blue_obxt Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 For those of you that have installed component speakers, what did you do about mounting the tweeter? I took off one of the front door panels in my '05 Outback this weekend, and it looked to me like the stock tweeter is glued to it's mounting bracket. Has anyone found a good way to reuse this bracket, or did you make some sort of replacement? On the positive side, I was able to make a template of the woofer mount. It looks like it shouldn't be too hard to make a spacer out of MDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackonBlack Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 When I replaced stock with Boston Acoustic pro 6.5's, they came with new mounting brackets and spacers. One thing to note. I will be doing some sound deadening in the door panels. With the more efficient speakers came a subtle harmonic that now can be heard when mucis hits a certain frequency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_obxt Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 So did your replacement brackets attach to the metal of the door (where the stock brackets attach) or did they mount to the door panel in some way? Thanks for the heads up on the sound deadening. I figured that might become an issue once I upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogdog Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 I had mine replaced last weekend, I will ask the guy who put them in how he got them out. I know that he wound up using the same mount, just ground it out a little with a dremel. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackonBlack Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 The actual pocket where the tweeter sits remains the subaru part, but Boston Acoustics has their own mounting system which works quite well and allows you to aim the tweeter slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 When I replaced stock with Boston Acoustic pro 6.5's, they came with new mounting brackets and spacers. One thing to note. I will be doing some sound deadening in the door panels. With the more efficient speakers came a subtle harmonic that now can be heard when mucis hits a certain frequency. How would you rate the sound quality with the Boston pros compared to stock speakers? Is the rest of the audio system stock? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 When I replaced stock with Boston Acoustic pro 6.5's, they came with new mounting brackets and spacers. One thing to note. I will be doing some sound deadening in the door panels. With the more efficient speakers came a subtle harmonic that now can be heard when mucis hits a certain frequency. Boston Pro's more efficient than stock? Not a chance. What you are hearing is real bass out of the door now which is causing resonance. You should apply some soundmat to the inner skin and the outer panel. You don't need to do a lot of it - do the knock test to find the most resonant areas. The soundmat adds mass which lowers the resonant frequency. soundmat + Boston Pro's + outboard amp = no need for a subwoofer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackonBlack Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hello, yes I should have said more true rather than more efficient. You actually have to turn the stock head unit up more to achieve the same volume. It is correct that these speakers are heavier on the bass. I have the factory sub and it really seems to be struggling keeping up with the Boston's. The speakers have a much flatter more true sound. High hats are more crisp and snare hits sound more sharp. The compressed range of the stock speakers is very apparent now. A good more powerful stand alone amp will further clean up the bass frequencies. After all I am after clean studio monitor type sound rather than processed signals. I am waiting for the CleanSweep to come out and then will add either a 4 channel JL amp or the Boston Acoustic 4 channel. I have not decided on their placement yet, but may use the area above the spare with a moveable box. At that time, I will add Dynomat sparingly to the door panels to try and eliminate resonance. I believe I will only do this to the front doors though and not the rears. There is quite a bit of space behind the door panels for sound to reverberate, I was actually pretty shocked by the room. Overall, the replacement was a great move. I just hate waiting to put the rest of the system together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedawgs Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 When I replaced my components in MY04 WRX I used the same tweeter bracket. It was fairly new at the time. I heated them up and the glue came undone. Used super glue to glue the Polk Momo tweeters back on. Updated my vBGarage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_obxt Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 Thanks for the input guys. My speakers aren't here yet, but I'll let you know what I eventually figure out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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