High frequencies are highly directional, which is why the tweeter is angled so that you can point it towards your ear (straight up in this case).

@HelpMeDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stefan! I guessed right then, because I ended up aiming it up! Good to know the reason :D

Doing this sometime next week, thanks man. Can’t wait too see how to do the Amp!

@HelpMeDIY

4 жыл бұрын

+Lake Crawler you’re welcome! And same here about the amp 😂

Thanks this was super helpful!

@HelpMeDIY

3 жыл бұрын

+Jordan Irazabal you’re welcome! Hope you’re a subscriber now 😉

A video with the new sound would be nice, just to hear the difference. Thanks

Dropped 4ohm speakers in my car and was wondering why they just wouldn't work. I figured theyd just be quiet if the resistance wasn't correct + my OEM speakers said 4 amp on the back. Now I'm bouncing between a new amp or just getting 2ohm speakers to save me the work

@HelpMeDIY

4 ай бұрын

+@colonelbacon6336 speakers are definitely the easier way to go

Thank you for the great instructional video. I removed the passenger side door card and found that some Buba had previously worked on the car...the OEM door speaker woofer/plastic housing was gone and was replaced with an MDF board that was falling apart with a 6x9 Kicker speaker from the 90’s. So I’ve found an OEM set of speakers that are on the way, but in the meantime I found many of the plastic clips on the door card were broken...but I can’t seem to be able to pry off the seat of clip out from the door card. I’ve tried twisting and pulling but no dice...any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

@HelpMeDIY

4 жыл бұрын

+Fred Noce you’re welcome! Honestly I’ve never replaced the clips so I don’t know what to tell you about that. If you figure it out please come back and leave a comment in case someone else (or myself) need to do it sometime 😃

@frednoce3043

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply...well, since I last wrote, I found a tool at Harbor Freight called Panel Clip Pliers. That should do the trick and will know for sure later today as the OEM speaker boxes arrive and I’ll do the instal. Will advise how it goes with the pliers. By the way, for anyone that needs the panel clips, you can readily find them at your local specialty VW parts stores for $.95 each versus paying resellers on eBay in excess of $15 for a lot of 8 clips (twice as much)! They are exactly the same door card clips.

@HelpMeDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Fred Noce thanks for the update!

@frednoce3043

4 жыл бұрын

Help me DIY UPDATE...ok, so I was finally able to start on the install today and wanted to report that the panel clip pliers did the trick in easily removing the broken door clips. It’s available at Harbor Freight and it’s item number 63699...costs about $10. The rest of the instal went fine and now my speaker upgrade is complete. Thanks again!

You should have reminded your viewers that if they disconnect the battery they better have the radio code..

I would not recommend taking the time to do this. I pulled my doors, changed the speakers, just to find out the Porsche door speakers are essentially subwoofers, and you won’t get any real audio from the doors other than super low frequency . Great.

@YQLbeast

2 жыл бұрын

I love your other videos though. Super helpful on action, just not in this case.

@HelpMeDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I absolutely agree with you if you’re not also adding a sub! I did though so that makes a huge difference

@YQLbeast

2 жыл бұрын

@@HelpMeDIY did you find that adding the speakers made the bass more surround sound’y? I’m wondering if there’s a way to redirect the audio from the head unit to have actual audio output from the doors. I’ve seen the subwoofer video! That was a very clean run.

@HelpMeDIY

2 жыл бұрын

@@YQLbeast No not really. Just louder and fuller overall with all the combined speaker/sub/amp upgrades.

set playback speed to 1.25 and you will not go crazy

@HelpMeDIY

4 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for posting this video. I'm planning to upgrade the stock woofers in my doors at some point and it helps to know what I will encounter during the course of the project. It seems like the biggest challenge will be 21-year old plastic that has grown brittle with age. In your case, it looks like someone had already mangled some parts of your doors. I think you installed a stand alone subwoofer with a dedicated amp. My plan is to install subs in the door, that can be driven by my 6-way amp from a 996 Cabriolet. There are some 5.25 subs out there, but I wonder (1) whether the upgrade will improve the sound enough to justify the work required and (2) whether the 996 amp will have sufficient power to drive them. I may need to add a second amp to drive the subs.

@HelpMeDIY

3 жыл бұрын

+Kevin's Boxster hey Kevin! My amp actually has a self contained amp so it gets power directly from the battery. And I think it sounds great! Lots of options available to you though :)

@kevinsboxster2310

3 жыл бұрын

@@HelpMeDIY I was thinking about adding something like this: www.parts-express.com/Peerless-SLS-P830945-5-1-4-Paper-Cone-Woofer-4-Ohm-264-1604 It looks like it would fit, but I wonder whether it would sound any better and whether my current amp would have enough power to drive it.

@HelpMeDIY

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinsboxster2310 there’s only one way to find out!

@kevinsboxster2310

3 жыл бұрын

@@HelpMeDIY Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Lol the door speakers are subs, not regular speakers, I bet it sounded like shit after putting those in. U need a 2 ohm 5 1/4 inch subwoofer

@HelpMeDIY

3 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Stauble yea that’s right if you are using the stock amp and not upgrading further. I also added a new amp and a sub behind the seat 😉

@tpac8347

Жыл бұрын

@@HelpMeDIY My 03 S is all stock, not Bose either. Im trying to make an attack plan for head unit, speakers and amp. Getting the door speakers to not just be subs would be my preferred first step. What needs to be changed to fully utilize two way speakers in the doors??

@HelpMeDIY

Жыл бұрын

@@tpac8347 like Anthony said, if you ONLY do that it will sound terrible. You will want a dedicated sub as well