i know the stock bose front accepts 4" but to fit 6.5, but in this thread http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=389328, instead of buying the mounts or building my own, will doing option #1 on post #20 be a better alternative? if i do option #1, will the cover fit perfectly when i put the door panel back on?

 

option # 1 is using a prefabbed mount or building your own...

honestly that's your best bet. take a look at the link to James' brackets. they are your BEST option and they're by no means expensive. A+ fitment and no modification is needed for the door panel to fit

 

for craig's mounts. i fitted my bostons up front using his mounts.

 

if you have the tools and time, build your own. materials will cost less than $10. a piece of mdf was about $8 + wood glue. start it at night so the glue can set overnight. or just buy james' brackets.

if you are going to keep your car and your system, you could just modify the stock brackets. if you're going to sell the car but want to keep your system, make your own brackets. that way you can just swap in the old stuff before you sell the car. if i ever sell my car, i'm not leaving $200 speakers in there as a bonus

 

I started to make own, but i got lazy so the center hole isn't big enough yet.
eventually I'll finish them.

 

After taking out the front Bose assembly, I just knew I did'nt have the patience or correct tools to correctly modify them. I decided to just make my own braces.

Pics of the final installed solution can be seen here:
*** Click here for the pictures ***

I was amazed at the full sound that was preserved using this homemade solution.

-Jim

 

If you dont mind the bottom portion of the door panel sticking out a bit you can put 6x9s in there. Mine stick out a bit but I havent modded the mount so they fit better but the road noise did increase but that ment I just turned the stereo up and let my pioneer 6x9 120w speakers pump out more bass. Surprisingly with that low of wattage they put out alot of bass.

 

Is it really common to remove the Bose system? My car had it all swapped out when I purchased it.

 

common? not really, but I can understand why it was swapped out (blown amps and incompatible ohmage (sp?) speakers anyone?)

 

The guy that sold us our max took out the bose system and we had to get our own speakers. Luckily when my brother bought it our Bonniville had just died so we swapped no stereo.

 

i have 2 bose speakers in front, 4" and amps, i do not have the brackets, i used them to cut my 6 1/2 speakers. they were in the car when i got them, i do not know if they work or not, but i wil sell them dirt cheap, they are trash to me

 

so when you put the 6 1/2 in the front without using homemade brackets or buying some, the door panel wont fit back snuggly into place? I mean when installing the 6 1/2's just using the stock holes and not making the brackets.

 

the door panels should fit back snuggly in place. a lot of 6.5s are not THAT deep.

 

i installed the 6.5's in the fronts replacing the 4" but it still sounds the same, not enough bass in the front, but i didnt make my own brackets i just used the stock holes and the whole door panel fits back in place, but the bottom part, near the speaker grill wont snap back into place, i tried pushing it back in but it wont go in any further.