moneyfornothing

Looking to swap out the door speakers ( probably leave the tweeters? thoughts? ), and either disconnect the 6x9's and add a sub, or swap out the 6x9's for something better and add a sub for those. Probably add a sub for the door speakers as well. So two sub's, four to six new speakers, and possibly another sub.

Has anyone had a system installed. I used to do this way back in the day, but I would rather just pay the money and have it done. Thanks!!

adiofidelity

I recently got my door speakers changed out to Memphis 6.5's and added an amp to improve the sound in my car. I spent around $200 on the speakers and $100 on the install. The expensive part is when adding an amp, it is a very time consuming process and costed me around $100 in labor and $200 for the amp.
$200 in labor IMO wasn't too bad at all since it took literally 7 hours for the guy to install both the speakers and amp. That's like $30/hr
I would suggest calling all the local shops within a 10 mile radius to find the best installation deal and buy the parts off amazon or anywhere else.

As for the sub, I have yet to install one, but definitely will be in the near future. Every shop I asked recommended to disconnect the 6x9's and add a 10" sub. I wish I just went ahead and got a 5 channel amp so I can easily connect a sub, but now have to buy a separate amp to power a sub on top of my 4 channel amp.

moneyfornothing

They qouted me almost $1700. 5 channel Kenwood amp which would power two new speakers in the front, two new speakers in the door, and also the 6x9's. I think I would probably prefer the 6x9's be replaced as well. If the 6x9's didnt provide the kick I need, then the amp would power the sub.

They also suggessted a CleanSweep unit to counteract the head unit adjusting the signal above the 20 volume level.

The labor was $350 for the four speakers, the CleanSweep, and the amp.

adiofidelity

Did the CleanSweep help with sound? Can you elaborate on what it does?

moneyfornothing

Not sure what exactly it does. The tech told me when you push the factory system past 20, it will take out bass and highs, and add midrange, so you will not blow your speakers. ( I noticed when you do push the system past 20, it does gradually sound worse). The Clean Sweep will counteract that.

http://www.jlaudio.com/car-audio-oem...em-integration