just wondering if anyone could give me a couple quick tips on gettin the door panels off? im installing some 6x9 speakers this weekend..... do i just take out all the visible screws in the door panel and pop it off?

thanx- im just kinda makin sure there arent any plastic clips hiding somewhere that i might snap.....

o yea and also does anyone have any suggestions for high quality 6x9s to replace the stock ones?

 

They are held in place with plastic X-Mas style push on clips. You're going to tear them up no matter what happens. I Googled the clips a while back and found a source where I can buy a box if replacement clips for less that buying a small package of clips from someplace such as O'Reilly Auto Parts or Autozone. I will try to post the link tonight, but believe me, it's the best way to go.

 

so.... your sayin just go ahead and let them snap off, and then replace them?

 

anybody about the 6x9s? what type to put in, and they fit without modifications, right?

 

If you re-use them they won't fit nice and tight. They're basically a disposable part.

 

those clips are crapy and cant be reused like vw said...if you reused them the fit wont be tight and the door panel will ratlle everytime you hit a bumb...anoying

6X9's? 2way? 3way? are they gonna be amped? components? what are you lookin for as sound wise

alpine, infinity, pioneer, jl, ebay some 6X9's and browse through... it really depends on what you want out of the sound system..3ways will be crisp and clear 2ways will still be clear but allow some mid range to come through (more then a 3 way) a "1way" or basic speaker will be mostly for midrange .. not too great in with the higher freq's

 

Yeah your 6x9 will fit right in place. I replaced mine a few months ago. All you have to do is to take and door panel off, take four screws out of the old speakers, then pull it out, put the new ones in, and put it all back together. Its rather easy.

 

i honestly dont know what 2way and 3way and such mean..... i just want a higher quality, and louder, speakers than the stock ones.

im only gettin a headunit and the speakers, if thats what you mean by 'amped', im not gettin an amp.

shott- what do you mean by '2ways will still be clear but allow some mid range to come through'?

 

ok.. a 3 way speaker..9 times out of 10 will be a 6X9 is (also known as a compound driving speaker... as per official literature) a 6X9 speaker with 2 other small speakers or tweeters mounted on it... gives a nice crisp sound... normall used with components (external crossovers) and sometimes have deditcated wires per driver (best way to describe what a driver is .. each driver is a "speaker")

every "way" you have on a speaker denotes how many speakers are actually on THAT speaker

a 2 way menas its 2 speakers in one... the larger 6X9 driver and a smaller 1" or 1/2" tweeter driver in the center...

3 way would mean 1 larger 6X9 driver usually a 1" tweeter driver and a super tiny metal dome trashcan lid sounding 1/4" tweeter driver...

does this make any sense?

for a normal run of the mill stereo for a DD that wont be seeing any SQ shows or contests .. a single 6X9 or a 2way 6X9 would be great for your rig.. ive installed 8 4way 6X9's 10 2 way 5" and 4 1" silk dome tweets and 2 1/4" metal dome tweets in a soley designed SQ van before... with a combined 5000 watts to run just these highs and mids... it was stupid but they paid me and they won lol

somepics of 2way and 3way... ive seen 4 and 5 way speakers... but when you get that technical with 6X9's you should be in external eq's and sound computers to manage the different freq's hertz that should be sent to whatever driver should be handling... advanced SQ stuff

notice how each speaker has something jammed on the middle of it? the more crap you got in the middle usually means it has more "way" like 3 or 4 way..


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ok, yea that helps. one more question though:

whether i get 2way or 3way (after what you just described, i think im goin 2way) will any type screw right in? or when i go up to 3way does it get more complicated to install?