BigC9164

What size speakers can i fit in the rear DOORS of my 99 XJ. Been looking all over the forums and can not find an exact answer. I know there are holes cut in the sheet metal for 5.25 inch. But can I squeeze 6.5 inchers in the rear doors? (like i can in the front doors)

And yeah i know i have to cut a speaker grill in the plastic door panels.

I am talking about the two back doors, not the rear hatch.

THANKS for the help, yall are the best!

cliffy

I am curious about this too but size of the doors makes me think any size speaker would prevent the window from fully opening.

SteveMongr

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/sp...5/#post2371546

BigC9164

6.5” FRONT and 6.5” REAR DOOR speakers are mounted in my SE basic model 99 XJ. Install was easy. No metal trimming. Just cut a 4.5” hole in the plastic panel. The hardest part was getting the special speaker mounting clip/nut/retainers in place on the sheet metal then lining up the 1.5” screws to go through the speaker grill->speaker housing->interior door panel->sheet metal door frame. Though once you do the first one the rest are easy!

Mounting speakers to the outside (interior) of the plastic panel has many advantages I believe. It looks great if you are into showing off your audio equipment, arguably sounds better with them not mounted behind a plastic panel, allows for 1” greater speaker mounting depth (although I still used shallow mounts)/ and best of all, when you blow a speaker you can replace it without having to remove the interior door panel.

And of course I ripped out the factory sound deadening and added some Peal&Seal to make my doors shut with a nice “thud” and add some road noise deadening. (ill post photos of this step when I wire the rear speakers).
One expected issue was my manual window cranks were hitting the speaker grills. SOLUTION: get out the ol’ heat gun and gloves and bend the door cranks in an “S” to add about a half inch of clearance.

I used this thread to give me a little idea about how to do this: https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/sp...5/#post2371546

I have not wired the rear speakers yet however. I know I have rear speaker wires coming out of the back of the head unit but I have no idea where they go after that!? Any ideas? My XJ only came with front door speaker from the factory. The last photo is the harness with my interior wiring, are they in there??