Size of the stock speakers?

[ShockWave]

Hi,

I'm new here, but I've been following this forum for quite a while now. I've been searching for the sizes of the stock speakers in the Mazda 3. I have found out that the speakers in the front are 6.5". Can someone here tell me the size of the rear stock speakers (5"x7", or 6"x9")? Thx in advance. I need those sizes to replace the stock speakers with aftermarket ones.

Greetz...

PS excuse my English, should there be any mistakes in it.

[Tonys3]

Hi welcome to the boards, dont worry about the english , we dont do much better ! :) Not sure about the size , (i think 5x7) but something tells me that Jerseyemt or goldwing will know so you might want to ask them ..

[Loose]

Hi,

I'm new here, but I've been following this forum for quite a while now. I've been searching for the sizes of the stock speakers in the Mazda 3. I have found out that the speakers in the front are 6.5". Can someone here tell me the size of the rear stock speakers (5"x7", or 6"x9")? Thx in advance. I need those sizes to replace the stock speakers with aftermarket ones.

Greetz...

PS excuse my English, should there be any mistakes in it.
Your English is great. Question, are the 3's the same over there as here in the states? Which did you get the 4Dr or the 5DR?
Tim

[Sir. SpeedALot]

Here in the states all 4 of the speakers are 5x7/6x8. The front speakers us a round cover, but are not round. You can buy attachments at any number of web sites.

[dannyboy]

look up vaBooM on m****************, he's the guru when it comes to audio install on the 3.

Welcome to the boards!

Dan

[Loose]

Here in the states all 4 of the speakers are 5x7/6x8. The front speakers us a round cover, but are not round. You can buy attachments at any number of web sites.
Does the 4 DR differ from the 5DR? Maybe I should go to ************ and ask there, NOT!

[Sir. SpeedALot]

I may be talking out of my ass, but there have been numerous post showing people using attachments so they can fit 6.5 speakers in the front door. I haven't actually removed them, so I can't confirm. Maybe the 5-door differs from the 4-door. This is giving me a headache... (braindead

[dannyboy]

Does the 4 DR differ from the 5DR? Maybe I should go to ************ and ask there, NOT!

doctor3, ************ is a great site and i visit both this site and theirs on a regular basis. i personally like how ************ breaks up the site topics. (rockon)

[Loose]

LOL (eekdance)

[dannyboy]

is your sig showing up for you? mine's not...

hmmm...

[Loose]

doctor3, ************ is a great site and i visit both this site and theirs on a regular basis. i personally like how ************ breaks up the site topics. (rockon)
I personally found it more difficult to navigate and didn't get the warmest reception to a question I had asked. I have been to www.axelaowners.com and it is a great site, just not as much activity. I apoligize if I offended you it was not meant as a personal attack just my opinion and we all know what those are like.
Tim

ps: the LOL was meant for Sir Speed Alot. You type fast.

[ShockWave]

Your English is great. Question, are the 3's the same over there as here in the states? Which did you get the 4Dr or the 5DR?
Tim

I got the 4dr. I think the 3's are the same with you guys, then they are over here.

@Sir. SpeedALot
I've seen a post in Cardomain which showed the front speakers to be 6.5" . I've also seen there that the rear speakers were of an oval form. That's why I asked the question here.
Thx for all the reply's. Further reply's still welcome offcourse.
@ Dannyboy
I looked up some posts of VaBoom (it's his post @ Cardomain at which I was reffering), and in those posts he's talking about 5"x7". Thx for the hints.

Greetz...

[dannyboy]

I personally found it more difficult to navigate and didn't get the warmest reception to a question I had asked. I have been to www.axelaowners.com and it is a great site, just not as much activity. I apoligize if I offended you it was not meant as a personal attack just my opinion and we all know what those are like.
Tim

ps: the LOL was meant for Sir Speed Alot. You type fast.


haha, no offense taken doctor3. axelaowners is a great site too, just waiting for it to take off. there's a lot of info between all the sites. sorry for typing so fast, i just have nothing better to do today than monitor these boards! haha.

[Loose]

Find ssinstaller on this site he has done alot of custom stereop work to his 3. He has a 5DR but should most certianly know the answer to your question. Good luck.

