Hi All:
I had box speakers behind the seats for years. Then I really wanted to have
a clean install and get back the space. So I measured rather carefully and
discovered that you could fit a pair of 6 1/2" round speakers at the bottom
corners of the rear wall of the cockpit (i.e. the gas tank covering panel).
You have to cut little chords out of the gussets between inner rear wheel
fender and the rear differential floor, for the speaker magnets to avoid the
gas tank but it isn't too hard to do with a Dremel. I screwed the speakers
to the panel, not the car so it is easy to remove speakers and all. Now I
have nice flush-mount Pioneer units that are below the top when it is packed
away.
At the front, I installed 4" round speakers in the kick panels of the
cockpit. About centred. I cut holes in bothe the panels and the sidewall of
the cockpit. Most importantly, I sealed in round ice cream containers in the
holes. Sealed to the metal of course, not the panels. This is important for
two reasons. 1 - resonance and 2 - most important, the water drain from the
scuttle flows down the outer surface of those wals and without sealing the
containers in you will have wet speakers and a flooded car.
I think I will repeat the ice cream trick with the rear speakers in order
to enhance the throw.
Right now the sound is very good. Even on the highway with the top down and
my Ansa exhaust roaring I can hear the news. That's with a 200 Watt Pioneer
CD stereo mind you, but it's still OK.
I was thinking about repeating the Miata trick with the speakers in the
headrest of the seats, but don't have any feedback on effectiveness. I once
saw a kit of two little speakers on an elastified cloth band for slipping
over the headrest (one speaekr on each side of head) but can't locate it
again. Anybody seen such a thing?
Mark Hooper
72 TR6
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