Oh I couldn't see, on my phone. Had to zoom.
Ours didn't have any engraving - just clear with two handles.
I couldn't swear to it, but don't recall a hole in the center either.
But that's cool - Mark deserves some product revenue.
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How am I going to mount this center channel when the speaker flange covers the mounting holes?
Recess the mounting bolts. Screw on the flange before installing the speaker:
That will work.
Ge0
Scanspeak - Dynaudio - Helix - Bose
Getting to the D-pillars requires you to loosen / remove other rear cargo area trim pieces. I needed access to route power wires and mount amps so I removed them all. Not too much worse than what Santrix on the Macan Forum has already done.
Start by removing two little plastic nuts on this panel:
Next get out a pry tool and pop the trim loose in two places each side (towards center and the ends):
The trim piece will pop free
Next, you can pop the side trim loose. But, do not try to remove yet. It is bound at the bottom by another piece you need to remove:
In my car you need to remove these tie down hooks by unscrewing the Torx bolts. This will allow the entire trim piece to lift free. Be careful though. There is a washer under every bolt under the chrome piece. You'll loose a washer easy (like I did) if you are not aware / careful.
To be continued
Ge0
Scanspeak - Dynaudio - Helix - Bose
Now you can lift the side trim free. You'll need to disconnect the 12V accessory outlet and LED visibility lamp connectors before removal:
Now everything but the D-pillar trim is removed. This gave me an interesting chance to snap a photo to judge how much clearance I will have for a speaker:
It's going to be a tight fit but probably doable.
Here is the side shot with all trim including the D-pillar removed:
The surround effects speaker sits in a little pocket between a wiring harness, sunroof drain tube, and ABS side curtain airbag deploying module (ugh ohh).
This may be a struggle to put back together with the new speaker installed. It has a power little Neodymium motor that is un-shielded. It sticks to everything metal.
While removing trim be aware that some of the clips will stay in the vehicles body and not come off with the plastic panel. I lost one of the D-pillar clips to the interior uni-body structure of the car when trying to remove it.
Here is the dinky little stock surround speaker. It's the same driver as used in the center channel:
Here it is sitting next to the midrange driver I plan on installing:
I'm thinking I need to shrink the package envelope somehow....
To be continued.
Ge0
Scanspeak - Dynaudio - Helix - Bose
I can't mount the speaker like this due to mounting depth limitations:
I have an idea. Modify the speaker flange to accommodate the mounting pattern
Now I can mount the speaker directly to the plastic panel. However, I was not happy with the grip of the screws.
Adding some washers helped. But, not entirely happy with how they mount.
Fortunately I had some slim mounting flanges I made earlier
Ge0
Scanspeak - Dynaudio - Helix - Bose
Now, how do we wire them?
Install the proper sized speaker terminals:
Steal the connector off the factory speaker:
I don't like how weak the factory connector leads are. Hold them in place with thick glue infused shrink wrap
Once this cools down and hardens its pretty tough:
Now install:
Yes, I am going to use the factory wiring for most of my speakers. Fortunately Porsche did not skimp out on wire gauge here. That, and these are short runs from the amp.
Ge0
Last edited by Ge0; 07-09-2020 at 04:13 PM.
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Those speakers are just too cute.
good job on the connector
and the forced perspective makes your laptop look 6" wide.
(everyone just plays "I spy" with these pictures )
That's my work computer. It does have a tiny 13" screen. But, I have an external 32" monitor connected to it. My dining room table has been reduced to my work desk since March when CV-19 hit. That and its' my work bench then temps outside exceed the mid 90's. My dining table is a mish mash of paperwork and car audio parts. We've been eating dinner on the couch
Ge0
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