Now that I have my ipod hooked up, I'm looking to upgrade the speakers. I don't want to spend a ton and don't want to give up the trunk space for a sub (am I the only one who thinks the OEM "sub" is worthless)? Anyhow... I know I could go with 6.5" components, but I was wondering if 6x8" components would fit in the front doors? I thought I might get a little more bass that way.
Thanks for the help!

 

I'm with you on the worthless, but for my priorities concern, I'm ok with it. I'm sure you can upgrade your speakers to a better brand and still be able to use the same wires, as long as the speaker fits and has the same amount of channels. Be mindful that if you change your front speakers you are going to have a better sound quality on the front than on the rear, and that's going to bug you or sound weird. If I were to upgrade my system I would do all of the speakers including tweeters, in that way you have a much better consistency of sound and you can set it up however you want it.

 

Anyone know if the factory components are using a crossover or if they're just receiving full range output?

 

I think the only one that's using a Crossover is the Bose system, the regular should be full range, but I might be wrong. I just know that the Bose uses an amp that's on the back of the passenger side rear seat towards the sidewall.

 

you don't always have to give up trunk space for a sub....

 

stock subs is worthless if u wanna be heard. Crusing around it sounded not half bad. But once u throw some subs in and some mids u car will be blaring. scskim where do u ground ur amp mounted up there cuz ive been considering mounting my amp up there to get a bigger box in the car but i dont want to have a long ground wire that will lose power to the amp.

 

used a 3 ft ground, mounted it on some preexisting bolts between the sub and amp. you could ground on the place where i mounted the amp, however

 

yea cuz when i first had my amp installed the guy who did it totally botched the job. The ground wire was first a 8 gauge wire pushing over 1000 watts. my amp would shut off constantly. I had to replace the ground and shortn it and man talk about a night and day difference. Nice sleek install though scskim. Ive always contemplated the fiberglass box but always been a bit wary.