6x9 in holden vp

[COMMY VP 666]

will 6x9's fit in a vp? in the parcel self

[Ozzie]

They will if you use a spacer.

I wouldnt recomment cutting the parcel shelf to fit them.

[Oppy89]

yer use a spacer, my mate cut the parcel shelf in his VR to fit 6x9s, he got defected and couldnt get a road worthey cos the shelf was cut.

[STEALTHY™]

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[daron]

yes they fit and without a spacer too thats the most ugliest thing invented
you don't need to cut metal as you have heard its illegal
if your doing it yourself get spacers

[Daniel.B]

I recently fitted 6x9's to the shelf of my VP. To start with, all the wood in the shelf just crumbled when i put the slightest pressure on it, and being so keen to have them mounted flush, i cut into the metal and now i have no where insert the screws to hold the speakers down, and the magnet on the speakers touch the metal aswell.....which can't be good- so now i gotta get a whole new shelf from somewhere!!! "Stealthy"-your outside speakers look alright, they dont sit to high, what type of spacer or pod have you used for this, and was there any speaker hole underneath them to begin with, i ask because your 2nd set sit up so high. Any help you can give me would be great.

[holdenboy]

Daniel.B ..... In the VPs there will be a round hole in the metal part of the parcel shelf (easily seen from the boot) thats just spot welded into place. All you need to do is insert a flat-blade screwdriver and break the 3 or 4 spot welds, theres your perfectly legal holes.
After youve removed the peices of metal grab a permanent marker and mark the cutouts on the wood part of the parcel shelf. This is so you know what part to cut out so the holes in the wood match up with the metal holes.

Next you'll wanna remove the rear seats and then remove the parcel shelf, you can either keep using your one or buy another from the wreckers etc. If you do buy another one you'll need to reinstall it and mark the holes again.

Anyways cut out the holes in the wood, a little bigger than what youve marked is ideal.

The spacers are available at most car audio retailers, even Repco or Super Cheap Auto.

Heres a good example of what ive used for customers cars in the past, and should allow most 6x9s to fit.

[STEALTHY™]

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[Daniel.B]

Thanks mate, yeah i saw those holes that were spot welded in, but only after i had stuffed everything up. I should have been a little more patient instead of just rushing into it, i never even took the shelf out during the instalation, which i defenitaly should have done- Have you got speakers up front? With the later model VR/VS pods, do i have to cut a hole in each door, or do the speakers mount in the actual pods themselves? Thanks again Stealthy, im sure with your advice and lessons learned, i'll have my 6x9 sittin sweet in no time.

[STEALTHY™]

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[Daniel.B]

yeah i stuck some Alpine Type S 4inch in the factory holes up in the dash, however they just sit in there, cause as you most likely know the original speakers were a three prong, and they were angled in a way to point towards you. I wrote a thread about it last week, but only about 30 people have viewed it and no one replied, it seems most people used that location to mount a tweeter with a component fitted in a VR/Vs pod to the doors.

[STEALTHY™]

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[Daniel.B]

The original mounts and holes were all cracked when i took the original speakers out. Basically the only thing holding the originals in was 16 years of dirt, dust, and grime! You mentioned customers before, do you work for an automotive chain?

[STEALTHY™]

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[Daniel.B]

Thanks Holdenboy, i wasnt paying attention to the posts and to who was posting them. Stealthy- got your message but my computer keeps freezing when i go to inbox, or when i try to upload a picture. I havent got msn, i could never figure it out-

[Daniel.B]

Stealthy- with your outside set of 6x9's - with the spacing pod you have used, how much clearance was there between the speaker magnet and the metal shelf underneath? Do they come in contact at all with the metal? Reason i ask i because i brought some spacers, but their not the pod style as you used. But they look almost similar in height, maybe just a little lower- managed to get a new parcel shelf from the wreckers for just 20bucks, so i'm pretty happy with that. I also got a set of matching 6.5inch spacers, so im going to take advantage of the illeagal and defective holes that i cut last week into the metal, and mount some splits in the between the 6x9's. I'll be sure to post some pics of the end result. (should be good for a laugh it it turns out anything like my first attempt)

[Daniel.B]

Also was the clearance between the speaker and the rear window really tight? i have some spacers, but there just a level spacer, they dont's angle down like thoses pod spacers in the pictures above, is thise what gives you the clearance, this angle on the pod. Have a look at these pictures of where im up to now, i roughly lined up the speaker and estimated the space that the shelf and the spacer would give me and the speakers are touching the back window.

[Daniel.B]

here where im stuck, the 6x9's seems to touch the window when put on a spacer and then onto the shelf.