How do I fit 6.5" speakers into my car with 6.75" mounts?

[Kaido]

I'm currently driving a 1991 Saturn SL sedan. The car I had my speakers in bit the dust. The speakers are four CDT coaxials measuring in at 6.5", while my Saturn's mounts in the front doors and back deck are 6.75". How do I fit them in? Are there some kind of mounts I can buy? I've look around Crutchfield and other sites without much luck. I just want a simple, cheap solution to mounting these.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Plywood and jigsaw come to mind.

 

[Anubis]

1) take car to car audio place
2) Give them money
3) enjoy

 

[Zim Hosein]

Tin snips and some scrap metal

 

[0roo0roo]

hot glue

 

[PCMarine]

Yeah just fabricate something, shouldn't be too hard.

 

[GroundZero]

make a plate out of whatever you have that holds the speakers and drop it in...
either that or get a migwelder and some sheetmetal...lol



are you really so dumb, as to have to ask about how you seat some smaller speakers into some holes that are bareley bigger than the speaks?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: GroundZero
make a plate out of whatever you have that holds the speakers and drop it in...
either that or get a migwelder and some sheetmetal...lol

are you really so dumb, as to have to ask about how you seat some smaller speakers into some holes that are bareley bigger than the speaks?

There's a "sexual" reference buried in there somewhere!

 

[GroundZero]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: GroundZero
make a plate out of whatever you have that holds the speakers and drop it in...
either that or get a migwelder and some sheetmetal...lol

are you really so dumb, as to have to ask about how you seat some smaller speakers into some holes that are bareley bigger than the speaks?

There's a "sexual" reference buried in there somewhere!

yep, an ASEXUAL referance...
or a TARD referance...
'cause that boy aint ever going to reproduce unless he is like a frog...
ASEXUALLY, since he probably hasn't seen a real girl besides his MOM in forever!

 

[Trey22]

Dremel tool baby!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: GroundZero
make a plate out of whatever you have that holds the speakers and drop it in...
either that or get a migwelder and some sheetmetal...lol



are you really so dumb, as to have to ask about how you seat some smaller speakers into some holes that are bareley bigger than the speaks?

no...I just don't really work with tools or anything. I know how to build computers and install software

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: GroundZero
make a plate out of whatever you have that holds the speakers and drop it in...
either that or get a migwelder and some sheetmetal...lol



are you really so dumb, as to have to ask about how you seat some smaller speakers into some holes that are bareley bigger than the speaks?

Wow, you really don't have to belittle someone over a serious question like this. Ass.

 

[sandorski]

Duct tape!!!!

 

[flot]

Go to home depot and buy some 1/8" or 1/4" "hardboard" (this is like cardboard, but 50x denser.. it's the stuff that they make the backs of cheap bookcases out of).

Trace the speaker on it.

Now trace a circle 1/2" bigger than the speaker.

Get a jigsaw, and cut yourself a donut out of the hardboard.

Mount the donut to the car door, and mount the speaker to the donut.

If this sounds like too much work for you, go to a stereo shop, or the install bay of a best buy / circuit city / etc and ask if they will sell you some adapter plates. They should charge you about $15-$20 for $0.63 of material. And yes, they will basically be a plastic version of the above.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: flot
Go to home depot and buy some 1/8" or 1/4" "hardboard" (this is like cardboard, but 50x denser.. it's the stuff that they make the backs of cheap bookcases out of).

Trace the speaker on it.

Now trace a circle 1/2" bigger than the speaker.

Get a jigsaw, and cut yourself a donut out of the hardboard.

Mount the donut to the car door, and mount the speaker to the donut.

If this sounds like too much work for you, go to a stereo shop, or the install bay of a best buy / circuit city / etc and ask if they will sell you some adapter plates. They should charge you about $15-$20 for $0.63 of material. And yes, they will basically be a plastic version of the above.

excellent, thanks for the help! I'll give this a try in a coming weekend