Infinity Kappa 62.7i Fit

[GearHead_1]

Wondering if anyone can tell me about the fit of the Infinity Kappa 62.7i in the door panel of 03 S10 regular cab? Specifically I'm wondering about the tweeter height and the factory grill, is there interference? Thanks for your time.

It would be this speaker.

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...08627I&g=52000

[paint toad]

should be fine...i had the 63.3i (3ways) in the unaltered mounts and panels

[Jake the SSnake]

I had to cut my factory grille for the 63.7's to fit in my 01 blazer. I believe they stick out about 1 1/8 inches where as the 62.9 (newer model) is 13/16 of an inch.

[GearHead_1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jake the SSnake

I had to cut my factory grille for the 63.7's to fit in my 01 blazer. I believe they stick out about 1 1/8 inches where as the 62.9 (newer model) is 13/16 of an inch.

Shave the bottom of the grille or center cut a hole for the tweeter?

[Jake the SSnake]

Quote: Originally Posted by GearHead_1

Shave the bottom of the grille or center cut a hole for the tweeter?

I had to cut a hole for the tweeter. I'll post a pic when I get home, it sticks out past the grille about a 1/4 of an inch. The 63.7's have 2 tweets though, so it may be easier to fit the 62.7.

[Jake the SSnake]

I think the 62.7's will be close after looking at mine again (they should be about 5/16s shallower than the 63.7's). And since the tweeter is smaller it might just work. FWIW I have the 63.7's and 52.7's hooked up to a Hifonics zxi6406 putting out 170rmsx4 at 2 ohms (probably over-rated) and I'm not too impressed with the infinity's. The highs are kind of harsh and the mids are pretty weak. I would have just gone with a nice component set if I did it all over again.

Pics of the 63.7 (2001 blazer)

[GearHead_1]

Jake, thanks for the picture. Did you look into modifying the Infinity grills to fit the door panel when you installed these speakers?

[Jake the SSnake]

Quote: Originally Posted by GearHead_1

Jake, thanks for the picture. Did you look into modifying the Infinity grills to fit the door panel when you installed these speakers?

No, I took the easy wasy out. But I'm sure if you cut the factory one out you could use the infinity one. I'll have to take some measurements and see how close they are.

[01cherryreds10]

I have some 6.5 ref's in the doors, and I cut the factory grille out and used the Infinity ones. I can get a picture if you want, the Kappa's tweeters stick out a bunch more than the Refs

[GearHead_1]

Yes, please post a picture if you have the time.

[GearHead_1]

Just thought I would post a follow up since I posted the question. These fit just great using only factory parts. The only modification was re-drilling the factory enclosure. I had a gift certificate through Crutchfield and decided to use it on these speakers. Of course they send you all the bells and whistles that makes them Crutchfield. This includes a new set of enclosures. I could have used these but it was more work to cut the rivets of the factory ones than to re-drill them. I believe the 3 ways would not have fit using factory grills. The sound is what I expected it to be using no external amp. We put the 4X6 Kappa's in the dash with a set of Bass Blockers to go with the 6.5's in the doors. I'm pleased and so is my son (it's his ride). I think he'll still opt to put a smaller self powered sub in the truck. It doesn't take much to fill a regular cab with sound.

[01cherryreds10]

Sorry about leaving you hanging haha here's a picture though for anyone else's reference, it was a taken a while ago.



Can you post a picture of how you did it?

[GearHead_1]

Yeah, I'll see if my son won't take a picture. It doesn't appear to be anything special you just see the same speaker you have pictured sitting behind the factory grill. By the way there is about 1/4" - 3/8" clearance between the grill and the tweeter.

[tg900]

These are my 63.7's in my 98 hombre. the doors never came with speaker pods, so i had to get them out of another second gen and bolt them in.

I didn't need to cut any holes, since they fit in pretty snugly. They were a tighter fit than i'd want them to be. The fit was much better in my 95, there was much more slack between the factory grille.