Looking for input on 6x9's

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » February 1st, 2005, 3:28 pm

I am getting rid of my subs and getting a good set of 6x9's and am going to amplify them with a rockford 150S amp. Just looking to see what people recommend, i want them to sound clean and crisp with really nice bass.

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » February 1st, 2005, 4:21 pm

just out of curiousity, where are you going to mount them?

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » February 1st, 2005, 4:57 pm

I am either gonna make a durable cargo cover and mount them in that, or from what i understand it is fairly simple to mount them in the stock hole with a little cutting (though i dont know if that is for the 93 style or 94 style, if there is any difference in the speaker housings). I am gonna size it up in the next couple days to see what my best option is.

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » February 1st, 2005, 6:30 pm

i tried sizing up the 6x9's and they didn't seem like they would fit in the rear speaker holes (even if the hole was cut). i cut out a template of 6x9's and my assesment is that they wouldn't fit, but then again, people claim that this is some extremely easy project to do... interesting to note, however, is that i have never seen any photos from all these people who have done it "so easily"

with all of that said, i went out and bought a good pair of pioneer speakers that were 6 1/2"

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » February 2nd, 2005, 1:08 am

I believe if you mount them on top of the stock rear locations they'll fit. Youd have to put some holes into them obviously. I considdered doing this, but opted to get the right size instead

n_o_s_21 · Post by **n_o_s_21** » February 2nd, 2005, 1:22 am

if you do manage to get 6x9's in, I recomend kicker free-air 6x9 woofers. They first came out in 1997, and are very wicked mid-bass speakers

mrspanky79 · Post by **mrspanky79** » February 2nd, 2005, 12:34 pm

mxmaz if your in the ontario pm i have cargo cover you might be interested in.

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » February 2nd, 2005, 7:23 pm

mrspanky79 wrote:mxmaz if your in the ontario pm i have cargo cover you might be interested in.

No i am in Newfoundland

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » February 3rd, 2005, 12:49 am

agreed....unless you make enclosures for the 6x9's, get some free-air ones.

if you aren't will to do either, just get 6.5's and put em in teh stock locations. The rear trunk panel makes a semi-enclosure for the 6.5's and will sound good. I have my trunk panel full of cotton on both sides w/my component 6.5's and the midbass is damn good.

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » February 3rd, 2005, 10:26 am

My buddy gave me his 6.5's to try in the back of my car and i cant seem to get them to work when i hook them up to my amp. And when i hook them up to the stock wiring, they are not very loud. Even when im standing directly over them they are not loud. Then i tried them in the front and they worked fine. When i hook them to the amp in the back, I just hear the speakers rattling but there is no sound coming out of them. But when i hook the subs back up to the amp they work fine. I switced the amp to the hp setting when trying to play the speakers. Anyone know what the problem is?

MX-SLICK · Post by **MX-SLICK** » February 5th, 2005, 1:12 am

you will be dissapointed with 6x9's unless they are in a sealed box.

MX-SLICK · Post by **MX-SLICK** » February 5th, 2005, 1:15 am

mxmaz wrote:My buddy gave me his 6.5's to try in the back of my car and i cant seem to get them to work when i hook them up to my amp. And when i hook them up to the stock wiring, they are not very loud. Even when im standing directly over them they are not loud. Then i tried them in the front and they worked fine. When i hook them to the amp in the back, I just hear the speakers rattling but there is no sound coming out of them. But when i hook the subs back up to the amp they work fine. I switced the amp to the hp setting when trying to play the speakers. Anyone know what the problem is?

Re wire your rear speakers with fresh speaker wire.

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » February 5th, 2005, 9:39 am

Yeah i had new speaker wire running from the 6.5's tp the amp, and they were making this loud buzzing noise and were constantly bouncing.

n_o_s_21 · Post by **n_o_s_21** » February 5th, 2005, 1:10 pm

do you have a deck that runs an internal cross ovr too? I know if a deck has sub outs, it usually has a built in crossover, thus causing the same effect as a sub

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » February 5th, 2005, 6:48 pm

n_o_s_21 wrote:do you have a deck that runs an internal cross ovr too? I know if a deck has sub outs, it usually has a built in crossover, thus causing the same effect as a sub

That being the case what would the proper way to hook them up to the amp be?