Stereo mods for a 996

[GranburyChuck]

Just wanted to show how I got bigger speakers into the stock locations on my 996 w/o the stereo kit from Porsche. I put 5.25" MB Quart speakers in the dash and rear panel by building a support structure. I also had a subwoofer in the stepped part of the rear deck but didn't like that so I found some MB Quart 6.5" Woofers and built boxes for them to go in the rear foot well. All of this for around $700 including the amp I have in the trunk.

[GranburyChuck]

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[perryinva]

SO are you going to just kill me with suspense, or are you going to give me details on what the "support" structures" are? The dash install looks GREAT..details please!!! Why didn't you do the rear side speakers the same as the dash? They look the same in stock form (though I know they are not, speaker/tweeter angles are different) I NEED details, what exact model speakers did you use, is the amp just for the sub?

[GranburyChuck]

The support structures are just 1/8" oak plywood I had lying around. For the front I got a set of couple year old model MB Qaurts with full steel grills (I think PVF 216). They are still available on the net. I wanted them all to have steel grills to protect them. I put golf clubs in the bags so a full grill protects the speaker. On this model the tweeter can be separately mounted but I decided to leave them as coaxial. The crossovers for all of the speakers are quite large so I mounted them along with the amp in the trunk. The amp is for all of the speakers. I don't have a sub anymore. MB Quart sells an "add a woofer" system. For the front I traced out the pattern of the existing grill and estimated on where I could mount the speaker and have it fit the cutout in the instrument bezel. Luckily the speaker magnet clears everything below and the radius almost perfectly matches the bezel radius. I had to build up the edge of the front speaker mount with two more layers of plywood than sanded it to put on a nice radius. I wanted to hide the mounted screws so in all speakers you cannot see them. They are hidden behind the grill. I made sure that even though the speakers stick up a little bit they are not even above the line of sight of the wipers. I was pretty pleased with the result and the sound is pretty good too. I don't have that low sub thump thump but I don't like that anyway.