I'll second what TREK said. Polk speakers are high quality & reliable.
I'll second what TREK said. Polk speakers are high quality & reliable.
It is a real bear back there.Personally with the time involved, do it all at once is my advice. Polk audio rocks. dont bother with 4" unless speakers is the only upgrade you plan. Just modify the metal bracket under the rear interior to mount 6.5". I just cut a section out of the middle and widened the hole. Then, youll have 4 6.5" speakers. You could also just buy 4 of the same 6.5" components, mount the front tweets where the stock tweeters are, and in the back you can run the wire behind the paneling and have them hang out above the black trim above the rear door and face them forward discreetly using velcro to mount them. No holes drilled. I also second the dynamat, etc. but I didnt have the funds or time when I did mine.
Shouldn't take more than 3 hours for just the speaker swap. However, the rear speaker placement is really inferior. If you have the time, I would also build a box, dynamat, or something to get the sound out from behind the rear panel. I imagine 50% of the sound is lost in there. Its basically an free-air speaker.
Definately think I will go with 4 6.5's Polks as well and ready to move on this project. Any rec on need for amp, or will stock deck push Polk speakers or maybe just a new deck with built in amp?
I'd love to see the mount before I tear the interior out, but I'm pretty creative...I'm thinking a little tweaking, get a pair of six an a halfs in there.. and Dynamat the whole mess while I have the sides and headliner out. Couple of extra pounds won't really matter...the seats have never been in, so I'm still ahead. The rest is just brand name
and here is a pic of the rear speaker mount with a 6.5" speaker in there
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Do the front door speakers need to be shallow mount? I want the Polks but what series should I focus on? I was leaning toward db651's 6.5's all the way around. Liiks like crutchfield indicates fronts need to be shallow mount. Any suggestions on series of Polks?
these mount with no mods in the front door. they arent polks but, they are pretty close to top of the line.
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...263623,00.html
i get them for $350+shipping all day long
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