sizes
► Dropping speakers into factory locations Adapting speakers to fit stock openings
► Putting speakers where you want them
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| How to Install The Speakers |
What do restaurants and car audio speakers have in common? Their ultimate success depends on three things: location, location, location. Car manufacturers have gotten better over the last several years at placing speakers in locations where they create good sound rather than just sticking them in places that fit more with the overall interior design and aesthetics of the vehicle. But most car interiors are still not designed with great sound in mind, and creating custom speaker locations can be costly and time consuming.
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In this chapter, I cover the most common speaker locations in cars, and I list the various sizes that car speakers come in. These two factors, of course, affects what size speakers you can install in your car and where you can install them. But you can also install speakers that may not fit in a factory speaker cut-out or opening by using an adaptor. Or, you can go custom and install speakers anywhere you want them.
Common Speaker Locations and Sizes
From a car audiophile perspective, the best thing to do is to take a good- better-best approach when installing speakers: Start with factory locations for good sound, and then consider modifying them to get better sound. Finally, you can create custom locations for the best sound. Your system could even include some combination of the three.
Like head units, speakers have specific places that they fit in a vehicle, and the locations are usually a predetermined size:
Speaker locations
In most vehicles, speaker locations are typically found
In the front and rear doors
In the lower-front corner of the front windows, sometimes called the sail panel because these small triangles resembles sails
On top of the dash: usually in each corner and sometimes in the middle
In the side panels on either side of the rear seat
In the rear deck in cars with trunks or the package shelf in hatchbacks
In the A pillars (the section of a vehicle’s body that separates the wind¬shield from the driver-side and front-passenger windows,), and the B pillars On some trucks, the section that separates the driver- side and front-passenger windows from the rear window)
Speaker sizes
These locations feature stock speaker cut-outs or holes of several standard sizes. Aftermarket car audio speakers, of course, conform to these stock- speaker sizes. These include
6.5-inch, which is a common speaker size in many Toyotas, Chevys, Hondas, and many other vehicles
6.75-inch, which is also called an over-sized 6.5-inch and is becoming more common in vehicles from Acura, GM, Chrysler/Dodge, Nissan, and others
5.25-inch, which is a common speaker size in VW, Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, and other vehicles
5 x 7-inch, which is a common speaker size in Fords, Chryslers, Nissans, Toyotas, and others
6 x 8-inch, which is another common speaker size in many Fords, Lincolns, Mercurys, and Mazdas
6 x 9-inch, which is a common speaker size in Chryslers, Hyundais, Fords, Toyotas, and many other vehicles
4 x 6-inch, which is a speaker size found in BMW, GM, Jeep, VW, and other vehicles
4-inch, which is used in Chevy, Honda, Nissan, Volvo, and other vehicles
3.5-inch, which is used in Audi, BMW, Toyota, GM, and other vehicles
1 inch, which is the most common size for a tweeter in many vehicles
Although the French speaker manufacturer Focal makes an 8-inch car audio coaxial, and some enthusiasts have been known to use an 8-inch speaker in their doors as a midbass driver, these applications are pretty rare. Most of the speakers and speaker openings you’ll find are of the sizes described in the preceding bullet list.
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