DC2 Custom Audio - Rear Speaker Mounts

After a few requests, I have dug up my build pictures from my car album. Here is a guide on how to mount custom speakers into the rear of your DC2 or DC4. Remember, this is only one of many ways to go about mounting larger speakers in your DC2.

As with all my modifications, these brackets do no modify any part of the car in any way. None of the OEM parts are modified either. If the OEM part does not meet my requirements, I either fabricate my own part from aluminium or MDF (as in this guide), or by a replacement OEM part and modify that; allowing all original parts of the car to be restored at any time.

The stock OEM basket mounts to the car body with three screws. These screws fix to the metal car body via three plastic ‘role plugs’ that clip into pre-cut square holes in the body. My part utilises two of the three plastic clips and screws, while the third one is removed to make way for a cable tie.

Step one:
Fabricate your mounts. I chose 3mm MDF. Measure twice, cut once. Make sure you have enough room to mount all components. I used splits, thus I needed to mount the crossover network plus the tweeter on the same bracket. Pre-drill all holes, and then spray paint them for some moisture protection. Flip this bracket over and use as a jig to make another mirrored bracket for the other side of the car.

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Step two:
Mount all the components to the bracket. It’s a good idea to cable tie all loose cables to the bracket while you’re at it.

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Step three:
If you are going to use the factory speaker wires to drive your new speakers, there is no need to cut the connector off the end. The connector comes apart very easily by hand, releasing the copper terminal sockets. Put the plastic connector aside, and plug the copper terminals into your new speakers. If you are using aftermarket speaker wire, then just cable tie the connector somewhere out of the way.

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Step four:
Mount the bracket to the car. As you can see in the below picture, the two black screws on the right mount to the plastic clips, while the top left screw/clip comb was removed to make way for a cable tie. Three screws couldn’t be use as the stock bracket isn’t flat, but on a slant. If you want to be fancy, you could make up some spacers, and then secure the bracket with three screws. I didn’t see the need, as the new bracket was VERY secure.

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Step five:
Replace Trim. As you can see, the new speakers sit very well behind the trim opening.

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Step six:
Replace speaker grill and enjoy!

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great write up mate.

This should be moved to the DIY section. Maybe you might want to submit it there. You may also want to resize youre pictures or put up a 56k warning.

Cheers