So I was in the junkyard just now, and I recently installed front door speakers in my 1st gen Protege. I chose speakers that had the three-point mounting brackets and a shallow enough mounting depth to be straight OEM replacements.
While I was researching, I noted that people had succeeded with deeper, 4-point speakers by drilling extra holes and adding a hand-built trim ring.
Well, I just noticed that the Kia Sephia of that same generation has the same three-point speaker mounts in the doors (they appear to be identical doors to the 1st gen Protege, under the skin) -- but mounted in them is a plastic piece that provides at least an additional inch of mounting depth, and has 4-point mounts for a speaker.
Dunno if the OEM speaker on this plastic piece is a 6.5 or a 5.25, and certainly the OEM Protege door panel won't clear the ring (the Sephia has a much deeper speaker box attached to the panel) -- but an enterprising person might find a way to put these things to good use, so wanted to mention it here.
And by the way, the Sony XPlod GT1625A 6.5" speakers are perfect OEM replacements for the OEM Protege front door speakers (1st gen), no drilling or cuts or trim rings necessary.
While I was researching, I noted that people had succeeded with deeper, 4-point speakers by drilling extra holes and adding a hand-built trim ring.
Well, I just noticed that the Kia Sephia of that same generation has the same three-point speaker mounts in the doors (they appear to be identical doors to the 1st gen Protege, under the skin) -- but mounted in them is a plastic piece that provides at least an additional inch of mounting depth, and has 4-point mounts for a speaker.
Dunno if the OEM speaker on this plastic piece is a 6.5 or a 5.25, and certainly the OEM Protege door panel won't clear the ring (the Sephia has a much deeper speaker box attached to the panel) -- but an enterprising person might find a way to put these things to good use, so wanted to mention it here.
And by the way, the Sony XPlod GT1625A 6.5" speakers are perfect OEM replacements for the OEM Protege front door speakers (1st gen), no drilling or cuts or trim rings necessary.
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