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[frenchie851]

Ive just got my Mini Cooper 1995, before this car i have never had any interest in ICE I was quite happy with a new stereo and the standard speakers but now I have a car I actualy like this doesnt seem good enough anymore.

I currently have two parcelshelf speakers but where else can they go? I want to try my hardest to keep things 'standard looking' but my main bugbare is that the speakers are too far away. I want something upront or at least closer.

You got any ideas?

Cheers

[xBR4DLEY]

You can buy/make a speakerboard for under the rear seats and put different speakers in , preferably 6x9s
That wouldnt be too bad mixed in with your parcel shelf ones but if you want a bit more go for some tweeters up front or some speaker pods on the doors/inner arches

[frenchie851]

You can buy/make a speakerboard for under the rear seats and put different speakers in , preferably 6x9s
That wouldnt be too bad mixed in with your parcel shelf ones but if you want a bit more go for some tweeters up front or some speaker pods on the doors/inner arches

I might try either/both of those. But how difficult is it to put speakers into the extremly thin door cards? And where exactly is the inner arches? Would this mean the speakers would sit in the front footwells?

[xBR4DLEY]

Inner arches would be the things nearest the doors on each side , might get in the way abit though

[Ryan Hunt]

Im running Ministry of Sound 6x9's on the rear shelf but they are rubbish, so gonna upgrade with a pair of vibes

Then I made a speaker board for my 6.5's



and runnin a pair of tweeters on my dash rail

[frenchie851]

Im running Ministry of Sound 6x9's on the rear shelf but they are rubbish, so gonna upgrade with a pair of vibes

Then I made a speaker board for my 6.5's



and runnin a pair of tweeters on my dash rail

you got a picture of your dash mate, sounds like what I want to do.

[evansisgreat]

You could try finding some slim speakers and mounting them in a pod on the door, or under the dash and having the tweeter up a bit higher.

Metro door pockets is another option, have a look on ebay, or if money is no object you could get some audioscope ones (£200!)

There's loads of options if you think out the box a little, think of it as a chance to be creative.

[frenchie851]

Like these pockets


http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item4aa2c34867

screw them on and inset speakers! Sounds like a great idea, then tweeters high up? Do they work most effectivly high up?

[evansisgreat]

Exactly, a pair of those and some 10cm (I think) speakers. and all you have to do is figure how you'll wir them in. You could get some components and have the tweeters higher up so they sound better.

Another option, I've been looking into this for some time and some nissan micra pockets might work (non electric window version), though they'd require modification. I've never seen them fitted, so it could be a first to! You could have a look on ebay, they're always sold as a complete door card, but you could get the door pocket off.

[Ryan Hunt]

I bought the Fusion Tweeters fo 5 nuggets on fleabay

[frenchie851]

I was looking at that bit of my car today and thinking to my self........ I reckon I could fit some small speakers in there.

Has anyone ever bought the speaker pods and attatched them onto in the inner archs, Im worrying wether it would be a good idea to screw them in. I wasthinking today its a mini, likely to rust perhaps its not a good idea to screw holes into the body work!!!

[minilester]

Im running Ministry of Sound 6x9's on the rear shelf but they are rubbish, so gonna upgrade with a pair of vibes

Then I made a speaker board for my 6.5's



and runnin a pair of tweeters on my dash rail

where'd ya get that little amp from?