I have a 99 Civic. What are the watts on the factory speakers fronts (6 1/2) & rears (6x9) ?

 

Piddly.. Like under 25 watts?

Factory speakers are paper -- and replacement ones are hella cheap.

 

They are 15 watt stock in our vehicles. Same on front and rear.

... May I ask why you'd like to know?

 

New to speakers but what would be the best amount of watts and all that with a sub and an amp with a head unit. Its a 98 civic dx hatch

Thanks for all the help!

 

Watts come from the head unit. They only put out between 7 (OEM) and 15 (aftermarket) watts to each speaker. That's why a head unit always sound like shyt if you turn it up. What happens is that the signal waves are nice & round "clean" waves until the watt limit is reached (usually 50% volume). If you try to turn it up more, the waves don't get bigger, they just get squared off (clipped). This is when the music starts to sound crappy and your speaker coils start to burn. Same thing happens if you turn up the base or treble. It just causes those frequencies to clip at lower volumes. That's why people always smoke their 6x9s thinking they can bump the bass.

If you don't have a separate amplifier then it doesn't matter which speakers you use. Cheapest you can find will work perfectly fine. Just make sure they are rated at 4ohms impedance (not 8 or 2).

BTW the watts-rms of the head unit or amp is the only power rating that matters. If it doesn't say RMS, just ignore it.

PS: if you double the watts from the head unit or amp, you only increase the volume by 3 decibels. That's not a very big increase in volume. 1 decibel is the minimum amount people can tell the difference.