I bought 2 6x9's and installed them yestorday but they dont sound all that great, what else do I need to do? I have stock everything else.

 

Most likely they need to be amplified, buy a seperate amp for your door speakers. your HU does not have enough watts to power them, so they are underpowered.

 

What kind of speakers are they?

 

They are Lightening Audio's 3-ways 225 watts

 

How many oz's are the magnets? Do they fit ok with the trunk springs? I have to buy depth extenders, cuz my 6x9's magnets are too beasty

 

I think you just answered your own question

 

Hahahaha.....Thats a real answer!

 

I listened to them before i bought them and they sounded decent and if I adjust the sound for only one side it sounds good but with them both togeather they dont sound all that. They fit but barely they have a depth of 3"and the magnets. You can see it here.
Do you think these would fit? Or this? Which would you recomend?

 

if you have a stock bose system you need to bypass the amp, otherwise you're running the new speakers at 2 ohms when they're meant to be run at 4 ohms, they could blow soon..

 

I have a '97 2.2 Premium but i read somewhere that 2.2's didnt have bose. So what do I do?

 

idk for sure on the 2.2 but i thought thepremium package included bose, it does on the 3.0.. does the head unit say bose? or the rear speaker grills from the stock speakers?

 

Dude, those are coaxial speakers, your stock bose system can't power those. They are cheap walmart speakers, but coax demands more power regardless. I'd take those back, and buy some better speakers, or wait and upgrade your head unit first. If you're not amping them, you'll at least need a better head unit.

 

Nope, nothing says bose.

What speakers would you suggest? and if I kept these speakers for now could I put an amp on it and would it work properly? are sony speakers good?

 

sony makes crap ass speakers and just really bad car audio stuff in general. I suggest you do your research of car audio brands/speakers/etc before you waste any more of your money. There was a thread not too long ago where a bunch of us suggested some brands that we all liked and thought that were good.

When you get a new sound system its hard to just buy one part, you kind of have to do it all at once. New speakers require amps, which require wiring, which require a new HU, etc, etc. You can buy each part and piece together your system little by little, but id suggest you wait till you have most everything to install it all at once

 

 

Just to add, i made the rookie mistake of buying 3way 6x9 for my 99 2.3 and man i lost ALL my bass. It bumped really nice before i switched them. but now, craptacular. Unless im listening to classical music, pisses me off.

 

Thanks everyone for your advice, I will take the crap speakers out tonight, I kinda broke the old speaker covers (any siggustions) ill try to fit them back on there. I guess i'll start savin'.

 

I suggest you go to your local audio shop and make friends w/ em. I got my Alpine Type S 6x9's for $75.00....... so not much more than what you payed at wal mart. Go and bargin w/ em. The type S's are the best for us broke Mutha FU*$ers out there ! Oh ya and take those back please!

 

[QUOTE=burtonblue75]I suggest you go to your local audio shop and make friends w/ em. QUOTE]

Make friends with a Best buy employee they get about 55% off that stuff. when my friend quit i cried a lil..

 

if you know what you want as far as brand and model, by listening to them in the stores, then check ebay and buy them there.. soo much cheaper, I'd suggest alpine type s if you're on a budget, for front and back speakers on ebay i think it'll be around $175. another tip, head unit first, then speakers. the new speakers will sound crappy if the head unit is still crappy, and the stocks sound a lot better with a new head unit.

 

clarions are dope . . .i hate two sets on my old prelude . . .they rocked out with their cocks out . . .

 

Yeah, I went to best buy today and listen to an alpine system and it was nice (expicially the subs) it sounded deep and clear. I also like it because if I get the head unit I can hook my iPod to it using the connector.

 

ya dude you should check ebay when it comes to car audio got my JL XRs from there for 200$
most stuff on there is at least 100$ cheaper than retail

 

take them shits back to walmart. get you some bostons or at least pioneer

 

Get some baffles. They're like 5-10 bucks and they give something for ur speakers to hit agianst. Check it out. They'll make ur speakers sound 5x better.
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=260-790

 

I have a 3.0 and I've been lookin into some of those Alpine type S. They're 4 ohm speakers but I heard they wouldn't drain the stock amp any more/less than the stockers. Is this true? If not what exactly would I need to do? Sry I dont know too much about it.

 

Allright I just got a job at Circuit City and now I get huge disconts espically on Kicker and Polk and Bose, what should I get out of those three? and what head unit should I get, I am leaning towards this one.

 

first buy any alpine on ebay that suits your needs, then from there-

i'd get all this stuff from circuit city, granted your getting a hookup.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Polk-...oductDetail.do
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http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Infin...oductDetail.do
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http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Infin...oductDetail.do

 

Put a 6x5 in the back? will they have to drill the holes and will I have open space on the sides of it? how do I fill that in? Can I have Circuit City put them in?

 

How are these 6x9's and will the fit? What about these 6x5's for the door? These both have very high ratings on circuitcity.com.

 

Out of the brands you listed, I'd say Polk is the best. And those 6x5's you posted are coaxial, you DO NOT want coaxial

 

do the 6x9's fit right in our stock locations, cause if its not a tight seal it will sound like shiet even with a seperate amp. you need a tight seal between the cabin and trunk or your spreakers will have no bounce.

 

who needs 6x9's?

 

 

you need a grill or sometthin

 

ya i still havent gotten my grilles yet

 

but actually what im planning to do is inset them behind the leather, and have the grill come over, and replace that part of the leather with tan grille cloth

 

been there, done that,

sounds great. im running mmatts 6.5's.. 3 10'' JL w3's, 5 Farad cap. JL 500/1

 

looks nice, but you NEED to do something about that huge ass sub box

 

im in the process brother