11-30-2020, 02:23 PM | #1 |
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Advice Replacing Rear Deck 6x9 non BA
Is it worth the hassle and probably a couple days of bloody knuckles and sweat to replace the rear deck speakers? I've watched the You Tube videos and don't mind taking my time doing projects. Last Winter was replacing back seat foam and broken back spring in driver seat...never did upholstery before, turned out great. I'm considering the Rockford Fosgate 3way speaker from Crutchfield because they include the speaker mounting bracket. Has anyone used this bracket before? I've got RF in the doors and an RF powered sub so I'm content with the power just don't like those cheap paper dual cone factory speakers in the rear. Has anyone mounted the replacement speakers from the bottom before? Wouldn't this make more sense? Thanks in advance for your feedback.
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11-30-2020, 06:32 PM | #2 |
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No sure about the RF but I have replaced my rear speakers. It took me about 2 hours or so to get them replaced and everything back together. It isn’t that bad of a job.
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11-30-2020, 08:57 PM | #3 |
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Can’t be done from the bottom without cutting the metal. Really not to bad. The hard part for me was getting the rear deck plastic back in place with the new speakers. The speakers had a little higher clearance that the stock. I now have a small vibration in the plastic on certain songs. One day I will have a reason to go back in there are make it fit right.
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12-03-2020, 09:18 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for the feedback. I ordered the 6x9's and will plan to use some foam padding to hopefully eliminate and rattle. In our past Dodge Caliber I replaced the speakers which remarkably took 6x9's in each of the 4 doors. I replaced with more efficient 3way speakers and it was like I added an amp with 100% improvement in sound, ie. bass and mids and incredible high detail.
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12-03-2020, 01:58 PM | #5 |
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You will be pleased. Well worth the trouble.
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12-03-2020, 06:55 PM | #6 |
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Agreed, the BA is a terrible system.
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12-04-2020, 09:45 AM | #7 |
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But I would not have went with 6x9s. I bought the adapters and went to round speakers. So much better than the outdated concept of 6x9 speakers.
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04-01-2021, 08:38 AM | #8 |
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Update, installed mine the other day. Took a total of 6 hours start to finish, took my time, wasn't really that difficult, just hard to climb in and out of back seat 20x. Took the advice of a You Tube video and cut the factory speaker brackets off for the speaker wire connection. Bonus - found my prescription Ray Ban glasses under the back seat, been missing for 2 years! When taking back seat out I unbolted the assembly instead of trying use the seat clips... much faster.
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04-01-2021, 10:57 PM | #9 |
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Agreed, and adapters also stiffen the rear tray that typically will vibrate.
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Yes, just did this
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04-05-2021, 06:58 AM | #11 |
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Coltons Dad, yes, I went with Crutchfield as well. Nice brackets included. I added rubber weather stripping to the top and bottom of the brackets in case there was any vibration. So far so good. Rockford Fosgate all the way around including powered Sub in trunk.
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deck, the shape of the sound is changed as soon as it reflects off the rear glass. Not to mention, tempered glass with the plastic lining. Doors? yeah, wide open firing at tour ankles... DECK? Nope, the glass will also cause decibel loss. The argument is that a round speaker is more rigid than an oval one and so it wont distort as easily. While that's true, a quality manufacturer can easily make a plenty rigid oval cone that wont distort and you get plenty of clean sound with the added cone area and low frequency response of a 6x9. Factory speakers usually do not have a ridged cone, where as the BA ones actually do. Bottom line is, if you're wanting a really cheap speaker, then get the round one. If you're willing to pay more for some speakers, get a quality made set of 6x9's and enjoy. |
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