Speaker sizes

[Die$eL]

I'm looking to upgrade the speakers in my lux

any idea what size the speakers are?
06 hilux

[AM Racing]

They are a 6". But are mounted onto plastic mountings. You need to either make up new mounting spacers or cut the old speaker out and modify the existing spacer to fit your new speaker.

[Die$eL]

thanks for the quick response

are the sizes same front and rear?

[AM Racing]

Yes. they usually get full of dust and water if you go through deep water. i want to upgrade myself soon. Just running a 10" shallow mount sub and tweeter up front off a JVC head unit that has a parametric eq. Not too bad....

[Die$eL]

where u managed to fit the sub? the space behind the back seat seems minimal.

[AM Racing]

Behind the rear seat. You should do the fold down mod where you cut the the hangers. It does fit even without out this. If you want dimensions I'll be happy to oblige

[Die$eL]

thanks. fold down mod?
is there a topic on this on the forum?

i'm not sure if i want to put a sub or just spend that money on higher quality splits instead. dont think i need a sub. have the car for making noise... :)

[AM Racing]

No noise. I prefer quality over quantity. There is post just search. It opens up the rearseat area nicely

[OOOOMS]

Here is the link: Vigo rear seat mod

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[Smurf]

You can buy the spacers from any sound shop. they call them astra or corsa spacers available in 5 1/4" & 6 1/2". astra spacers are the ones you looking for.

[Mud Dog]

They're easy enough to make yourself. When I bought my lux, there were 6" speakers mounted in the rear doors .... Bretton will remember that they were hanging loose .... even the door panels were popped off.

I re-secured them only to find that the reason why they were always loose was because the magnets fouled against the window when it was wound down (too deep into the door). Just cut a couple of spacer rings from 'Superwood', painted and fitted them. No more hassles .... sorted the door panels as well.

[Die$eL]

been chatting to a buddy in the sound game.

he suggested a good pair of splits (around R1500 per pair)
then i'll do the fold down mod for the back seat (thanks for the link OOMS) and mount the amp in there if i cant get it fitted nicely under the left seat. (thinking i'll have to remove the seat to get the amp installed neatly)

i want the speakers to still fit inside the doorpads. will post the end result once i'm done.

[PhatMyles]

been chatting to a buddy in the sound game.

he suggested a good pair of splits (around R1500 per pair)
then i'll do the fold down mod for the back seat (thanks for the link OOMS) and mount the amp in there if i cant get it fitted nicely under the left seat. (thinking i'll have to remove the seat to get the amp installed neatly)

i want the speakers to still fit inside the doorpads. will post the end result once i'm done.

Hi Die$eL

How did your speaker upgrade work out?