New Head Unit

[Manorness7]

Yeah they are, just looked. Wondering since they're pretty slim if I would need them.. Looks like I'll have to take a door apart and check it out.

[AveoRob]

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[Manorness7]

Looking at getting some 6.5s for the fronts. How shallow would they need to be to fit without having to make spacers? Or will I need to make some anyway? The ones I'm looking at have a 2 1/8in mounting depth. Thankyou guys for all the help.

You will need the spacers no matter what. It also makes mounting the 6.5 simple. You can buy off the shelf plastic 1" spacers that will work, but I don't think you will be able to roll your window down all the way with anything more than 2" depth. You could make a deeper spacer out of MDF say 1.5 but then you may have to alter your door panel to fit over it sticking out that much. There are some decent infinity shallow mounts that fit, as well as some kenwoods. Don't know of any Alpines though.

BTW the RMS output of that HU is 18w
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_889 ... 640Ui.html

Thanks for finding that! It says RMS is 20w. Thanks haha.

I just took the door panel off and measured and can go 2 1/8in safely for mounting depth. I did find some 6.5 SONYs (Sony XS-GTX1640) that have a mounting depth of 2 1/16 - 2 1/8in. That would work, even if they just barely touch by a hair I can raise the spacer slightly with some washers or something. Let me know what you think about that.

[WOLFMAN AK907]

If you use flat washers to space your speakers you'll notice a rattle when performing at high volumes. Speaking from experience.

[Manorness7]

If you use flat washers to space your speakers you'll notice a rattle when performing at high volumes. Speaking from experience.

Yeah, thinking of maybe using a rubber material to eliminate that.

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Just bought these. They're Sony 6.5n with a nice 75watt rms on each speaker. Has a mounting depth of 2 1/16 - 2 1/8in. Should fit nicely.