6x9's in rear deck

[Andy_Mac]

Has anyone tried putting a pair of \'quality\' 6x9\'s in the back of their legacy?

Mine currently has the stock crap one sitting there unwired and just wondering if anyone has ever tried chucking a second one in aswell.

There seems to be alot of negativity out there about 6x9\'s, and speakers in the rear deck as a whole so don\'t really know if this is a project that\'ll just turn out to be a big flop

[boon]

6x9\'s work reasonably well in the rear deck. They\'re built to play in very large enclosures (i.e. your boot)

Your WOF guy is likely to spew if you cut any metal near seatbelt mounts, unsure if this affects the Legacy\'s - the LVVTA has diagrams on their website showing where you can cut, if you need to.

If you\'re taking the parcel tray cover off, get a pack of Dynamat and cover the metal. Also cover up as many holes in the tray as you can with thin plastic or MDF, tape it in with aluminium flashing tape. Will help it sound better.

The big problem that I find with 6x9\'s is that for some retarded reason they always seem to come with about 3000 tweeters. Personally I think they work better with a little amp feeding them about 50-100wrms and low-passed at about 250hz.

And please, please, find some discrete grills, 6x9\'s with massive grills (or in those tiny shoeboxes on the parcel tray, with massive grills) are only 1 step below monster tachos in terms of bogan-ness.

[Andy_Mac]

yea was hoping to find something with the discreteness of the stock one in there now.

better check into the cutting issue though, got a shape worked out but it may end up being a tad close to the centre belt for their liking

[Andy_Mac]

From the looks of the lvvta stuff its a no no for legacy\'s. They say you need a cert if cutting a whole in the panel if a seatbelt is mounted to it, which the centre one is and can\'t be bothered if it needs to be certed.

[Firenza]

What you can do is get MDF spacers so that you dont have to cut the rear shelf. Screw the spacers to the deck using the original holes, and screw the speakers to the spacer and away you go.

Its whats in my WRX and it works pretty well.

[Andy_Mac]

You mean with the speakers sitting right up high?

[Firenza]

They dont have to bee massive high. You can get them in different heights , or even make your own. You only need them high enough to get clearance.

You could even use low profile speakers to allow you to have smaller ones.

[B4 I was 250T]

Just for anyone who looks into this in the future. I bolted one 6x9 on top of the parcel tray and the other I mounted from the underside of the tray. Here's the pics:

 

 

This is the left, it's mounted on top of the tray

 

 

This is the right. I bolted in underneath the tray. Fit's well enough, bit fiddly but it works and requires no cutting of the parcel tray. Hope this helps somebody