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Old 12-22-2013, 04:04 AM
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I am having a new radio installed in my 92 here soon and having new speaker wire ran BC of the Bose gold stuff. I will be putting in the new speakers myself.
Here is my confusion, I have read many different things about size. I am planning on using the original brackets so what size speakers can I use front and rear.

4" and 1.5" tweeter up front factory but have read a 5.25" will fit no problems. Is this true? Can I use all the factory mounts and enclosures with a 5.25"??

6" round in the rear factory but again read that a 6.5" OR 6"x9" both work just fine. True or false? Can I use any of these sizes and not need any additional hardware, brackets, ext??

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Old 12-22-2013, 11:14 AM
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I did my 1992 not too long ago. 6 1/2 speakers just popped in perfectly in the rear. In the front I used 5 1/4 round speakers. I did need to remove a bit of the original speaker enclosure, which is plastic, to install the larger 5 1/4 speakers but it was no problem.
Old 12-22-2013, 04:27 PM
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Outstanding thanks for sharing!
Old 12-28-2013, 02:23 PM
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So ... 6-3/4 kickers fit perfectly in the rear with NO mods needed!!
but on the front i have 5-1/4 kickers. does anyone have any pictures of what they did for simple mod for installation or can give a good detailed account???

Thanks in advance!!!
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I'm in for answers, suggestions and to see what you end up doing. Good luck!
Old 12-31-2013, 03:20 PM
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Well like I said the 6-3/4 kickers fit great and sound good. For the front I just went with 4" speakers but you can hardly hear them. Good luck ucfsaxman!

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