whats the deepest 6 1/2 you can fit in a 5th gen accords door without any modifications? thanks

 

Well, no matter what you have to cut the rain guard that holds the factory speaker in the door. It's only about an 1 1/2 deep and will not handle any after market speaker. But if you cut that then you can put just about any 6 1/2 in the door as long as it doesn't hit the window track. Off the top of my head I think that you would have about 4" to work with easily.

 

what would i have to have to cut that thing?

 

I cut my speaker guards with a Dremel tool. I used the cut-off wheel, then cleaned up the job with a little sanding drum.

 

i don't have anything like that though i guess i'll have to get it professionally installed or something

 

I guess you would have to consider if the money spent for a pro install might be better spent on some tools that you can use for not only this particular task, but for other things that will come up in the future.

 

something else i have to consider though is that its not my car but my parent's... they wouldn't like me cutting that stuff and all..... but does anyone have a pic of the thing i'd have to cut is?

 

To fit my infinity woofers in there, I had to cut about a half an inch or so off the back of the plastic basket thingy. I used a saber saw and it cut through that plastic like butta :thumbup:

 

This is not true. You can mount any speaker that is a 6.5" or smaller in the opening, provided it is not deeper than 2". There are very few 6.5's that are that shallow, but the best ones I've found so far are the Kenwood DualMags, model #KFC-XR600. They are 6 1/2" and have a very shallow mounting depth, no mods are necessary for them to fit the front doors at all. Just plug and play. The sweet thing about these speakers besides the shallow depth is the fact that you can power the tweets from a separate amp from the woofer and the tweet isn't riding on the same axis as the woofer so you get more excursion from the woofer and less distortion. Im on my second set, I love em. The first set was in my 4th gen civic that got stolen and raped, I just got some for my 5th Gen Accord.

 

I'm sorry, but that's not 100% accurate...try to get a set of Illusion Audio mids into that door and you will have a problem as well....while they may be one of the most shallow drivers around, they have extrememly wide baskets....remember you need to account for more then just depth.

I tired to get some IDQ62's in my doors in my civic...the magnet wouldn't fit through the door in the hole...the depth was fine...but the acutal magnet didn't fit....sheesh