What are the specs on the stock door speakers in a 97 5th gen? I need to replace mine.

 

Stock are 6.5", about 25 watt. Paper woofer and paper cone tweeter. What's your budget for speakers? If you're looking for something cheap but still sounds good, try some Dual speakers. $26 a set at BestBuy

 

I'll probably spend about 80 bucks on a set. Money isn't really a problem. So, 6.5" you say? I thought they were may be 6" at most.

 

Go to the nearest Electronics store that sell automotive audio and ask them, they will tell all the exact specs of back and front speakers and get you the price quotes. And then you can go around buying and installing your speakers.

 

Pretty sure they're 6.5 inch. check on crutchfield.com if you need some more info.

 

Thanks for the input guys, while I was out I headed out just to check. They're 6.5". Now I'm just gonna find some online.

 

actually i have measured mine and they are 6.25 inches. I dont know how u guys can put 6.5inch speakers in the front cause when i had my old 99 lude i had to make the speaker hole thing larger by cutting it out to fit the normal dual 6.5inch speakers. I cant see how u can put 6.5 speakers without modifications, any input would be great (sorry for hijacking )

 

i gots some 160 watt pioneers for $40 a pair, i bought 2 pairs, the stock ones were toasted and sounded horrible

 

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Well.. The 4th Gen door Speakers are 6.5" also.. When I install new speakers they were the same diameter, but the depth is the problem.. The stock speakers are just cheap, low power speakers.. Have a much smaller magnet and what not in them. But most (Decent at least) aftermarket speakers have bigger magnets which cause more depth and also more power..
And yes, the stock speakers were problem at least a full inch if not more smaller, depth wise, than my Sony speakers.. What you have to do is... There is a "Cup" (At least for my 4th Gen) that the stock speakers sit in.. You will have to cut out the center of it so the new speaker can fit through the "Cup." As you need the "Cup," or well, you could do without it, but it makes it much easier installing it with the "Cup," otherwise you might have to make new mounting holes..
^^I could be wrong on the last part, it's been awhile, but I think that's right..

Anyways, just take off your door panel and look at it, you'll see what I'm talking about and it'll make it much more understandable..

 

I have Pioneers, so I'm assuming thats not stock.. lol. Didn't do the mod, but I'm eyeing a set of Alpine Type-s because the right one is blown.

 

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Well.. The 4th Gen door Speakers are 6.5" also.. When I install new speakers they were the same diameter, but the depth is the problem.. The stock speakers are just cheap, low power speakers.. Have a much smaller magnet and what not in them. But most (Decent at least) aftermarket speakers have bigger magnets which cause more depth and also more power..
And yes, the stock speakers were problem at least a full inch if not more smaller, depth wise, than my Sony speakers.. What you have to do is... There is a "Cup" (At least for my 4th Gen) that the stock speakers sit in.. You will have to cut out the center of it so the new speaker can fit through the "Cup." As you need the "Cup," or well, you could do without it, but it makes it much easier installing it with the "Cup," otherwise you might have to make new mounting holes..
^^I could be wrong on the last part, it's been awhile, but I think that's right..

Anyways, just take off your door panel and look at it, you'll see what I'm talking about and it'll make it much more understandable.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

did the same thing with the cups. preludes are 6.5" all 'round


Modified by darkspector2.0 at 1:13 AM 8/6/2006

 

Guys nice post i was going to ask this sooner or later, on my 93 prelude all my speakers are so old that they sound so shity and they all ripped i checked, so i need to get the front ones both so as the back both and the middle and i was going to ask for the size of the back ones sense we already know the front is 6'5 and the back look kind of the same looks round and the middle, any suggestions on it?

 

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am i correct on thinking 5th gens came with some supposedly amazing bose sound system, because in my trunk there is loads of crap like an amp and some coils but my audio still distorts with the standard setup

 

if you want good cheap speakers, go to like a sony factory store or something. i got speakers that sell for 90 at best buy for 40.

 

I got some Sony x-ploders, they blew after no time
with just a Pioneer head unit

 

Heh.. When I got my car I didn't have rear speakers, my drivers side was blown, and the passenger was ok..

I believe the 5th Gens have 6"x9"s in the rear?? Or they can... I've read of people that have them there at least...
But yea, 4th Gen I know for sure have 6.5" all around, and the VTEC Sub is 6"x9."

Search the net, it's easy to find the Speakers for half their Retail price..

The head unit I bought was $370 retail, I bought it for $220.
The Speakers were $100 a pair, I bought two pair for $45 each.
Then I installed it all myself... I saved at least $250, plus more if I had them installed by a car radio shop..

Well, maybe a little less.. I did have to buy the connectors for all four speakers.. The Dash Kit, and Spacers for the Rear Speakers.. So maybe $200 plus..

And that's another thing.. If you get aftermarket speakers for the rear, they're not gonna fit, even if they're 6"x9"s, they won't fit without spacers..

 

I think without modification the best speaker that fit a 4th gen are polk DB6500 components. I have them in my 4th gen and they sound perfect, clear highs, decent midbass, I haven't mounted the rear tweeters anywhere yet but it still soudns good. they are running off a kenwood kdc mpv 619 HU which i think puts out 45w max per channel and the speakers can take i believe 100 or 150. I got them for buy one get one half off at crutchfield and they have me a free year subscription to road and track magazine and all the connectors I needed for installation. if you can afford these, get them.

 

I got the exact same set-up. I'm happy so far. No probs. The sony x-plode speakers cant handle ALL the power coming from my Alpine though.

 

you can also go to the audio forum and they have lots of dealers in there

 

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there's an audio forum???

 

go to the main page and scroll down

 

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5th gens come with 6 1/2 for the fronts and 6x9 for the rears.

 

anybody running components?