Protege 5 Car Audio
 

Anybody have any tips or ideas about installing a sound system into a Protege-5?
Did anyone run into any problems with install? (rattles, vibrations, electrical...)
I want to use MB Quarts or JL Audio for front stage. What size will fit into the front doors? Tweeter location ( any installation possible in kick panels? Qforms...) I have PGOLD EQ, X/O and a Soundstream 5 ch amp that all needs to be mounted somewhere. ANY SUGGESTIONS? Also I need to be able to still have access to spare and wanted a removable sub box. Please help, I need some advice

My first piece of advise... hit the Caps Lock key one more time and leave it off...

My second piece of advice... Stop listening to your music so gaddamn loud and you won't have to be shouting at us.

Welcome to the fourms, look in the Car/Audio Section. The info you need should be there, if not post in there and someone should be able to help u, if not send me a message. I am not as knowledged in cars as some people here, but i will try to help.

By the way dont use caps, it will piss people off LOL ! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Use the Search function!
 

:D It will bring alot of useful things up :D

Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DFWStreetRACER

And Welcome to the fourms!

First, your front speakers are 5x7.... not sure on the rear.

Tweeter mount.... that triangle piece on ur door panel opposite the side view mirrors.

Mounts for equipment... back of rear seats...place ur amps there too and just run speaker wire to the box so you can just unclip it.

The box, please use L-brackets or sumthin to hold it down --they arent nice when they become projectiles if you get into an accident. A few screws wont hurt ya if you need to remove it.

As for systems tho, check out my gf's in her P5....

http://www.fastcougar.com/forums/mes...threadid=32249

Pe@ce

I put 6x8s in the front and 6 and 1/2s seperatesin the rear with the tweaters pointing forward, just used a hole saw and used the swivel mounts. I have heard of putting 6 and 1/2s in the front but you neen some plates for them. The biggest tip, I know it is a pain but run new speaker wire! the crap they give you is 22awg I ran 12awg and 16awg. you can drill the holes under the step plates of the doors and take out the black plugs in the side of the doors to run you wire trough. I put my amps under the seats. My sub is in an enclosure in the back so I just bought the cargonet to keep it stationary.

jcil:
Do you have any more pics of your car install? IN particular I'm interested in the end look of your rewiring. I'm not familiar with a step plate so I don't know what you mean there. I imagine you run the new wiring through the same black tubing(between door and body) as the stock wire.
This is definately something I will be getting done. I may just pay for a car audio place to do it though. Easier for me and it will be done properly with a guarantee.:D

Not yet I have not had time to post them. The boot that the existing wire goes through can not be used without destroying the wiring harness. The door step is that plastic piece so you don't scratch the paint with your feet when you get in and out. Anyway I drilled a hole under them and ran the wire under there too. It comes out near the bottom hinge from under the plastic piece. I just covered the wire in wire loom. It looks great I will try to get the pictures done this weekend.

Thanks for the tips, I appreciate it.

I personally would not put the tweets up in that trinalge piece someone said earlier. I put MB Quart 6 1/2" woofers in all of the doors, along with their componet tweeters, but I mounted the tweeters very close to where the 6 1/2's are installed, it creates a better sound image to keep them close rather than spread that range of frequencies very far apart from one another.

Im really intrested in putting 6.5's up front rather than 5x7's. Is there any certain mod i have to do to make them fit? Sweedenhouse, mind on enlightening me on how you did this? also, how do u like the MB Quarts? im thinking about getting them but i heard theyre not good unless powered by an amp.

Im not gonna get an amp for my highs until i get subs which will be a while. are they ok with just a head unit?

SILVER1
Could you give me a good rating for my effort?

Shawn, is that a picture of your car on the left with the three subs in the trunk? if so do you have anymore pics of your install?

ya that's my ride. I didn't do the install. i got a shop to do it. Some people say one should always install themselves but I wanted it to be done right and if something goes wrong, I can just bring it in and they'll fix it for nothing. This spring I'm going to take many pictures of it. I'll remove the amp rack cover and try to get lots of angles. It's a pretty simple setup really. A box divided into 3 1 ft cubed volumes, with a rack in front. I'll get pics eventually, but no time too soon. We are getting temperatures around -25 degrees Celcius right now, too cold.

Shawn,
I don't blame you for not taking pictures in -25`weather. I live in Florida where it's in 80`s. Anyway what did you use up front?speakers, size, where did you mount the tweats? Did you change the rear speakers? Do you still have use of your spare or did you dump it for your amp rack?:blue:

ZackyFarms16
You will definately need an amplifier to push any component set.
I previously had an Eclipse with a 12" JLaudio sub, and MBquart fronts consisting of 6 1/2" mid bass, 4" mids and 3/4" tweets and . They have a very clean sound. The P~5 factory sound and speaker set up sucks after having my previous system. This is why I'm looking for some system ideas for my P~5.

SWEEDENHOUSE,
I'll be starting my install soon and I was just wondering about your install.
How does your speaker set up sound with the tweets low in the doors and 6 1/2 mid bass? Does it sound hollow when you roll down the windows like it does with the stock speakers? How does the rear door speakers sound from the front seat? Also did you sound deaden the doors or hatch?
thanks for your input.

Silver1, let me know how your install goes, too, because I want to do a speaker swap, probably this summer. The stock cardboard just isn't doing it for me.

