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Hey guys. I was thinking about getting a set of these Lotus References for the new Explorer.

http://www.mobilesq.com/store/product_i ... ucts_id=29

Couple questions:

1) Will these things fit in a 2003 4 dr Explorer w/o a whole lot of modification? The guys at Sound Advice said it would probably be no problem as they've installed Focal Utopias in the same vehicle and that they'd do the job for about $125. Me, I'm not too impressed with their knowledge as I purchased my 5 1/4" MB Quart Q's from them after being assured that the 6 1/2's would fit in my old 96 Explorer when they would not. I've been suffering from a lack of midbass ever since. I thought I'd see if I could get some verification this time around before making the plunge.

2) Metal tweets? Its says on that website that fabric tweets are the only(?) option, but I've heard of these components coming with metal tweets. I guess I could always get a pair of the Focals, but with 6 years of MB Quart use, "bright" tweets are the last thing I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance.

-Dwight

Answered on the Ecoustics forum, I'll just cut and paste:

They should fit in the door spots pretty easily. You'd want an MDF/Plywood ring there anyway and there's room to work with, no reason that they couldn't adapt it to fit a 7" there.

The metal tweets from that set are smoother than the Quart tweets. But if you're worried about brightness/harshness, the fabrics would be your better bet.

Dunno why the metals aren't an option at the moment, perhaps they're out of stock for a bit? You can email Eng and Leon and they'll fill you in, great guys to deal with.