so i just picked up four 6 1/2" 180w polk 2 way speakers and im wondering if anyone has mounted them in any locations other than stock if so where ? pix?
i have a spare 1000w 4 channel amp i was gonna use to power them so its all down to mounting options now.....

suggestions please ...and sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum but i wanted ef specific advice

thanks,Tear™

 

the doors are a great location. just need spacers depending on the depth of the car. you can also buy prefabbed kick panels i believe which put the speakers at the far corners of the floor in front. you dont have a 1000 watt amp, i regretfully must inform you.

 

front holds 6.5's just fine if you trim the mounting bracket a bunch. i fit alpine type R 6.5's and they don't even touch the speaker grills or windows. in the rear, i fit 5.25's. you could probably fit 6.5's depending on if you have factory mounts or not. anything is possible with custom work.

i personally don't amp my speakers, just run mids and highs through them. sub handles all the lows.

 

my friend hacked his rear panels up for 6x9's, like where integra's have theirs mounted

 

yeah i was thinking about doing a fiberglass enclosure where like the gathers pods would go because my hatch corner plastics are in rough shape anyway ....and i was thinking kick panels for the other two ...but figured i'd see if anyone else had any better ideas first

 

im not claiming its 1000w im not retarded...thats just what its rated at when bridged its actually like 160X4 rms

 

im also in a spot, i bought brand new 6x9 kickers like a wk before i got this ef hatch and now i am stuck on a place to put them

 

Put them on craigslist.

Then use the cash to buy speakers that actually fit the car.

 

yeah i agree with Todd00.... get rid of the 6x9 and get some 6.5....6.5 in the rears are perfect! The rear speaker pods are slightly slanted so the sounds bounces off the glass for better hearing..... and for the fronts, if u have usdm doors, lots of 6.5 fit well... but if u got jdm doors, you dont have much depth to work with. I did 5.25 speakers with a 1" spacer

 

if you can do custom work, thats probably the best option.... but you're gonna lose that clean stock oem look

 

I can recommend this idea and you can take it as far as you want. I currently have Polk Audio 6x9 in the rear and they sound great. I only had to grind down a small piece of plastic about the size of a quarter to get them to fit. So easy I wish I did this years ago.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-crx-ef-civic-1988-1991-3/diy-rear-speaker-enclosures-crx-2311785/

Here are some more pics



What I cut



Grilles fit just fine

 

6x9 definitely sounds good! but there's no way you're going to put in some 6x9 without doing some cutting and custom fitting for it to even sit right.... its just all on personal preference, there's no right or wrong.

 

When I was 16 and I didn't have a cargo cover, I made my own out of a thick piece of wood. I then proceeded to cut holes for 2 6x9 speakers in that cover. Didn't even need a sub, but I had one anyways. It sounded good. I covered the wood in some carpet too. I had little-to-none for woodshop experience, but it turned out better than I could have imagined. If you want 6x9's, do that. That way you're not ruining a good cargo cover.

 

yeah my big thing is not hacking up my fully functional near pristine cargo cover...but like i said earlier the corner plastics that the cover mounts to have already been hacked once so i figure ill just refresh those into functional speaker pods ...still stumped on what to do with the other two though i already have 5.25 3 ways in my doors along with tweeters installed by the previous owner

 

started building the rear pods yesterday....im using the grilles that came with the speakers as the mounts ....will post pics and possibly a write up when done

 

i'd ditch the 5.25's for the 6.5's, you get better lows out of them...

 

im putting 6.5's in the rear im still not sure on the doors though

 

i would go 6.5 in front 2

 

if you're going to add subs, just get a good set of 5.25 component sets in the doors..... but if you're not going to add subs, get a good set of 6.50 components so you can get some good lows outta of it.... thats just my opinion.

im currently working on my audio set up too.... i will post pics sometime at the end of this week after i layout all the wires and put my new molded carpet

 

so a little update ive got the passenger side fiberglassed in and have got most of the general shaping done....hopefully tonight i can start feathering and finish sanding maybe in primer by the weekend

 

should put pics up

 

i cant post pics up just yet hopefully this weekend

 

I always like to geep it stock looking by using stock locations for regular speakers and a stealth box for subs

 

ok so i promised you all pics and a possible write up...heres a brief rundown ill do a more thorough write up when i finish the driver's side and get them painted

so first off youve gotta have an idea of what you want ...i wanted 6.5" speakers in the rear but didnt want to hack up my cargo tray... so what to do ?
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aha! these are in crappy shape anyways ill just use them for my project ...but wait im gonna need some supplies...
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hey i found my dremel

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at this point im sure youre asking why i cut so much off and why the holes not perfectly round....thats because the speaker needs to load through the bottom
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once that was all squared away its time to glass...i used tape and some coat hangers to hold the grill in place while i applied the first bits of cloth

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then some more fiberglass
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and a quick coat of fiber stranded filler to smooth it out a bit
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Uhhhh....6.5 fit fine in my stock pod holders i didn't have to hack anything up.