Speaker Mounting Depth On Nbs Silverado?

zackd32 · May 1, 2008

Does anyone know how much depth you've got to mount 6.5 inch speakers in the front doors of a NBS silverado? I'm going to be getting an 07 NBS silverado soon, and I'd like to put in a serious component set in the front doors. Does anyone know approximately how deep of a speaker, in inches, you could fit in the front doors before you'd be running into the window mech?

Zembonez · May 1, 2008

Does anyone know how much depth you've got to mount 6.5 inch speakers in the front doors of a NBS silverado? I'm going to be getting an 07 NBS silverado soon, and I'd like to put in a serious component set in the front doors. Does anyone know approximately how deep of a speaker, in inches, you could fit in the front doors before you'd be running into the window mech?

I don't have a measurment for you but have you checked Crutchfield's application guide? There is usually some good info there. Just a thought.

CRUTCHFIELD

zackd32 · May 1, 2008

Does anyone know how much depth you've got to mount 6.5 inch speakers in the front doors of a NBS silverado? I'm going to be getting an 07 NBS silverado soon, and I'd like to put in a serious component set in the front doors. Does anyone know approximately how deep of a speaker, in inches, you could fit in the front doors before you'd be running into the window mech?

I don't have a measurment for you but have you checked Crutchfield's application guide? There is usually some good info there. Just a thought.

CRUTCHFIELD

Yeah I checked that out and it helped some, because I discovered apparently speaker brackets for a chevrolet impala from scosche will work and let you fit 6.5. It still doesn't really tell you specifics though, rather it limits you to telling you whether certain stuff in thier inventory will fit. I want to fit CDT Eurosports in there though and not any of the ones they sell. I guess I'll have to look through the ones they have that say they fit and see if any they offer are the same depth as the CDTs. Looking at pictures of people's door panels off it looks like theres a good bit of room until you hit the factory grill on the door panel so spacers would probably work if needed.

Zembonez · May 1, 2008

Yeah I checked that out and it helped some, because I discovered apparently speaker brackets for a chevrolet impala from scosche will work and let you fit 6.5. It still doesn't really tell you specifics though, rather it limits you to telling you whether certain stuff in thier inventory will fit. I want to fit CDT Eurosports in there though and not any of the ones they sell. I guess I'll have to look through the ones they have that say they fit and see if any they offer are the same depth as the CDTs. Looking at pictures of people's door panels off it looks like theres a good bit of room until you hit the factory grill on the door panel so spacers would probably work if needed.

Since you are the pioneer here, it would be cool if you posted what you find out. Sometimes you can get a good idea by looking at the models they show to fit and checking their specs ahtough it takes a little detective work.

Good luck with it.

zackd32 · May 1, 2008

Yeah I checked that out and it helped some, because I discovered apparently speaker brackets for a chevrolet impala from scosche will work and let you fit 6.5. It still doesn't really tell you specifics though, rather it limits you to telling you whether certain stuff in thier inventory will fit. I want to fit CDT Eurosports in there though and not any of the ones they sell. I guess I'll have to look through the ones they have that say they fit and see if any they offer are the same depth as the CDTs. Looking at pictures of people's door panels off it looks like theres a good bit of room until you hit the factory grill on the door panel so spacers would probably work if needed.

Since you are the pioneer here, it would be cool if you posted what you find out. Sometimes you can get a good idea by looking at the models they show to fit and checking their specs ahtough it takes a little detective work.

Good luck with it.

Alright thanks. Im actually planning on a doing a full install thread with photos of every step, to help out the other silverado people. I found some speaker brackets on ebay for the NBS silverado that say they provide 1 inch of spacing and allow most 6.5's to fit, while still clearing the door panel and factory grill. That should provide more than enough to mount the CDT's. When I get my truck I'm gonna order the speaker brackets first, and then go ahead and take out the factories and measure to see how much depth I've got.