Replacing Speakers Up Front

[Guest DAZ1809]

right so finally i sussed out the butchered wires i found behind the dash

 

i've got my HU all in and working but only in the rear so i checked the connections in the front and found both speakers had perished

 

just need some advise on what fits as i understand there are a few varients on the 6 inch and i need to know what to buy

 

im not into anything to blow my head off, just something that will both work and fit

 

cheers for any help

 

daryl

[Jrod 7]

They are actually 13cm's so not 6 inch.

 

I had some Alpine SXE-1325S

200 Watts Peak

35 Watts RMS

 

Were plenty good enough for me and are quite cheap.

[gti-si 0]

Yeah like said there 5.25" or 13cm, not 6". Believe there exactly the same size as the rears unless you;ve fitted aftermarket 6x9's. I just went to Halfords and listened to all the 13cm speakers the had instock, bought the ones which sounded the nicest and in they went. Ended up with some nice Kenwood's for about £35, not sure which they are though

[Guest DAZ1809]

see this is why i need you knowlegable lot!

 

cheers to both ill have a little shop around see what i can find

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

mine are from theloudest.com, theyre well made and can handle whatever you throw at them but also sound good quiet aswell as loud which is nice, theyre pretty cheap and look good too (although i couldnt fit the standard grill back on after i fitted them nor the grills that came with them so there a bit naked at the moment

[timb1046 1]

i use alpine ones not sure which but they work well. i had the same problem as jonnyboy666 but remidied this by sawing/snapping 3 of the center bars off each speaker grill so the raised bit of each speaker sits out a bit. but the rest is covered and more out of veiw.

another problem i had was getting the new speaker wire through the door rubber bit that other wires go through. the easyest way i found (after a long time trying!) was a bike spoke pushed up with the wire attatced with tape. i guess a coat hanger would work just as well if you dont have spokes to hand.