Front Speakers Tore Window Tint. What now?

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Front Speakers Tore Window Tint. What now?

Post by joseph_hac » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:17 pm

When I bought my 2003 R/T, the previous owner had already tinted the windows and put Kamichi speakers in the font doors. Unfortunately, the speakers are a bit too deep and this caused them to tear the window tint on both the driver and passenger side doors. Also, when you roll the window down you can feel the window hit the speaker before going past it.

I would like to re-tint my windows, but need to ensure the speakers will not ruin the new tint. Does anybody have any ideas? It seems like I would need some sort of spacer rings. Can someone point me to the right place to get these? I'm hoping to put in something that won't require any custom fiberglassing or any hassles like that.

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Re: Front Speakers Tore Window Tint. What now?

Post by jT » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:15 pm

joseph_hac wrote:spacer rings

aka washers.

might end up pushing the speaker out TOO much and you wont be able to slap the panel on the door..

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Post by joseph_hac » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:29 pm

I was thinking something more along the lines of these:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl ... er=265-821

Would these do the job?

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Post by 2k1MotorSport » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:40 pm

joseph_hac wrote:I was thinking something more along the lines of these:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl ... er=265-821

Would these do the job?
They should... i know on my 01 MS i got 2 new front speakers and the had to put spacers in or it would have done the same thing. I would maybe goto a bestbuy and ask them a few questions and see what they think.
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Post by lawhon » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:55 pm

if you wanna get gettofabulous..........diamiter of speaker, measure and make your own speaker rings out of mdf.........ooooooooo 3/4 should be good.........paint black, vinyl, etc, and put on. with a little work that is. Or option number 2, ...........go down to a 5 1/4 speaker.
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Post by Fuzzyneon » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:18 am

2k1MotorSport wrote:
joseph_hac wrote:I was thinking something more along the lines of these:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl ... er=265-821

Would these do the job?
They should... i know on my 01 MS i got 2 new front speakers and the had to put spacers in or it would have done the same thing. I would maybe goto a bestbuy and ask them a few questions and see what they think.
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Re: Front Speakers Tore Window Tint. What now?

Post by EvoNeon02 » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:31 am

joseph_hac wrote:When I bought my 2003 R/T, the previous owner had already tinted the windows and put Kamichi speakers in the font doors. Unfortunately, the speakers are a bit too deep and this caused them to tear the window tint on both the driver and passenger side doors. Also, when you roll the window down you can feel the window hit the speaker before going past it.

I would like to re-tint my windows, but need to ensure the speakers will not ruin the new tint. Does anybody have any ideas? It seems like I would need some sort of spacer rings. Can someone point me to the right place to get these? I'm hoping to put in something that won't require any custom fiberglassing or any hassles like that.
My suggestion pull the speakers out sell them and replace them with the correct ones. Or Pull door panels and make fiberglass panels and mount them that way. But i would go with the first option if it is not a show car.
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Post by Diablo0 » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:03 pm

They're probably a little large and over-the-top but here's an option.

http://www.carbonbydesign.com/proddetai ... ker%5Fpods
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Post by Craz1000 » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:06 pm

spacers are your best bet, i got alpine 6" woffers in the door and they are about 6 or 7in deep, spacer worked great, metra makes it the # is 82-6600
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