[Loose]

haha, no offense taken doctor3. axelaowners is a great site too, just waiting for it to take off. there's a lot of info between all the sites. sorry for typing so fast, i just have nothing better to do today than monitor these boards! haha.
LOL

[PMPJUICE25]

They Are 6x9 's

[dannyboy]

LOL

You laughing at me again! (rant) Just kidding of course.

[Loose]

You laughing at me again! (rant) Just kidding of course.
BTW, Where is Newton? I'm in Erie and there is only 3 Mz3s here. My buddy is the sales manager @ the Mazda dealership here. The got shipped seven 3's (three 5DR and four 4DR) Two of the HB went to NY and OH. Two of the 4DR stayed local while two left the area (NY and OH).

Tim

ps: sorry off topic

[dannyboy]

Newtown's a suburb about 30 mins north of philly. I bought mine from Faulkner Mazda in the Northeast. You don't know Corey Wandless or Kim Tagert from Erie by any chance do you?????

[Loose]

Newtown's a suburb about 30 mins north of philly. I bought mine from Faulkner Mazda in the Northeast. You don't know Corey Wandless or Kim Tagert from Erie by any chance do you?????
Tagert sounds familar, Wandless doesn't. Do you know them from school or something? Is Newton near King of Prussia or Valley Forge?

[dannyboy]

Kim Tagert went to school at Penn State and was a friend of a girl i dated (a whore exgirlfriend)....not that i'm bitter or anything...

[Loose]

Kim Tagert went to school at Penn State and was friends of a girl i dated who's a whore of my exgirlfriend....not that i'm bitter or anything...

I'm not from here. I move here in 2000 to go to Med School and I grad next week. I work in the biggest hospital Erie has (oxi-moron) so I see alot of names and thar one just sounded familar. My two friend from school got married on Sat. The live in the Valley Forge Towers near the King of Prussia Mall. Never been to philly until last year to visit them. Went to Pat's and Gino's for some cheese steaks, Liberty Bell, Franklin Museum, etc. Great Time but BAD traffic.

[dannyboy]

mmmm...pats and ginos....mmmmm......best ever.

[Sir. SpeedALot]

They Are 6x9 's

They are not 6x9s

[bluntman]

I may be talking out of my ass, but there have been numerous post showing people using attachments so they can fit 6.5 speakers in the front door. I haven't actually removed them, so I can't confirm. Maybe the 5-door differs from the 4-door. This is giving me a headache... (braindead

The stock ones are in fact oval 5x7/6x8, but with an available adapter plate you can install 6.5" speakers without a problem. I have a pair of Alpine SPX-117a 6.5" components in the front and a pair of 6.5" Alpine SPR-134a coaxials in the rear of my hatchback.

Also, be sure you get some sort of baffle or wrap the basket with duct tape so water won't short out your speakers. The factory speakers have a rain shield (half shield in fact) protecting them from this sort of thing.

[splitvizion]

i am not sure if anyone answered his question on the speaker sizes yet. If your 3 is like the american version then the fronts and the rears are both 5x7. They are def. not 6.5. Just take off the doors and you you will be able to see. The fronts and the backs are both oval.

[brett_32i]

The stock ones are in fact oval 5x7/6x8, but with an available adapter plate you can install 6.5" speakers without a problem. I have a pair of Alpine SPX-117a 6.5" components in the front and a pair of 6.5" Alpine SPR-134a coaxials in the rear of my hatchback.

Also, be sure you get some sort of baffle or wrap the basket with duct tape so water won't short out your speakers. The factory speakers have a rain shield (half shield in fact) protecting them from this sort of thing.
so does the factory stereo run these ok?
where did you place the tweaters?
what about rattles? or can you,live withit?

thanks

[1sty]

Thanks for bringing this up guys, I had totaly forgotten to add the M3 to my speaker size sticky thread.

Its updated now and as some of you know they are all indeed 5x7s

[El Ropo]

Yes, the speakers are 5 x 7 / 6 x 8 standard ford issue. You can easily find speakers to fit the existing holes, or you could get nice quality seperates, and fit them in the factory location pretty easy. Here's what I did:

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install001.jpg
Infinity Reference Series 6.5" component set for the front, and 6.5" Coax for rear

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install002.jpg
1/4" MDF home made adapters for my speakers, painted flat black.

