Can the factory fit speakers in a 2000my 996 be changed ?

[Jon_Bentley]

wondering the factory fit speakers in my 996 can be changed and upgraded without messing around with the grilles etc i.e. somthing similar size and shape that will fit back into the grille then the hole ? if so what do people recommend? and are all the speakers the same front and rear i mean? since ive changed the head unit its showing the speakers up to be a bit weak

thanks all

Jon

[egbert]

yes they can be changed.

[woogie]

Why change them though, they are component speakers and they sound OK IMO .

[BermyAndy]

woogie said:

Why change them though, they are component speakers and they sound OK IMO .

To be fair, he wants to change them. You may think they sound OK, but you're not him. Let the man do what he wants!

[woogie]

BermyAndy said:

woogie said:

Why change them though, they are component speakers and they sound OK IMO .

To be fair, he wants to change them. You may think they sound OK, but you're not him. Let the man do what he wants!

Ok I will let him

[woogie]

Jon , I changed my head unit too, what did you go for?

[9hellheaven]

Yeah let him change them you bully...

[woogie]

9hellheaven said:

Yeah let him change them you bully...

I am no bully I am only little

[Jon_Bentley]

compared with more modern and better quality speakers they dont sound so good
ive changed the head unit for the becker 4720 nav unit, which although should be very similar to the CDR22 i had before, is louder and more powerfull

[egbert]

The standard speakers are pretty poor IMO.

[woogie]

egbert said:

The standard speakers are pretty poor IMO.

You sure it's not because you have hearing difficulties

[damiangt3]

woogie said:

egbert said:

The standard speakers are pretty poor IMO.

You sure it's not because you have hearing difficulties

They are horrendous, nasty plastic and paper cones made by Nokia. I've replaced my front and rears with MB Quart units

[woogie]

damiangt3 said:

woogie said:

egbert said:

The standard speakers are pretty poor IMO.

You sure it's not because you have hearing difficulties

They are horrendous, nasty plastic and paper cones made by Nokia. I've replaced my front and rears with MB Quart units

Ok, maybe I will change mine too.

[9hellheaven]

woogie said:

9hellheaven said:

Yeah let him change them you bully...

I am no bully I am only little

so you are a little bully then!...

[woogie]

9hellheaven said:

woogie said:

9hellheaven said:

Yeah let him change them you bully...

I am no bully I am only little

so you are a little bully then!...

I am not little and I am not a bully, now get on with your work !!!

[Jon_Bentley]

See now thats the type of help I was after, were the MB Quarts a direct fit into the grilles, what sort of price / performance are they?

thank you all though for your valued input

[woogie]

When I had my stereo fitted last year, the speakers were going to be around 200 quid IIRC for four (I dont have door ones). These would have been direct replacements. Can't remember what make they were but they were a lot better apparently. I opted out but I may get them done in the future. Link below, both the fitters have 996's so they know what they are doing.


http://www.surreycarradio.co.uk/

Edited by woogie on Wednesday 5th September 17:17

[gridgway]

Carl Baker who does a lot of (cough)TVR installations (doesn't make him completely all bad) raves about MBQuart speakers. And a TVR (regardless of any other merits or demerits) is a vile place to make a sound system sound good!

Graham

[egbert]

I fitted some Morel's in the front, an amp under the bonnet and some 6x9's in the rear.

A little tip for you, get hold of the bose speaker box (loads about for next to nothing)that was an option(i think) but had awful speakers in it and modify it with some better speakers rather than go for some kind of custom fit job that could cost a fortune and look crap.

[egbert]

I was very happy with the service from Auto Audio in Park Royal.