which adapter plates are for our car?

[CougarChief]

are the adapters from sound domain these:
http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/SCOSA68
or these:
http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/SCOSAF68

?
thanx for any help

[ignernt]

I believe you can use either one, since both are for 6x8 cutouts. Looks like you can save a buck by getting the universal, but then what's a buck? That doesn't even get you anything a the Bell anymore. Ironically, I just bought a set made by Metra today myself. Picked them up at Circuit, paid 15. I would've bought them off sounddomain, but I needed them immediately. I also picked up a set of wiring harnesses, probably a good idea, even if you don't have a lease.

[CougarChief]

i need them immediately, but i went to brandsmart and another installation place and both said they dont stock the plates, they custom fabricate, so i figured i had no choice. i guess ill get the universals, sounds like a safer bet. what do the harnesses do, can you just plug the wires strait into the new speakers, there are two terminals right on the back. btw, kicker mids are good right, i got the i 650's.

[ignernt]

The harnesses keep you from cutting the "plug" off that goes into the factory speakers. The other end of the harnesses probably won't fit the terminals on your midrange, so use the wires that came with them and connect to the harnesses with butt-end splices if they don't fit. You'll need a crimper, something you can pick up for less than $10, but you'll have it for all your future installs. You might be able to find a starter kit with a crimper and a bunch of butt-end splices and ring terminals pretty cheap. I'm presuming the 650's are 6 1/2", so they SHOULD fit, especially since there wouldn't be tweeter protrusion. I don't know the depth, but there should be enough clearance.

[Sinister]

on one of those, a guy complained that his 6.5" didn't fit in the adapter so he sent it back....has anyone ordered these for the coug and put a 6.5" in there?

[zis]

I have the universal 6x8 adapters, ordered from sounddomain. Yeah they fit. The problem is the stock screw holes in our cars. I have Infinity Kappa 6.5s in them, and the edge of the speaker overlaps the stock screw holes by a milimeter or two. So I had to force the screws in at an angle. Not perfect, but it works. When I get my tax money I'm wiring them up to an amp, and I'll probably drill new holes so I have a nice solid mount.

[Sinister]

just curious how the 6x8 adapter fits...being our stock speakers are 5x7

[ccc3]

Same here... I dunno why everyone thinks our stock speakers are 6x8??? It's a pretty commonly known fact that Ford is the pioneer of 5x7 speakers... and that's what they use in every car they produce!?

[2KBlackCat]

Just looked at the latest Crutchfield magazine and they list the Cougar as having 6x8's front and back. I've not popped the door panels yet so I figured Crutchfield would know.............guess we're both wrong. ;)

[vprince]

All four speakers in the Cougar (the '99 at least) are identical 5x7's (well, mine aren't anymore...). 6x8's still fit though, since the hole is big enough to fit them and most speaker manufacturers provide screw holes to fit Ford's 5x7's in addition to the standard 6x8 screw holes.

[EWF]

Some of you guys have it completely wrong. The standard Ford speaker size for most of their products since the mid '80s is called a 6X8. This goes as far back as the Ford Mustang from the '80s when the rear speakers in the hatchback version of the Mustang were even clearly labelled, "6X8" on the speaker grille of their so called "Premium Sound System". A 5X7 speaker will fit in the Ford 6X8 cutout and is virtually the same size, so they are for most intents and purposes, frequently interchangeable.

Check this link out and look at the Contour which is the closest car on the list to our Cougar:
http://hometheater.audiovideoone.com/FORD.htm

[markc]

You can make those plates out of wood very easily.