Ian E

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I currently have a Scooby MY00 with a Sony CDX4850R Head Unit and Alpine 6X9 rear speakers.

My local car spares shop has some Infinity Kappa 60.1s on offer. Does anyone know the difference between these and the current model (60.2s)?

How easy are they to fit to a Scoob? I've previously fitted a pair of cheap Kenwood speakers so I know how to take the door panels off, etc.

Do the speakers fit into the existing plastic pods? - i.e. are the mounting holes in the right place and is there enough depth?

Where is the best place to mount the crossover units?

Will the tweeters supplied fit in the existing tweeter holes?

The other Infinity speaker the shop is selling is a 62.1i which doesn't have the crossover units etc. These are a lot cheaper but were a lot deeper. Has anyone fitted these?

If I went to a specialist Car Audio shop roughly how much would I have to pay to have them fitted?

As you can see I don't know much about car audio! - so any advice very much appreciated,

Thanks,

Ian.



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john banks

I have fitted Infinity 605CS with external crossover under the door trim in a little hollow between woofer and tweeter. Certainly fitted straight in with supplied adaptor ring, no mounting depth problems. Tweeters just stick on behind the factory panels - lots of space! I know they're not the same as the ones you're looking at (£88 but sound great even with 150W RMS amp) but might help with comparison. Infinity website has some tech details.

ScoobyDoc - were your Kappas the same as these?

Ian E

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John,

Many thanks for the reply. I've been and bought the speakers (60.1s) on the understanding that if they aren't suitable I can return them.

I didn't get any adaptor rings with the speakers - do you think I will need some?

Your suggestion for the place for the crossover units sounds good. They are about 100 X 75 X 35 mm - do you think they will still fit in this place? Did you fix the crossover units in or just rest them in place?

Any other advice much appreciated,

Cheers,

Ian.

Scooby Doc

Ian

If they are cheap go for it.

They just drop in - might need to trim the splashguard.

John

How are you?

I can't remember!

I've got those focal thingys - glorious.

Need to check my posts from Nov


Martin

Scooby Doc

Ian

Were they 6.5"?

Martin

Ian E

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Martin,

Yes the speakers are 6.5"

The price I paid was £99 - they had a previous price of £199 on them.

Cheers,

Ian.

Ian E

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John,

Many thanks for the advice. There are holes at 120 Degree increments so hopefully they'll fit in OK.

Cheers,

Ian.

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Scooby Doc

Ian

V good!

You will need an amp.

Don't worry about the rears.

But you will need some bass......

Martin

Scooby Doc

Sorry Ian

Just read that you have 6x9s up back

Therefore

But you will need some real bass...

Martin

Does the fact that my spoiler vibrates mean I am now SPL?

john banks

It's only REAL SPL if you can actually SEE the spoiler move not just hear it - and no cheating by looking through the rear view mirror - any old ICE monkey can get that moving

Would love to hear this system ScoobyDoc - how about you bring it round and we cook you something - email me.

john banks

The adaptor ring interfaced the setup so that there were three screw holes available at 120 degree increments to fit factory spacer (although didn't measure). That's a good deal you've got there Ian. My Inf's are 6.5" and fit easily. I think ScoobyDoc's were the same when we removed them to soundproof his doors

I think the crossovers will fit, although they sound SLIGHTLY bigger than mine - they rest on blu-tak onto a convenient 2cm flat bar in the door - need to trim splashguard again. Blu-tak also for tweets. Nothing has moved even so. I put new speaker wire onto the tweeters, and all the way from the x-over to the amp in the boot with no interruptions - please replace the rubbish factory wiring to get the most from your nice speakers.

Scooby Doc

Shaken not stirred!

Ian E

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Thanks John / Martin for the replies.

You say I need an amp? Hopefully this is not essential as I had intended driving the speakers straight off the head unit?

Cheers,

Ian.

john banks

If you ask one of our wives, "Need" = "Want". If you ask us "Need" = "I really, really want". IE not essential, but you know you want to!

Scooby Doc

Ian

You need one!

The difference is night and day.

Martin

(Go on, go on, go on, go on.......)