I'm wondering about not putting 5x7's in front. I went to a local shop and listened to a whole bunch of 6.5s and then a slew of 5x7's, and not even the somewhat more expensive 5x7's (MB Quarts) sounded very good. Oval speakers, feh. Anyone put 5.25s or 6.5's up front in your P5? What'd you have to do to make 'em fit?

dunno how old this post is or whatnot but thought i'd share. i used 5.25 components in the front (needed an adapter), and 6.5 coaxials in the rear. my amps are mounted under the seat and my sub is in the back (duh!). pics are linked in my sig...

oh yeah, mazda's mounting depth for the p5 is 2.5"front and 2.0"rear. but i think it's kinda forgiving on the rear cause my speakers were a little deeper than 2inches...

I actually did the installation of my system. The 6x8's fit in with no problem. The only thing I had to do was put some foam gasket material around the mount for the speaker to fill in a few tiny gaps between the mount and the door.

The 6x1/2's in the rear required a couple of holes a piece to be drilled, also I put a foam gasket between the speaker mount and the door. I have Infinity separates so I had to mount the tweeter. All I had to do there was use a hole saw to cut a hole in the door and used the mounting hardware that Infinity supplied. The trick there is to find a spot on the door that has some room between the panel and the door. Also I just mounted the crossovers inside the doors by using the foam gasket material.

The sound is great, I get the highs from the front and rear because the rear tweeters are swiveled towards the front, and I get more midrange from the 6x8's than if I installed 6.5's in the front.

The speaker wire was a challenge but well worth the effort. I drilled a hole on the inside of the door sill and one under the door sill plate and ran the wire through with a coat hanger. Each door has a small black grommet that can be removed to run the wire into the door for the speakers.

click on www button to view pics:)

JCIL,
Thanks for your info and tips. Following your advice I will now use 6 1/2 seperates and 6x8's in the rear doors. The pics of your car are nice, the RED accent color throughout your install gives it a cool look. I havn't started yet on my engine but your intake install looks great and your custom bottom scoop is tight. When you get a chance can you e-mail me some info on that install. Is there a noticable boost in power? (hopefully) and how does it sound? The reason I ask is on my previous car it sounded a little rough in 1st gear and fine throughout the rest of the powerband.
:)

SILVER1
I guess you have a P5 and said it the wrong way, it is 6x8's in the front and 6.5's seperates in the rear doors.;) Just making sure I will send some info on the intake but first I have to get my taxes out of the way:bt: The intake sounds great and is smooth.

I did my own install:

www.astolfo.com/p5

deejayspinz

Did you run new speaker wire, I looked at your site but did not see any pics?

I went to Circuit City to check out speakers and dynamat. They suggested some Infinity 6x8 coaxials w/ adjustable tweeter. Does any body have these speakers and how does it sound in your car?
I also would like to quite my ride and so my speakers will sound better. They (CCity) also recommended buying 2 dynamat trunk kits @ 98 bucks apiece to do all the doors + (hatch) and trunk. Then if i wanted them to do the install of dynamat it would be 60 an hour and approx time of 4-5 hr job. Has any body installed this themselves and please let me know? It doesn't look that hard but who knows. the stuff smells like asphalt I wonder how long it smells after it installed? I checked on the net
www.car-audio-discount.com and found it cheaper for 75. and they compared it with product from cascade for 69. which is supposedly better. Anyway let me know what you think.:confused:

Don't know about that but stay away from Circuit sleazy!

Re: Protege 5 Car Audio
 

Please Refreain from using all caps , as this is considered yelling by most ,..
thanks
Bruce

:rolleyes:

Hey I use to work there........and it's circuit shitty get it right:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

vkyolv
They were kind of pushy trying to sell me everything in the car audio display. I was there just checking on some prices and checking out some new decks. They didn't seem to be to sure of a few things and their prices kept fluctuating when asking about getting something installed. I definately agree with you, I won't be going there to buy anything or get it installed. Thanks for the warning.:cool:

If you want a kick ass system go to Cartronics.
7989 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, FL. 33024
954-961-9370

Talk to Lester Taks.

There are about 5 Cartronics down in S. Florida but talk to Les. He knows his stuff.

They did my install! Look at my pics. click on the link in my sig.

redwagon02
Bro that is a great install:) Great pics. I cant believe you squeezed in all that equipment and still have some trunk space w/ full access to the spare. The 2 twelves look tight! How does it sound? I'm going to check out Cartronics thanks for your reply.:cheers:

This sh!t hits hard. wish I had a dB meter.

Are those closed or ported? I saw no ports but wasn't sure.

Holy shmokes, that Kenwood still plays? Isn't that amp like 12 years old? Tell me you bought that new back in '90.

the box is sealed and yes i got that amp new many years ago, no problems whatsoever. however the a/d/s p650 is brand spankin new.

RED:


a/d/s is the best. i personnaly have 2 X Powerplate 240 and man. The sound is clear and crisp. Now your talking Hi-Fi

sweet, dude, sweet! really nice install! :)

I'm looking into buying front speakers the JL Audio XR 570.CS which are seperates 5x7 mid range and a mountable tweeter for $285. These are supposed to fit perfectly into the PRO-5. Then for the rear speakers use XR 650.CX = 6 1/2 coaxils for $198.
I have only heard them in a store display which can make almost any speaker sound good. Does anyone have any of these speakers installed or heard them? let me know what you think? :)

hey, i wanted those origianlly, but the local shop wanted my soul in exchange for jl's top line. gotta admit, it was really tempting. but those are really tight spkrs! however, for the same price, you could get a/d/s entry level line and sound just as good or maybe a little better. granted they don't have 5x7separates, but oooh the sound...

anyhoo, jl xr is their top line and is very sweet. it's worth the $$$