audi231

how much are these going for these days? anyone have any suggestions on making your own? from what I can tell they run 40-50 bucks seems a little pricy.

TH3_FRB

About $40 per set...I'm doing it myself this weekend for $5 worth of MDF and a few hours of my time

audi231

or suggestions that would be great.. i've got some 1/2 mdf lying around...so I can use that... how will you get the pattern?

TH3_FRB

I'm working with an '03 and I see you have an '01 so things might be different...are you talking the adapters that let you put bigger speakers in the doors or the adapters that let you mount deeper aftermarket speakers of the same size?

I plan on either using the stock speakers for a template or trial and error with cardboard and my trusty Xacto blade. I'll let you know what works best. You'll need to use 3 or 4 layers of 1/2" MDF...Home Depot has 2x4 sheets of 3/4" for about $5...2 layers should do the trick dependiong on the depth of your new speakers. So far I'm struggling to get the door panels off but I'm going to give it another go tonight...see my other thread here for details.

mchang

why so many layers of mdf?

TH3_FRB

Then the purpose of the adapters is to give sufficient clearance for the new speakers and most that have done it claim you need 1.5-2" so 2 layers of 3/4" or 3 layers of 1/2" minimum. I can't confirm this till I get my hands on the project myself...hopefully this weekend.

audi231

i'm talking about the ones to fit 5.25 into 4 inch hole

mchang

I think audi231 and I just want to mount 5.25 in 4" hole on the B5 A4. Just need to adapt the mounting points, so no need for build up.

mark

TH3_FRB

Sorry...can't help there...maybe a single layer of 3/4 or 1"