Ronjon17

Hey guys, I was searching the forums but couldn't find the answer. I actually own a g35 but my friend owns a 350z. I put together a pretty good sound system in my g and now want to do something with his Z. I wanted to install components in the front but according to crutchfield the door panels are very shallow and only a thin speaker will fit in their. Is this true?

He is biased towards Polk and wanted to get some Polk audio components.

Also just a side note - seems to me that replacing the rear speakers is probably a waste of money and a set of good components and a sub should do the job well. Or does replacing the rear help with staging?

gvulakh

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I have Polk components in my doors. I used the stock speaker as a spacer. You have to rip out the cone and snip off the basket/magnet assembly and you have free spacers. Or you could just fab up some spacers out of MDF.

I don't run rear speakers and it sounds good to me with my components and a 10" sub.

bmccann101

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+1 on cut stock speakers out or buy the mdf spacers available on ebay for 10 bucks... thats truly a better option imho.

Ronjon17

Thanks for the info guys, this really helps. If you have any pics/suggestions/etc, let me know. I think the game plan is all polk right now, front components, and a 10" sub as well. He already has a Class D 1000w mono amp. Post pics along the way.

Spike100

The stock door mount is awful. It’s way too thin (depth), and the stock grille mostly muffles good sound from better speakers.

I would never use the Z’s stock speaker mounts.

--Spike