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Since I have come up empty locating recone kits for the stock speakers I went on a search for replacements. Both are 4ohm and I believe are shallow enough to fit without a spacer or major surgery.
Do they actually fit in the doors? The CRITICAL dimension is going to be depth. Some folks have hammer-massaged (!!!) the inner door metal trying to get misfit speakers to "fit". Or holesawed (!!!) the metal to let the magnet structure poke through.
I would keep looking for re-cone and suspension pieces for the ones you have that fit. Next would be suitable replacements that fit without metalwork, and have the original grills fitted. Next but way down my options list would be same but with the replacement grills instead of original. I don't thing any of the metal-mod options would make it anywhere near my car.
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I re-coned and re-suspension'd the stock speakers in the doors and the rear area, but replaced the b-post "woofers" (even "mid-bass" would be generous really...) with some Infinity components grafted into the original frames with original grills. Knowing what I know now, I would probably re-cone those too.
Do they actually fit in the doors? The CRITICAL dimension is going to be depth. Some folks have hammer-massaged (!!!) the inner door metal trying to get misfit speakers to "fit". Or holesawed (!!!) the metal to let the magnet structure poke through.
I would keep looking for re-cone and suspension pieces for the ones you have that fit. Next would be suitable replacements that fit without metalwork, and have the original grills fitted. Next but way down my options list would be same but with the replacement grills instead of original. I don't thing any of the metal-mod options would make it anywhere near my car.
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I re-coned and re-suspension'd the stock speakers in the doors and the rear area, but replaced the b-post "woofers" (even "mid-bass" would be generous really...) with some Infinity components grafted into the original frames with original grills. Knowing what I know now, I would probably re-cone those too.
Depth per the specs are 1.25 and 2.1 inches. The latter may fit because the magnet diameter might fit in the depression in the door.
I have scoured the internet and all the replies say no cones available.
So, I will replace the head unit, amp and all the speakers.
I went with Focal 100KRS. Woofer fits perfectly with no mods, I mounted the tweeter using the supplied basket after using a dremel to cut out just enough from the stock tweeter housing for a tight interference fit and used the stock grill. I managed to pick the set up barely used for $300 on DIYMobile classifieds.
Sound great even though I'm still only using head unit amplification, eventually I plan to run them in active crossover mode along with a Sharkwoofer.
If you use currently available speakers, be sure and match the speaker RMS outputs with your head unit/power amp RMS output. The actual power matching calculation is a bit more involved. The point is that matching commonly available 100 watt speakers with 18 watt head unit output produces suboptimal audio
If you use currently available speakers, be sure and match the speaker RMS outputs with your head unit/power amp RMS output. The actual power matching calculation is a bit more involved. The point is that matching commonly available 100 watt speakers with 18 watt head unit output produces suboptimal audio
Awesome thread along with the speaker ring one going on too.
Since the Hans speaker project has been put out to pasture, it would be great if we can keep a database or known list of what works without hacking up the car.
All the original speakers in my 87 work and actually sound great, but I would like to remove them all to mothballed storage and replace with something new.
Ok... Are there any heat dissipation issues in that amp storage area? 300W is a lot of power. I bought a mini power amp for a small subwoofer and I'll be using a heat sink for that little amp.
Ok... Are there any heat dissipation issues in that amp storage area? 300W is a lot of power. I bought a mini power amp for a small subwoofer and I'll be using a heat sink for that little amp.
08-18-2016, 06:49 PM
Door speaker replacement odyssey
