Speaker recomendations

[speediva]

Thanx tons everyone. I think I'm gonna take on the project, and if I definately do, I'll post back and let y'all know how it went. :flash:

[Swonder67]

All done! I installed four speakers on a P10. I went with Polk EX 652a 6.75" for the rear, and Polk EX 346 4X6" in the front. Also, while I had everything off, I went ahead and did some dynamatting. Now, sounds good, and no rattling. I've never changed the speakers before, and the whole thing took about 2 hours. It's not as hard as everyone's makin it out to be. anyway, thought I'd share that.

[greekman]

Originally posted by Swonder67
All done! I installed four speakers on a P10. I went with Polk EX 652a 6.75" for the rear, and Polk EX 346 4X6" in the front. Also, while I had everything off, I went ahead and did some dynamatting. Now, sounds good, and no rattling. I've never changed the speakers before, and the whole thing took about 2 hours. It's not as hard as everyone's makin it out to be. anyway, thought I'd share that.

good job on doing it yourself. the first time it takes a lot longer than when you get more used to doing it. i can install a deck in about a 1/2 hour now whereas when i put my first deck in it took me around 3 hrs.

congrats on the polks. do you like them? (obviously, or you wouldn't have bought them-details on +s vs. -s)

where did you dynamat? that stuff is expensive but i guess it works pretty good. i need to dynamat my trunk so it doesn't rattle.

[Swonder67]

They polks sound good, and they aren't as expensive as I thought. I just took the template that came with the speakers, and i traced it out on the dynamat, just doing that took ALOT of vibration out of the rear deck. In fact, there is no more vibration... at all. Of course, the car doesn't have a sub in it, but with just speakers, everything sounds crisp, loud, and clean.

[howard_w13]

Originally posted by Swonder67
They polks sound good, and they aren't as expensive as I thought. I just took the template that came with the speakers, and i traced it out on the dynamat, just doing that took ALOT of vibration out of the rear deck. In fact, there is no more vibration... at all. Of course, the car doesn't have a sub in it, but with just speakers, everything sounds crisp, loud, and clean.

Did you have to do any rewiring, splicing or any of that? I was gonna get new speakers front and rear and keep the stock amps, but a lot people have told me that I have to rework and rewire everything from the ground up.

[SkylinesKillAll]

if u buy 6.5s u dont need any plates. jus screw in new hols and then theres a little space left which is not a big deal b/c it gets covered over anyways and no one will ever know the difference.

[Swonder67]

you can do just the speakers without re-wiring everything. Yeah, some people say it sounds bad, but unless you're a sound junkie, and you listen carefully for every low mid and high, it sounds pretty good.

[speediva]

I successfully installed my Infinity 652i 6.5" rounds in the rear!!!

The holes in the speaker "frame" (so long as you don't use the installation rings included) line up perfectly with the former 6.75" screw holes. :licker: My ULTIMATE horror came when I realized that the actual stock speaker size was about 5.5" on a plate and my new speakers were an honest to goodness 6.5"!!!!! I got to spend an extra hour on cutting out the rear "shelf" so that the new speakers would fit through!!! Needless to say, I wasn't a happy camper when that realization came... Oh, and I forgot to re-screw the old speaker grills back on (since the new round ones show the ugly holes from the originals), so I was so angry at that point from the 5 hours I spent disassembling, installing, etc. that I velcroed the new round grills to the "shelf"!!!!!!

Anyways, everyone's help was tremendously awesome, and I was able to do the installation with only a little help from my dad and brother. Next time (if there ever is a next time after today... ) I'll be sure to take less time since I know what needs to be done.