Speakers on polo...?

[v0dka]

Hi there,

I was just wondering if anyone here with a Polo TDI could tell me if you have any speakers in the rear doors, because there doesn't seem to be any in mine.

Cheers,

Jason

[oliverconnell]

only the GTI comes with rear speakers, all others come with just front splits.

[naughty]

Can the front door panel accommodate 7" drivers without modifying it?

well i can fit whatever i like in the front door panels cos i already have modified mine with some MDF spacers to accept my current 6,5" mids - but to answer your question - you cannot fit anything at all without the modifications cos those stock phillips speakers come in a plastic riser thats part of the actual speaker and its pop rivetted in place - to remove those you need to drill the rivets out - and then the actual door skin is too low for speakers (the window will touch the speaker magnets on its way down) - so you need to build some spacers in there - i recommend using MDF for the job - heres a pic of what mine look like

before mounting the spacer onto the door



on the door with speaker monted - note these are my old reference series speakers - i have subsequently upgraded to Q-Lines (no pics of those)



i still also need to do my sound deadening and ive also got some dynaxorb to place behind the speaker drivers - just waiting for some equipment to arrive and im gonna work on the totally new install

[firdausasri]

well i can fit whatever i like in the front door panels cos i already have modified mine with some MDF spacers to accept my current 6,5" mids - but to answer your question - you cannot fit anything at all without the modifications cos those stock phillips speakers come in a plastic riser thats part of the actual speaker and its pop rivetted in place - to remove those you need to drill the rivets out - and then the actual door skin is too low for speakers (the window will touch the speaker magnets on its way down) - so you need to build some spacers in there - i recommend using MDF for the job - heres a pic of what mine look like

before mounting the spacer onto the door



on the door with speaker monted - note these are my old reference series speakers - i have subsequently upgraded to Q-Lines (no pics of those)



i still also need to do my sound deadening and ive also got some dynaxorb to place behind the speaker drivers - just waiting for some equipment to arrive and im gonna work on the totally new install

I'm using a spacer too for my old car just like yours. But needs to put in either cone or pvc cover at the back to avoid water slips in whenever raining season starts. As for the door trim, do we need to enlarge the speaker cover to fit in 7"? My hands started to get itchy! Hehehe

[glidn]

nice spacer work, from those photo's you provided it look like the actual polo gti door looks 100% identical to the mk4 golf inside door.

hmmm, no wonder many people seem to say just about any parts from your mk4 golf can fit on an new polo gti.

[naughty]

As for the door trim, do we need to enlarge the speaker cover to fit in 7"? My hands started to get itchy! Hehehe

well it isnt much to go to from 6,5" to 7" ...... but having said that - this spacer/speaker combo just about fits - so im not sure - only way i can think of finding out is to do a test fit - i have been trying to think of a way to get the speaker to the ouside skin cos im losing some midrange - kind of make it look like this Mk 5 that i found on an american forum somewhere - this should give you an idea of how to go about it if your speakers dont fit - but this will require lots of fibreglass work and lots of reupholstering - result looks nice though - ive also got some three inch midranges on the way so i might try the three way config you see there - but its gonna take a lot of work to make it look like this

nice spacer work, from those photo's you provided it look like the actual polo gti door looks 100% identical to the mk4 golf inside door.

hmmm, no wonder many people seem to say just about any parts from your mk4 golf can fit on an new polo gti.

probably might - but the polo is substantially smaller so even though they look the same they probably measure very different - but nowadays in efforts to cost cut who knows what they use across the board in all the models to save the cash

[firdausasri]

On the A-pillar, it's easy but lots of work on the door panel, it if it's as big as in the picture, it will be trouble for right-hand drive cars like us as it'll be rubbing with out feet. Still the works done on that car is neatly done.

[Matt P]

that mk5 looks like ar$e

imo if you cant hide it, youre not trying hard enough :p

[RhysQ]

On the A-pillar, it's easy but lots of work on the door panel, it if it's as big as in the picture, it will be trouble for right-hand drive cars like us as it'll be rubbing with out feet. Still the works done on that car is neatly done.

yep you're spot on there... on LHD cars the pedal are more to the inside of the car with accellarator being closest to the centre. driving an LHD car with that setup would be fine as your legs would not rub on the door speaker surrounds. On our RHD cars the pedals are more over to the outside of the car. a setup such as this would be stupid on RHD as you would pretty much have to bend your leg around to get to the accellarator.

[naughty]

that mk5 looks like ar$e

imo if you cant hide it, youre not trying hard enough :p

1) you are entitled to your opinion - nevertheless i think it looks great - and it works for the principles of car audio sound quality - and the amount of work that went into it is mindboggling

2) not everyone wants or needs an install where you need to hide everything - some of us want to show it off - or look at it and see that it looks great - or even just have it sounding great so we will put it where it works instead of hiding it

3) to me its probably will sound like ar$e if you hide it - and thats why im trying to unhide it and get it to a place where it sounds good

[Matt P]

eh, my old rex won a small comp with everything in factory locations, probably helps that the gear was decent and installed well (good mdf baffles similar to your pics above etc.. but i didnt DIY, dont have the tools nor the space unfortunately)

Not sure how things work in south africa, but theft is a problem here. My car is purely for daily usage so something like the golf above would last about 2 seconds parked at the train station carpark.

[naughty]

in South Africa - theft is probably more of a problem than it is there - but we have more hijackings than theft of parked cars - yes sound syustems parked on the road do get targetted - but thats why most of us with decent cars tend to park in indoor parkings at home or in busy public pay parkings - the lack of jobs here mean that there are also plenty of people who work as car gaurds - they watch your car if you give them a buck or two (thats around 1/7 of your dollar)

at the moment my speakers are more or less in the stock locations - the door cards mean that the midrange gets stifled by the design of the grile - and it leaves a lot to be desired in terms of actual sound which is why id want the speakers more prominently placed onto the door card - but utilising some form of making sure that the speaker is in some sort of enclosure so that you get no cancellations

my parking situation is more than safe cos i hardly go anywhere with my car - not even gonna compete in sound offs - just want ti to sound great when i am driving around - if it gets to be around 30% as good as my home system then im happy

most of my gear is above decent if you look at it in terms of how good gear can get - okay its not entirely high end but maybe my speakers MB Quart Q-lines and definitely the Morel Sub can get away with being called high end

im not really fussed over hiding those from prying eyes - but i would like to have them hidden from adverse weather ie hectic direct sunlight and also heavy rain - both of which are common in my area but with the condition that they must be in areas that actually allow for a very good soundstage and sense of scale and presence in the music