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install003.jpg
Component set mounted in factory location :)

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install004.jpg
A close up. It's hard to tell, but tweeter is angled up quite a bit, and imaging is fantastic.

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install005.jpg
The back door coaxials in their custom mount

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/Mz3011.JPG
And the 12" Crossfire sub in 1.2 ft3 MDF box. This sort of setup works really well in the hatch. I've got a binding post on the box, and banana clip connector, so it's quite easy to remove sub for lugging around cargo.

[bluntman]

so does the factory stereo run these ok?
where did you place the tweaters?
what about rattles? or can you,live withit?

thanks

I have a 4 channel amp running the main speakers and a mono amp running the 10" Type R sub in the trunk, all running off of the factory HU. It works and sounds great. The tweeters from the front components are in the stock tweeter locations (I replaced the factory tweeters with these). I don't have any rattles at all.

[bluntman]

Yes, the speakers are 5 x 7 / 6 x 8 standard ford issue. You can easily find speakers to fit the existing holes, or you could get nice quality seperates, and fit them in the factory location pretty easy. Here's what I did:

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install001.jpg
Infinity Reference Series 6.5" component set for the front, and 6.5" Coax for rear

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install002.jpg
1/4" MDF home made adapters for my speakers, painted flat black.

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install003.jpg
Component set mounted in factory location :)

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install004.jpg
A close up. It's hard to tell, but tweeter is angled up quite a bit, and imaging is fantastic.

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/install005.jpg
The back door coaxials in their custom mount

http://home.austin.rr.com/elropo/Files/Mz3011.JPG
And the 12" Crossfire sub in 1.2 ft3 MDF box. This sort of setup works really well in the hatch. I've got a binding post on the box, and banana clip connector, so it's quite easy to remove sub for lugging around cargo.

Why did you place the tweeters down there?

[El Ropo]

Why did you place the tweeters down there?

3 reasons:

1. Because the way the opening in the door panel is designed, if i had installed tweeter above midbass, about 50% of the tweeter's output would be blocked by the door panel, I'd rather have a sliver of the midbass's output blocked.

2. Because that helps even out the distance between tweeters for both front passengers, therefore making for nicer, more balanced imaging.

3. Because putting the tweeter in the factory location seperates it too far from the midbass, thus diminishing the imaging possibilities. (drive)

[krstofer]

You're smart. :)

I like the box for your sub, where did you get it? mine is too big.

Krs

[El Ropo]

I like the box for your sub, where did you get it?

I picked it up at a local shop for around USD $45. It's 3/4" MDF, and pretty well made, but I suspect it is just a generic box, made in china or something.

The sub was on sale, think I paid $114 for both the sub and box, they installed sub for me (no extra charge) so I could keep the crossfire warranty, as they don't honor their warranty unless an authorized installer did the work.

[1sty]

You're smart. :)

I like the box for your sub, where did you get it? mine is too big.

Krs
A box must be a certain size given the subs being used.

[krstofer]

A box must be a certain size given the subs being used.
I know, but it looks like the sub is a 10" which is what I have. I have a box meant to be ported, so I think it is bigger than necessary since I rather have a non-ported box.

[1sty]

The point I'm getting at is you need to knwo specifily what air space your sub needs based on the enclosure type it will be installed in. Then buy that size box.

[krstofer]

No, I think I will do whatever I want..(glare)

J/K I guess I should check the instructions. How do you know if you have the right size when making a fiberglass box? I am thinking of putting one either in the spare well or the jack space. I read you can be off 20% if you are using a sealed enclosure. but how do you measure it to begin with?

Krs

[bluntman]

I may be talking out of my ass, but there have been numerous post showing people using attachments so they can fit 6.5 speakers in the front door. I haven't actually removed them, so I can't confirm. Maybe the 5-door differs from the 4-door. This is giving me a headache... (braindead

It wouldn't make any sense for Mazda, or any other car company, to do that. Same size for all speakers for all models.

