MB QUART speakers and amplifier considerations (archive)

I installed MB quart's in the front kick panels where the original speakers were. It did require slight modification to the hole. I used curved strips of Dynamat to build up the lower portions of the hole to fit the larger MB speakers, (tweeters are a direct replacement.) 4 years later still looks and sounds fine, no rattles, no vibrations.

Another solution is to mount the new MB speakers in the door panels right above the map pockets. They undoubtedly SOUND the best there. I didn't want to cut my panels. If I were a true audiophile more than a purist I would have though.

For the rear pods I used Boston Acoustics 6x9's This requires a minor amount of trimming to the factory mounting base. The factory grilles fit fine though. Looks factory; sounds custom!

For bass (IMO a must) I installed a Clarion internally powered bass tube AT8 (80 watts). It fits directly behind the drivers seat on the floorboard. No cutting. Took about an hour to install. Plus I still have got ALL my trunk!

A word af caution: you want a 4 channel amplifier that has seperate crossovers for the 2 stereo channels. This allows you to run the 6x9's FULL RANGE on channels 1 and 2 but has an adjustable high pass crossover at the amplifier that will only pass mids and highs to the MB Quarts on channels 3 and 4! The solution I used was an Alpine 3527V, 30 watts per channel (had I had more money I would have gotten the next higher powered model). This was 4 years ago so I don't think that model is still around, however, the configuration still remains valid.

BTW--I used a Clarion head unit 6770. The reason; not only has it performed flawlessly, but it has the ability to change display colors from green to ORANGE. Yeeaaah it matches the factory instrument cluster color. Green looks AWFUL amongst the orange factory dash lights!!!

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