Rear speaker boxes

[whew41]

Good evening to you all I would like to ask a big favor from someone who has a rear speaker box, do not care if home made or not, IF you could post the measurements for us that are NOT so good with carpentry work :stupid:

When I got my 280zx it did not have the back panel.

Thanks Jim

[MAX]

Motor Sport Auto has a line of rear speaker panels for various Z models....I just got one for my 240Z and I think they should have ones for a 280ZX.

I haven't mounted any speakers in them yet so I don't know how they sound.

, but they do look great....

good luck

[sblake01]

Here's a link to the MSA 79-83 ZX rear panel. I always thought they were kind of pricey, both their speaker boxes and MSA in general.

http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/SP/50-5353

[240ZMan]

I built one for my '73 this summer. The only hard part, and actually it's more tedious than hard, is the top piece where I had to cut it to fit the curvature of car. If you lift up your hatch and look down, you'll notice that it's not a straight line. It probably took me an hour or two to keep taking a little more wood off until it fit reasonably well. Then I covered it with speaker carpet which is great because it hides all the imperfections. If you're going to mount 6 x 9 speakers, don't worry about trying to make it air tight - 6 x 9's don't need that. That makes building this much easier.

Here are 2 pictures with the key dimensions. The width of 48" is a bit less than the full width of the interior at that point, so there is ~1/2" gap on the ends. I just used 48" because that's what I had lying around. I experimented with plugging the gaps and it made no difference in my car, but my car is on the loud side, so there's little point in going for great sound in it. My goal was to be able to hear the news reasonably well with the windows down on the freeway, and to hear tunes with "reasonable" fidelity. All on a budget...

Good luck!

[KenshinX]

Sorry no hijacking intended but it is only the 240's that had only 2 speakers? Cause my 260 has 4 in the back two near the rear lights and two above the towers( one on each side) I was thinking of purchasing a speaker box from MSA myself.

[MikeW]

Sorry no hijacking intended but it is only the 240's that had only 2 speakers?

240's had only one speaker.

[KenshinX]

hmmm didnt know that no wonder i always here members complain about the sucky sound system. I dont know if mines were aftermarket and moded in but it doesnt seem like it it has the same design on all four and have the vinyl/plastic ginger covering over all for with the little holes. ( bad description i know but pictures worth a thousand words)

[240ZMan]

Are you sure the two above the towers are really speakers? On my '73 those are vent holes that allow air to vent from the cabin at speed. Look at the silver "emblems" on the outside. I'm guessing that's what they are on yours as well.

[240ZMan]

240's had only one speaker.

I forgot, Mike is right. In my case the PO had installed a second speaker on the other side. But 2 small speakers facing each other all the way in the back leaves a lot to be desired. I cut discs out of masonite the size of the old round plastic speaker covers, painted them black, and mounted in place of the speakers when i took them out. If you look closely it looks a bit goofy, but since it's all black and way in the corner, I don't notice it anymore.

[KenshinX]

No, your set up looks great 240zman I just need to figure out if my speakers are default or not either way im replacing all four 4" speakers and the original radio of course im keeping said radio as a sentimental sort of thing, but im just to much of a techno geek as you can see from my signature below.

[KenshinX]

Are you sure the two above the towers are really speakers? On my '73 those are vent holes that allow air to vent from the cabin at speed. Look at the silver "emblems" on the outside. I'm guessing that's what they are on yours as well.

I'll have to go check that out later.. could be but it looks exactly like the speaker holes near the tale lights im not sure if its high enough to for the vent emblem but ill check right now im not at home.

[mdbrandy]

Are you sure the two above the towers are really speakers? On my '73 those are vent holes that allow air to vent from the cabin at speed. Look at the silver "emblems" on the outside. I'm guessing that's what they are on yours as well.

By the time you get to a '78 280Z, there are definately speakers in exactly the place that he describes. So maybe they transitioned to them as early as the 260. Or they could have had the body cutouts for them, and a PO installed them out of a 280 or something. There are many things that were "prepared for" with minor body changes that didn't actually happen until later...

Just FYI.