[1sty]

No, I think I will do whatever I want..(glare)

J/K I guess I should check the instructions. How do you know if you have the right size when making a fiberglass box? I am thinking of putting one either in the spare well or the jack space. I read you can be off 20% if you are using a sealed enclosure. but how do you measure it to begin with?

Krs
MOck it up and then fill it with packing peanuts. Then put those peanuts in a gallon or 5 gallon bucket and use the gallon to liter conversion to determin what space you have.

[krstofer]

MOck it up and then fill it with packing peanuts. Then put those peanuts in a gallon or 5 gallon bucket and use the gallon to liter conversion to determin what space you have.
really? styrofoam peanuts? Hmm... sounds wacky.

[1sty]

really? styrofoam peanuts? Hmm... sounds wacky.
Its actualy very acurate. Don't crush or pack them, in, just pour them in and move them into the cracks or tight places. If your making a sealed box then don't be terribly concerned as + or - 10% is not typicly audible.

[sndsgood]

how a sub sounds is dependant on the box, a crappy sub in a perfect box will sound better then a 1000$ sub in a crappy box. proper size is everything. the sub should come with instructions telling you the required airspace it needs. 1sty has it right for measuring fiberglass, or u can also use sand, or popcorn, or anything like that that u can pour in and pour out easily.

[bvmazda3]

Its actualy very acurate. Don't crush or pack them, in, just pour them in and move them into the cracks or tight places. If your making a sealed box then don't be terribly concerned as + or - 10% is not typicly audible.

When they tell you the specifications, is the recommended volume of the enclosure including the displacement of the driver or without it?

~Bart~

[1sty]

The spec is usualy listing the required volume he driver needs and does not take into acount the displacement of the driver.

[krstofer]

Ok, I have a question I should have probably asked already..

Why use an LOC instead of using eh hig level inputs on an amp?

[bluntman]

Ok, I have a question I should have probably asked already..

Why use an LOC instead of using eh hig level inputs on an amp?

For one thing, you'll have a larger variety in the amps that you can add to your system if you go with an LOC.

[bvmazda3]

The spec is usualy listing the required volume he driver needs and does not take into acount the displacement of the driver.

Okay - thanks, I didn't know that. That adds some trickery to figuring out the dimensions... any tips?

Bart

[1sty]

Okay - thanks, I didn't know that. That adds some trickery to figuring out the dimensions... any tips?

Bart
Add the subs dispamcent voluem to the needed air space volume.

[krstofer]

What do you think of the MTX MXA6001 amp for my sub?
http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&u=c&catoid=-8865&qp=0&oid=90872&m=0

I have this sub:
http://www.cardomain.com/item/ROCRFP3210

Size: 10 inch
Rec. Sealed Box Dims: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=sealed+enclosure) 0.38 - 1.75 cu.ft.
Rec. Ported Box Dims: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=ported+enclosure) 0.75 - 1.75 cu.ft.
Free Air Usage: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=free+air) not recommended
Sensitivity: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=sensitivity) 85 dB
Frequency Response: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=frequency+response) 30-400 Hz
Recommended RMS Power: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=rms+power) 400W
Peak Power Handling: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=peak+power) 800W
Impedance: (http://www.cardomain.com/glossary/glossary.pl?term=impedance) dual 4 ohms

[El Ropo]

I personally don't care for MTX products..... How about these:

Fosgate Power 501BD (http://www.caraudioexpert.com/productView3.asp?productID=3691)

Alpine MRD-M500 (http://www.caraudioexpert.com/productView3.asp?productID=3672)

Audiobahn A1300HD (http://www.caraudioexpert.com/productView3.asp?productID=3635)

Bargain of the Century here:

Hifonics Warrior Merlin (http://www.cardomain.com/item/HIFMERLIN)

There's more good ones out there, but I'm too lazy to look any further..
And more:

Infinity Reference 310A (http://www.cardomain.com/item/INFREF310A)

Phoenix Gold Octane - R 5.0:1 (http://www.cardomain.com/item/PHOR501)

[krstofer]

I think fosgate is the winner... I never heard of that site.. Iw ill be checking it out for speakers too!

Thanks ER!

Krs