Hi im planning to buy a new system for my car i know the stock speaker size is 5 1/4 for the front and 6 1/2 for the rear but i went to a few websites and they said i can use 6 1/2 all around has anyone tried this? also what speakers are you guys using i have 4 pioneer speakers now and 2 alpine tweeters but im planning to get boston speakers cause i heard them today and they sound great! thanks for the responces in advance guys.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dtrtw &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi im planning to buy a new system for my car i know the stock speaker size is 5 1/4 for the front and 6 1/2 for the rear but i went to a few websites and they said i can use 6 1/2 all around has anyone tried this? also what speakers are you guys using i have 4 pioneer speakers now and 2 alpine tweeters but im planning to get boston speakers cause i heard them today and they sound great! thanks for the responces in advance guys.</TD></TR></TABLE> They are standerd 6.5" all the way around, I have 4 x 6.5" Eclipse 2ways in my 94 LS, they fit the stock speaker mounts, before I did some custom work, [for better sound] don't forget it's a standerd 6.5" not the new oversized ones, and mounting depth is an issue, pull one of the rear ones, [ the grill is removable] and take it with you when you go and pick out a set, or you will be doing custom work, although custom work will allow you to install bigger speakers and get much better sound, feel free to IM me if you have a Q as we both own 94 LSs. 94

 

cool thnaks what's your IM screen name?

 

I got 6 1/2 fosgates in front of my 97 ls and they fit fine with spacers.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dtrtw &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cool thnaks what's your IM screen name?</TD></TR></TABLE>The same, just click on it and it will take you there. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dtrtw &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi im planning to buy a new system for my car i know the stock speaker size is 5 1/4 for the front and 6 1/2 for the rear but i went to a few websites and they said i can use 6 1/2 all around has anyone tried this? also what speakers are you guys using i have 4 pioneer speakers now and 2 alpine tweeters but im planning to get boston speakers cause i heard them today and they sound great! thanks for the responces in advance guys.</TD></TR></TABLE>

technically it's a "6" even though everyone says it's a "6.5". a 5.25" will work with some manipulation, and a full 6.5 will work with some spacer rings assuming you have the room.

 

thanks im oging to go with a 6" in the front and a 6.5 in the rear boston speakers are good? anyone?

 

Boston's jam hard...I dig them...I sell other brands...so I can't have them .

 

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technically it's a "6" even though everyone says it's a "6.5". a 5.25" will work with some manipulation, and a full 6.5 will work with some spacer rings assuming you have the room. </TD></TR></TABLE>It's a standard 6.5" front and rear, Honda/Acura has been using them since they switched from there "standard" 4" speakers, they also use a "standard" 6x9 in some of ther cars, Teg 4 doors and some Civics and so on.

Its only over the last 5 years or so the speaker manufacturers, [Alpine, Pioneer, Panasonic] and the rest have started making 6.5" speaker that are bigger then the standard 6.5", [mounting hole bigger then 5"]

Back in the "old" days unless you got MB quart or one of the other Euro speakers, here in north america , [what was used in NA cars] you could get
1- 3.5" kitty corner mount
2- 4" square 4 hole mount
3- 4x6" rectangle 4 hole mount
4- 5.25" square 4 hole mount
5- 6.5" round 3, 4 or 6 hole mount
6- 4x10" rectangle 4 hole mount
7- 5x7" rectangle 4 hole mount [ Chry.]
8- 6x8" rectangle 4 hole mount [ Ford ]
9- 6x9" rectangle 4 hole mount
No matter who the manufacture was they all had cone sizes that were the same and the baskets were all within 1/8" of each other.
All these speakers are still used today in north american and import cars, the fact that car audio speaker manufactures are making speakers that are bigger, [6.5"] and still calling them 6.5" is what is confusing the buyer. only made more confusing because some manufactures still make a standard 6.5" and call it that.

One more thing, check the size of the cone of any of the above speakers or the speaker itself and try and figure out how they came up with the sizes, [a lot of rounding off, up and down]. nuff said. 94

 

seriously, you need to look into teaching seminars or something...you speak/write this stuff with patience and clarity that I don't dream of! Move over Eddy Kay!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DAantagonist &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">seriously, you need to look into teaching seminars or something...you speak/write this stuff with patience and clarity that I don't dream of! Move over Eddy Kay!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>LOL.... after 30 some years of installing, the last 15 or so as an install superviser, training installers and running a shop, and having a stroke, [last month] H/T is all the teaching I want to do, but TY anyway. 94


Modified by fcm at 7:39 PM 4/7/2005

 

yo can you teach me how to build a killer system that poeple will hear me down the block i know it has something to do with the equipment but if 2 people had the same equipment one is going to sound better than the other cause the installer is nicer im willing to learn whatever you going to teach thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dtrtw &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yo can you teach me how to build a killer system that poeple will hear me down the block i know it has something to do with the equipment but if 2 people had the same equipment one is going to sound better than the other cause the installer is nicer im willing to learn whatever you going to teach thanks</TD></TR></TABLE> How much money you got? and do you just want people to hear it down the block, [cheap and easy] or do you want to have some SQ, [ costs more and is harder to do] or do you want a good sounding system, SQ, that people can hear down the block, [ much more expensive and a lot more work] and it will be heard down the block, but will only sound good in the car. 94