Putting 6.5" speakers in the door of an XJ ???

[camarors8992]

I know they call for 5.25" speakers in the doors of an XJ, but has anyone tried to stuff a 6.5" in there ? I was told it might work and the benifits would be awsome if it did but I would like to know before buying a set of speakers.

[Menzenski]

My two-door XJ had 6x9s in the door when I bought it. They weren't in the factory locations though.

[johnnyc]

Very easy. Drill four new mounting holes per speaker and you're done.

[DaJudge]

The only thing you have to worry about is the depth of the speakers. I have 6.5s in mine..no problem.

[camarors8992]

The only thing you have to worry about is the depth of the speakers. I have 6.5s in mine..no problem.

All you had to do was drill the mounting holes ? If so I can go return these kicker 5.25" or some 6.5" speakers. Any rattling or clearance issues with the door panels ?

[johnnyc]

All you had to do was drill the mounting holes ? If so I can go return these kicker 5.25" or some 6.5" speakers. Any rattling or clearance issues with the door panels ?

That's all I did. No panel problems. But like DaJudge said, you have to watch the mounting depth on 97+ models, because they have full length windows, and the glass willl hit the speakers if they are too tall.

No problems on the pre-96 models because the glass doesn't extend as far forward.

[camarors8992]

Well, thanks guys. I returned my 5 1/4 kicker speakers and bought a set of 6.5" eclipse SE8365 speakers. Thanks!!!

[N20Jeep]

i made 6x9's fit in my doors with just a little cutting

[92westshady]

I put a set of Polk 6.5" speakers in my 2000 Cherokee. The tweeter dome on these speakers protrudes a bit from the mounting face so the dome tweeter grill touches the door panel but the panels still pops back securely and I don't get any vibration.

[fluidmotion]

i put 6.5 speakers in the front and rear doors
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/243000-243999/243790_148_full.jpg
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6286/dscn0310av1.jpg

[camarors8992]

Did the rear door speakers help ? I have the a sound bar in my cherokee and in there I have a set of 6.5" kickers. Did you door panels come with the cheesy recatangular grill ? I was debating ripping it off the door panel and putting the eclipse cover on the speakers but wasn't sure how it would look.

[fluidmotion]

i never had the sound bar in my jeep. the speakers were in the tailgate and didnt do much there. you can hear them a lot in the rear doors. yeah i had the rectangular cover that your talking about. on the back side of the pannel there are 4 torx screws and the cover comes off.

[camarors8992]

Here's what I am talking about. It looks as if the rectangular cover is larger than the 6.5" cover and wouldn't look good at ALL if removed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/camarors8992/kickercomp004.jpg

[fluidmotion]

man that sucks, mine was the jensen rectangle square thing. my mb covers covered it all up and then some

[nhrocker]

Here's what I am talking about. It looks as if the rectangular cover is larger than the 6.5" cover and wouldn't look good at ALL if removed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/camarors8992/kickercomp004.jpg
Pick up a sheet of something that looks good, like aluminum diamond plate, and use it to cover your door panel with the new speaker mounted over it. Like either a ring to go around the grill or maybe a triangle to cover the whole bottom corner of the door panel. Be creative, maybe cover the whole bottom section of the door, cut some flames into it, cut out behind it and mount it over a sheet of plexiglass or lexan and add LED's into your door panel, whatever....

[XJJack]

There are different size 6.5" When I went throught the job of putting new fronts in my 98', I bought 5.25 and they were to small, took them back got some 6.5" and they were to big. After some tlk with the local best buy instaler he told me to look at the different brands and there specs, I ended up with infinity 6.5 in the door, no mods.

[solditforajeep]

there arent wires ran to the rear doors on 98+ are there. btw to hijack, is it easy to fit 6.5 in the sound bar or is 5.25 the max??

[lilredwagn]

there arent wires ran to the rear doors on 98+ are there. btw to hijack, is it easy to fit 6.5 in the sound bar or is 5.25 the max??

6.5's will just fit the recessed area so they fit flush, but will likely require some material removed from the inside of the ring to fit the spider. However, the lack of airspace in the soundbar means that you will not likely gain any extra bass from a 6.5 vs. 5.25

[nhrocker]

However, the lack of airspace in the soundbar means that you will not likely gain any extra bass from a 6.5 vs. 5.25Lack of airspace? Soundbars in XJ's aren't sealed, so how is there a "lack" of airspace? You could actually say it's the opposite...

[lilredwagn]

Lack of airspace? Soundbars in XJ's aren't sealed, so how is there a "lack" of airspace? You could actually say it's the opposite... I stand corrected. Doesn't change the lack of bass response :D

Mind you I bought 6.5's for mine, and it only took a minute with a dremel to get the fit, but even at that, it might be unnecessary bother.

I don't know enough (okay anything, really) about audio to speculate as to whether it might be harmful to sound reproduction to use a larger driver than necessary. I.E. is a 6.5 simply overkill, or does it actually hurt the sound?

Would you recommend 6.5 over 5.25 for the soundbar?

Would also be interested to see a picture of the backside of a 97+ soundbar/headliner if anyone has pics.

[Bryan C.]

Here's what I am talking about. It looks as if the rectangular cover is larger than the 6.5" cover and wouldn't look good at ALL if removed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/camarors8992/kickercomp004.jpg

Any update on this? Trying to figure out my speaker situation in my DD 92 XJ. If I use the factory grilles, which I would like to do, will it block most of the sound making the larger speaker technically worthless? Should I just get the 5 1/4's and be done with it?

[planefixer]

I've got 6" JL Audio mids in my doors and I'm using the stock door grills.Sound quality is fine and with stock grills it wont draw as much attention to would-be thieves (stealthy).

[smellhole]

Any update on this? Trying to figure out my speaker situation in my DD 92 XJ. If I use the factory grilles, which I would like to do, will it block most of the sound making the larger speaker technically worthless? Should I just get the 5 1/4's and be done with it?
I put a pair of Infinity 6012si (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ogN5KMfeIoT/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=52000&I=1086012SI) 6.5" speakers in the doors right below the window/lock panel and just took out the old 5.25" speakers all together. The 6012i speakers work well here because they are shallow and have built in grills (grills attach directly to the speaker, not the car). I took the door apart for the first side, but it wasn't necessary. I did the other side with everything still on the door. Just have to be careful not to cut away too much of the panelling.

The higher location is much better than the stock speaker location. ick.

I'll try to post a pic or two.

[Bryan C.]

I've got 6" JL Audio mids in my doors and I'm using the stock door grills.Sound quality is fine and with stock grills it wont draw as much attention to would-be thieves (stealthy).

That is what I was looking for. I don't want to draw a bunch of attention to my junk with some bling ass speakers. Thanks.

[smellhole]

This is what mine look like:
http://www.nineshadoweyes.com/jeep/xj_gallery/xj_65_speaker.jpg

[Bryan C.]

This is what mine look like:
http://www.nineshadoweyes.com/jeep/xj_gallery/xj_65_speaker.jpg


Looks like a clean install. Too bad I got the ghetto style crank down window handle right where you got your speaker.:cry:

[camarors8992]

Any update on this? Trying to figure out my speaker situation in my DD 92 XJ. If I use the factory grilles, which I would like to do, will it block most of the sound making the larger speaker technically worthless? Should I just get the 5 1/4's and be done with it?

I got them in there, but when I cut the door panel I screwed my measurements all to hell. So now i have huge gas on either end, I need to find new door panels or find something to make it look better. Do to what I did you just need to drill new holes.