Recent content by profmathers

Sounbwoy: I did exactly as you describe, with the tweeters from my Infinity 6x8 Reference Components. The Infinity tweeter is very close to the right diameter, though it is deeper. I fabricated a gasket using some high-density mounting tape and then secured the whole thing to the stock...

I've got the factory nav unit...any better?

15? Seems light...but I don't have the spec. I thought most OEMs were at least 25...

Are you planning to drive them off the factory HU? The Focals I've seen have magnets the size of bowling balls...

Touch :) Guess I'd better write up my install when I get it figured out then, huh? Yeah, I'm looking for quick and dirty right now...but you're right. I'd feel better about doing it if I knew the wattage rating of the factory navigation HU. Saw it...man what a lot of work, but that glass...

wow, nobody? anybody just wanna wing it and make something up?

Agreed. We've had it a week and, like the Miata, it kinda gets under my skin. I find myself wanting to pop around town in it instead of my big gnarly turbo Subaru. Maybe it's the newness of it, but it's a compelling car. Now I just have to make the radio sound better before windows-up season.

Wow, nobody has mentioned that it has as much torque as a pencil rolling across a level desk? A V6 probably wouldn't even hurt the fuel economy, but I'd prefer that new whiz-bang diesel or a FSI turbo four...

Hi all! So we just took delivery of our second Mazda (like everybody else, the first was a Miata.) A 2009 '5 Grand Touring will be replacing my wife's beloved Solara. We love the car, but coming from her Solara with the factory Nakamichi/JBL combo, my wife only had one negative thing to say...