I bought my car with blown out front speakers unfortunately. so today i finally went down to circuit city and got some 5 1/4" pioneers. total cost was alittle under $60. Wasnt going all out. just wanted something better than the **** ones i had.



so i went out took off the door panels, took out the old speakers and went to place the new ones inonlyto realize they didnt fit. New ones had 4 screw holes opposed to the stock 3. After thinking what i could do i came up with the idea of making custom adaptors. So i looked around and decided that a ping pong paddle would be my best bet, suprisingly. so after removing the grip and trimming. heres how it fit



it fit suprisingly well.after a few more cuts and measuring i placed it back and it started taking form



screwed it into place. then after making some pre made hole i then screwed the speaker into place. fit perfect.



Doing the first door and testing everything out probally took an hour, only because i am not experienced in audio. The second door took about 15 min.
After all a successful diy. just thought id share. thanks!

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1999 a4 1.8t

Wow, this thread looks familiar...

Did you just happen to have paddles laying around or did you buy them?

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01 A4 1.8T Quattro Sport
Eibach, Hotchkis, Upsolute, Borla

ha sure is. yea i was looking through some cabinets in the garage and saw 2 brandew new paddles, then the lightbulb clicked

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1999 a4 1.8t

Should have gone with polks-

However i wish i could redo my car like that but then i have to replace the damn headunit stupid ass bose system. I dont even think it sounds that good.

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2001 A4 2.8 quattro 5 speed.
H&R Racing springs:RS4 Grill:CAI:Short Shifter:Magnaflow:EuroPlate:Clear Corners:Speedtuning ECU re-flashed:

i went to circuit city and they only had 2 speaker kits that were as small as 5 1/4. these pioneers and some sonys that were double the price of the pioneers

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1999 a4 1.8t

Circuit City has pretty much stopped carrying anything really nice for car systems. They sell cheap and middle of the road, but nothing great. I think the most expensive head unit I've seen there lately is under $300. I hooked up my lady's '93 SL2 with a sony X-Plod with I-Pod connect and 4 decent speakers for $400. Great for basic upgrade or replacement in an older or lesser car, but I wouldn't put it in my Audi. Gotta look elsewhere for the good stuff now.

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01 A4 1.8T Quattro Sport
Eibach, Hotchkis, Upsolute, Borla

yea thats true and if i wanted to seriously replace my whole system i would have gotten nicer stuff. but i wasnt lookng to spend much.saving all my extra money for some wheels. this was kinda a random project. so the price was good and suprisingly they sound really good. glad i didnt spend alot.

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1999 a4 1.8t

onlinecarstereo or ebay FTW

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DEPO Headlights
8000k HIDs
3000k low-beams
Ebay Forge 007 knock-off DV
Custom "U-Pipe" intake
Custom 3" exhaust
Smoked markers
Kamei grille
S4 front bumper
S4 brakes
S4 wheels
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...all done on EBAY

it was more of thing where i thought in the morninig and went and did it all that day. didnt feel like waiting a week. need them good sounding by tuesday

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1999 a4 1.8t

wtf, you could have used those for beer pong

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