You people suck. 12 years later, I finally replace speakers.

[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

^have had that solder gun myself for a few years now.

SemcoMike (since there are 2 Mikes in here) - excellent pics of the JL install! I am debating whether to do quick connects or solder small lengths of speaker wire on the woofers myself.

So on the tweeters you just glued them in place in the factory foam mount and did not need to reuse the plastic mount correct? Should eliminate a potential source of rattles.

Also, very interesting that the woofers were 2ohm. Wonder if the rear woofers are also 2ohm? If so, our theories are out the window as we were assuming we were doubling impedance on 10 speakers and we may only be doing that on 6, and yet halving the impedance on 4 so the amp should not be taxed much more at all. And since these drivers are more efficient no worries there.

I'll get the rear midrange sizes up for you shortly with a few pics.

Hi RB,

After the fact, I like the idea of using the supplied slide on connectors on the speaker terminals and a short length of wire soldered to the more robust factory mount housing.

Yes, correct, I just glued the JL tweeters into the foam and eliminated the complete factory mounting frame and factory tweeter assembly. I did use one of the supplied JL housings for the JL tweeter to fit into and fit more snugly into the foam. You can see that I used the housing with the flared edge.

And yes, the factory tweeters are 8 ohm so the JLs take that pair to 4ohm.

Mike

[Ricky Bobby]

Alright boys well it looks like the exact diameter is definitely 65mm for the rear midranges if you want them to clip into the mount. About 2.5" exactly.

If you go with 2.25 or 2" I would imagine you could hot glue/silicone then in place easily (as Prop did with his tweeters)

About 1.25" inches in depth -

Hope that helps - I didn't get to get my Memphis midranges in these weekend but hopefully during the week. And now I'm super pumped to do my JL components in the front doors after seeing what semco Mike did - excellent work!

[Ricky Bobby]

As a follow up, those Peerless midranges should be perfect fit, about 1/4" more depth (don't think it will be a problem -

The diameter is spot on though and you may have to file the housing a bit but I would imagine it could clip right in as the diameter is exactly the same (65mm) as what it would be replacing

[X53Jay4.8is]

RB Thanks for clarifying the rear mid range drivers. I'll be getting a set of the Peerless drivers for the rear to complete my upgrade.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

RB Thanks for clarifying the rear mid range drivers. I'll be getting a set of the Peerless drivers for the rear to complete my upgrade.

I can't WAIT to hear how you like them. Since you are *way* more inclined, educated, experienced, and all o that goodness in this world than me, if you like it- and will take the trouble to explain why so I can decide if our whys align- if you like it, I am nearly almost certainly in.

GIVE! When you do it!

How ab now?

Now?

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

I can't WAIT to hear how you like them. Since you are *way* more inclined, educated, experienced, and all o that goodness in this world than me, if you like it- and will take the trouble to explain why so I can decide if our whys align- if you like it, I am nearly almost certainly in.

GIVE! When you do it!

How ab now?

Now?

Oh I most certainly will share my feedback once I get them in.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

RB Thanks for clarifying the rear mid range drivers. I'll be getting a set of the Peerless drivers for the rear to complete my upgrade.

Glad to add a little contribution to our team member experiment

I'm going to get a better ruler measurement tonight for you (those Peerless drivers are out of stock anyway for the next few days) - I want to double check and triple check the factory driver diameter in mm, as well as the opening on the factory speaker grille/housing -

These actually might be a bit easier fit if the round Peerless drivers are just a couple mm too large (and if you don't want to dremel a bit off the outer ring of the driver) - the only differences I notice are the "squared" ones I linked below are 7w RMS while the 2" round drivers are 20w RMS, same sensitivity and same max power rating? I don't believe the .25" extra depth on the round Peerless drivers should make a difference, but these "squared" drivers are a couple mm shallower so closer to factory dimensions

Peerless by Tymphany 830983 2" Full Range Woofer

[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Glad to add a little contribution to our team member experiment

I'm going to get a better ruler measurement tonight for you (those Peerless drivers are out of stock anyway for the next few days) - I want to double check and triple check the factory driver diameter in mm, as well as the opening on the factory speaker grille/housing -

These actually might be a bit easier fit if the round Peerless drivers are just a couple mm too large (and if you don't want to dremel a bit off the outer ring of the driver) - the only differences I notice are the "squared" ones I linked below are 7w RMS while the 2" round drivers are 20w RMS, same sensitivity and same max power rating?

Peerless by Tymphany 830983 2" Full Range Woofer

A Harbor Freight digital caliper at about $15 should do that job nicely

Mike

[Ricky Bobby]

^Good call - I actually will pass one later so I'll probably pick one up - stay tuned -

[Ricky Bobby]

Ok I was going to update my original post, but I measured the rear mid range diameter with a caliper and it's 65.8mm exactly.

Those Vifa woofers for the rear location should fit perfect and might not even need to be glued in place.