I bought a pair of Polk 5x7" door speakers for my 2013 GT Prem but they are completely different than the exisiting speakers. These speakers would have fit w/o modification in my 2010 GT Prem but Ford has redesigned the door apparently on the 2013. The mounting holes are completely different and weird on the 2013. They will fit only with some kind of spacer or brace.

Crutchfield sells an adapter brace that you have to cut and modify that suppose to be used for cases like this. I was wondering if anyone had any photos showing how they mounted after market speakers in a 2013 GT Prem.

Thanks

 

can you take a pic of the whole door w/ the panel off so i can better visualize this!

 

I'm just curious. Can you take the stock speaker out of that spacer? I have some 6" components. It would be great if I could re-use the stock bracket.

As for your problem. It wouldn't be perfect, but you could make your own bracket out of mdf board. I did this on my previous car because the top mount depth was too shallow. Good luck!

 

I also had the same issue. I bought Polk 5x7 with the understanding that they would fit. I had the same "what the...?" reaction when I took the door panel off. I ended up taking it to a local shop. The guy at the shop said that he had to trim the plasting casing where the Ford speakers were to get the Polks to fit in the factory casing. I ended up paying more for the install than I did for the speakers themselves.

 

Two more photos. One shows the pre-scored plastic board that Crutchfield sent me which is suppose to be use to adapt different speakers to a car. As you can see I was able to cut out the big hole for the speaker. I still need to trim it down to size once I take the door panel off again. The second photo shows the original Ford speaker from my 2010 GT Prem next to the new Polk. As I stated before, the 2010 speaker and the Polk fit interchangably where as the 2013 door and speaker are not the same.

Joe C

 

tousley ford has the actual adapters I believe. I dont know the part number offhand though

 

here is the link.
number 7 on the diagram.

[ 7 ] BODY HARDWARE / INSTRUMENT PANEL / SOUND SYSTEM / Door speaker spacer
door speaker spacer COUPE Right

MSRP Core ? Online Price
$14.47 $0.00 $11.14

http://tousleyfordparts.com/parts/20...agramCallOut=6

The original thread I read it in.

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...-advice-4.html

 

Hey, great info. I didnt see that eariler thread. I order a pair of spacers, can't wait to see if they work on my car. Thanks for the help.

Joe C

 

I ordered the spacers from Tousley Ford and they are a God send. Made the job a million times easier. Attached are some photos showing the spacers, the 2013 GT speakers I took out, the replacement Polk Audios and the speakers from my 2010 GT for comparision.

Joe C.

 

glad to hear it. whenever i do mine i am gonna order the spacers as well.

 

jocatch,

What about the difference between stock speakers and the polks.. tell us about it.. do you hear a great improvement?

I just ordered 4 infinity kappas 682.9cf and the speakear adapters, cant wait....