I pick up some 6x9 pioneer to put in the rear deck, But now I notice that I might have to do allot of cuting to make this happend. Any of you guys have successfully install them on the rear? any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

crutchfiel.com have the adapters like for 10 dlls

 

OK, disregard the crutchfield adapter post.

I had a pro audio shop install 6x9's in my rear deck. Yes they had to cut holes.

They also installed some custom-cut carpeted plywood mounts for the speakers to screw into and to be honest they sound great. No rattles if you tack down the rear deck cardboard real well. I honestly jam a foam wedge between the deck and the rear window and it applies enough pressure. No it doesn't look ghetto.

One thing to mention tho. I lost my center seatbelt in the back... simply not enough room for the speakers otherwise. Easy decision for me but heads up.

I was also advised as tempting as it would be to wire a 6 speaker system using the rear doors there's no way its worth it $ wise or acoustic wise.

End result for me was an awesome system. Great midbass using components up front and 3 way 6x9s in the back. Not sure how hard the job would be to do yourself, but i didn't get any major complaints from the shop... granted these guys are good at what they do.

Lemme know if you need pics.

J

 

I'd like to see some pics!

 

Did you consider mounting them from under the deck and save the center belt? Smaller hole, mount from truck, save belts
Pics would be nice..

 

yeah thanks for the reply, I would like to see some pics as well.

 

that sounds like a good idea but I dont think there is enough space to save the seatbelt.

 

bam

speakers are JBL power series... great line of speakers btw...

 

btw note how close they came to having to take out the passenger side belt....

J

 

i dont see why they had to take out the center belt... i see the hole from above and below but dont see a reason that it had to be removed.

maybe you can make this more clear

 

i believe its because they had to cut out a mounting bolt hole or two but i could be wrong... or perhaps its due to the fact that the rear deck just lost some serious structural integrity... Now that I look back at it, from the top view it looks like the housing wouldn't fit with the wood plank there but i really don't have another maxima to reference with the belt in place at the moment.There may be a way to save it, build a bracket, cut some wood or something. Its not important enough for me to dabble with so I haven't really messed with it honestly. If anybody has any evidence I should try to pop it back in, I can give it a shot and report back...if i can still find all the parts.

J

 

gotcha, now that i look more closely i only see one more mounting hole

 

Looks nice man

but seriously this isnt that hard.

You can take a plyers or a jigsaw, or die grinder and just cut out a little bit. mount them from the top by drilling new holes and your good to go.

 

how much did they charge you to mount both 6x9 in speakers

 

Such an invasive procedure for such a horrible sonic result.

Of course I shouldn't type this, because it will just bring out the "stage up-front" *****, but I wonder what people think will happen when they install "6x9 Pienerrrs" in the deck.

This isn't 1988

 

i added some 6x9's to my rear deck a while ago, but i went at it a little different.




i dunno if that's something you'd wanna do tho

 

That looks awful.

Oh the humanity

 

how would you have done it differently?

 

I don't think nismo was addressing your setup Reece...looks like good fiberglass work was done.

As for losing the rear seat belts...that's just a stupid idea imo. I wouldn't have done it if i was the shop owner.

 

if u wont rear fill just run some good 6 1/2" no cutting required, and u should be very satisfied, i dont know what is the hype in 6x9s!

 

oh. yea, i just assumed he was since it was after my post... i thought mine looked pretty nice, but i'm slightly biased.

 

race yours looks good, however I would have made it MUCH more stealth.

Just the concept as a whole irks me.

 

Reece that setup dosen't look bad ,but personaly I was looking for something more "stock " looking. Btw how if your visibility?

 

a more stock look wouldn't be bad. i would mount them from underneath (in the trunk) if you can/ decide to do it, so you dont have any space issues and to maintain a more stock look.

visibility is fine. the only thing different is i can see the reflection of them in the rear window but i kinda like it