trunk spring pole.... - Honda Prelude Forum

DeadFish · 10-27-2003, 11:05 PM

gen5... in the trunk the metal poles that "spring" the trunk open a little for you.

Has anyone had to cut these to make room for thier 6x9's?

mine are rubbing up so tight on my 6x9's that they are smushing the rubber around the thick magnets pretty bad.

ExodusFX · 10-28-2003, 12:50 AM

If it's like the 4th gen springs, (two bars twisted and crossing eachother) I've done it. Well I didn't cut them, I just took them off. There's a drastic difference when you take them off. The trunk is a lot harder to open and falls down heavily and easily. I've gotten hit on the back of the head a few times by it just falling on me.

G_Loc · 10-28-2003, 07:02 AM

how do you take them off?

Daemione · 10-28-2003, 07:33 AM

I've never done it, but you should just be able to bend/twist them off the brackets. It'll probably be a lot easier if you do it with the trunk closed and crawl in through the back seat - they won't be under as much tension then.

Or you could unbolt the brackets themselves, if you remove them out the torsion bars should just fall out.

I solved the problem by just not using 6x9's . . . .

Although I'm getting some rattle with them now, keep meaning to find something to pad them with.

mciampag · 10-28-2003, 06:10 PM

You guys are trying to use a sledge hammer to drive a nail. Don't remove the trunk springs, that'll be more trouble than it's worth. Use spacers with your 6x9's. I had to do that with my old speakers (4G), a few washers between the speaker and the mounting bracket and my trunk springs were no longer an issue.

Daemione · 10-28-2003, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by mciampag
Use spacers with your 6x9's.

You'd need like at least an inch spacer on the 5th gen, and then you run into clearance issues with the grills . . . .

mciampag · 10-29-2003, 05:54 AM

Your speakers are really 1" deeper than the stock speakers? I didn't know the stock ones were so shallow.

apocalypse · 10-29-2003, 07:54 AM

one of the reasons why i used 6 1/2's in the back

Daemione · 10-29-2003, 08:11 AM

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Originally posted by mciampag
Your speakers are really 1" deeper than the stock speakers? I didn't know the stock ones were so shallow.

Well, they are fairly shallow, but the trunk springs rest against the magnet of the stock speaker . . .

If I remember correctly, it's the passenger side one with the interference problem. I had a nasty rattle until I damped the speaker in a foam surround (before I just removed them entirely).

DeadFish · 10-29-2003, 08:43 PM

well actually for my setup, I was able to keep the stock prelude grills on top.. I had to remove some plastic from the speakers.. but they sat in the holes alot more snug.. with the stock grill snapped back into place.

So the speakers are dropped in from above and into the holes...
not screwed in from below. (if that makes sense.)

So As far as setting up "spacers"... I think you are saying to screw the speakers into place from below.. with some wood or something for added drop?

Bah.. forget it... the smushed rubber stays Im too lazy.

jherm · 10-29-2003, 08:46 PM

mine rub badly. there is something that is rubbing and having a magnetic attraction to the magnets of the speakers too (hard to explain)

Daemione · 10-30-2003, 12:26 PM

I don't understand what you mean by screwing them in from below . . .

The spacer would move the speaker up high enough so the basket/magnet would clear the torsion bars. Doing this would mean the stock grills would not fit (even if you've already cut out the plastic framing).

BoYgUaN · 10-30-2003, 04:57 PM

my speakers fit fine in my car....i trimmed the hell out of the grill so its pretty much without the lip on the inside....
then u can use atleast a 1 cm spacer.....
maybe if u have a spoiler you have different springs (most likely) but for me i have a base and ive fit alot of speakers in no problem

DeadFish · 10-30-2003, 11:25 PM

Ill take some pics tommorrow. that would help

ludestarbai · 04-28-2008, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mciampag

You guys are trying to use a sledge hammer to drive a nail. Don't remove the trunk springs, that'll be more trouble than it's worth. Use spacers with your 6x9's. I had to do that with my old speakers (4G), a few washers between the speaker and the mounting bracket and my trunk springs were no longer an issue.

what about vibration and rattle? was that an issue?

h23sdominate · 07-07-2008, 12:34 AM

on the 4th gen there is a plastic piece that holds the brackets in place in the middle of the trunk, i got my alpine s' in by just prying the plastic piece from the trunk, it gives an extra inch or two of bend in the brackets, dont know about the 5th gen though i'll check on my buddy's girlfriends

lilmsprelude · 07-07-2008, 06:02 PM

has anyone used hydraulic arms in lieu of the metal spring bars? I have looked at it but I am not engineer and am having difficulty "seeing" the best way to make it work with the curved "hinges."