Do you have to drill new holes or is there an adapter you have to buy? I'm talking the 6.5" speakers in the front and back.

 

Anybody ever use these?

Link

 

that looks like it will work...check out the audio forum...you should yield more answers...

I made my own brackets out of hardboard...

 

I made my own brackets out of hardboard...

 

Actually it's dead over there so I posted here.

 

those crutchfield brackets don't really fit too well. they will work but it is not a clean fit. i had clearance problems with those brackets. the window would bang against the speaker when slamming the door with window fully down. so i was just forced to use the half *** method. take your factory speaker and cut out the cone and magnet. use the rest of the original plastic ring as a new bracket. screw your new speaker to this. then screw the whole thing back in.
some body out there has a site with picts on this.
damn i should have taken some picts.
it works good. just takes a little time.

 

So if I do this then I can't put the originals back in later?

 

Guess not. I found a link to PhatGuy's write up. Too bad the pictures are so small I need a magnifying glass to see the speakers cut out!

 

I use to work at circuit city and you do not need new brackets for your maxima. What we do is basically rip off those paper cone speakers and just cut off those plastic beams holding the magnet. make sure you cut off the whole beam. the new 6.5 in speakers should just fit on top of the bracket. just throw the paper cones and the magnet away unless ya planning on keeping it.

 

Do you use the existing white plug on the edge of the bracket?

 

no, we cut the white plug and just added female connectors to then. then just connect the connector to the speakers.

 

you have to figure out which wires positive and which ones negative though. car shops usually juse have the books with color codes and what they are.

 

I actually used the white plug. I just connected my new speaker wires to the clips. That's so if for some reason I need to remove them or put the factory (I'll have to buy new ones) speakers back in. I'll still have that clip to work with.

 

I used the white plug too. The speaker holes don't seem to match up well with the original speaker bracket though. The holes are toward the edge. I'm using MB Quart speakers. Do they run bigger than other aftermarket speakers?

 

When installing new speakers, you'll have to drill some new holes to screw the speakers down with. I have infinity kappa 6 1/2" all the way around.

 

That's the thing I have nothing to drill into since the speaker mounting hole is farther outside than the bracket. I could do one side but that's about it. I'll figure something out.

 

By any chance do you guys know what ohms the stock amplifier will handle decently? As far as whether to buy speakers that are either 4 ohms or 8 ohms.

Thanks in advance.

 

buy 4 ohms

 

How do they sound? I was thinking of putting them in my Max... stock bass really sucks and I dont want to put in a subwoofer right now ...and was thinking about some Infinitys.

 

If you have a Bose system you should have no problem with aftermarket speakers. If you don't (like my GXE) it can be a pain. I searched the entire forum to find the answer awhile back. I bought the Bose brackets for $8 each to simplify things. The other option as described above is to canabalize the exiting speakers to use the mounts on them. Another option, as mentioned also, is to make your own adapter using MDF (medium density fiberboard). I found it easier to pay the $8 - not the cheapest route, but the easiest. Or pay Bestbuy to install them at $40 per pair (worth it for me).

 

Here is how I usually figure out the polarity:

Use a 1.5 volt battery, and touch the speaker wires to the + and - poles of the battery.

Do this a few times and watch the cone move. When the + is corrected to the + terminal, the speaker cone will push forward as you touching the wires.
If you got it backwards, it will pull back.

Sure-fire method...