Installed new front components, modded to use all stock hidden mountings

[Lukey. 381]

Ive replaced my front speakers as the new head unit has managed to overpower them and they buzz crack and reverberate now.

Thought it may interest anyone planning to change speakers and inspire them in mounting options.

I orginally wanted some Alpine TypeS 171a components that i had a couple years back but they dont make them any more.

So on recommendation i got a set of InPhase XTC6 components as they have similar power handling and will work well with the head unit driving them, and for the money they are well worth it!!

They are the same striking yellow that is shown on the box!

The audiophile bit

I chose to set the speakers in the original locations and use the orignal grilles so as to keep a factory stealth look.

The woofer install was straightforward, i just cut the plugs off the wires and ended them with spades.

As a rule of thumb all the standard speaker plugs are wired up so that + is closest to the clip tab, which will become useful when wiring the speakers up so before you cut off the plugs take note of colour and whether its input or woofer!!

They fit straight in with no clearance issues on the back side.

The only mod i had to make for the OEM grilles to go back on was to bend the rim in 2 places to flatten it out.

I customised the factory tweeter mounts to accept the bigger InPhase ones.

First stripped them of the OEM tweeters, capacitor and connectors, then i cut the bigger holes into them till the new outer cases fit like a glove, after test fitting in the car i then fixed them in place with epoxy.

The driver side tweeter went straight in and cleared the grille fine in the stock orientation

The passenger side didnt clear so i flipped the disc 180deg and snipped out 3 new tabs for the clips to lock onto

I put some epoxy on the tabs aswell to make sure it doesnt fall down.

The InPhase have a 360deg "eyeball" rotation so can be directed any way you like.

The factory wiring uses the tweeter as a basic crossover, the main input goes to the tweeter which goes through a capacitor to the tweeter and the lower frequencies carry on to the woofer, finding which was the input and woofer is just a case of unplug 1 plug, if the woofer goes off but the tweeter stays on its the woofer plug you took off, if they all go off its the input you took off. In my cae the black and brown wires on 1 side and the white and brown wires on the other were the main input. I had to extend the driver side wires as they werent long enough.

I then connected the relevant wires to their posts on the crossovers and secured them to dash support bars.

between the gloveboxes on the passenger side

and above the fusebox on the drivers side, i removed the vent to gain access to this area.