Worked this weekend updating my car. It had a standard am/fm/cd player.
I had gone through Crutchfield and of course they don't show any 6x9's for the front doors, so I went with a RF separates system (back in the day, RF was killing it in competitions) with 6" and a 1" dome. I didn't want to go with coaxials, and wanted to put something in the dash. My original thought was to bandpass the 6's, then put 3 1/2s in the dash as I've had a similar system in the past. I almost ordered the 3/5" for the dash, but thought I would try the 1" domes that came with the 6's first.
The challenging part was the fact that the component system has the crossover for the tweeters built into the 6" speaker, so I had to run speaker wire from the door to the dash.
I found I could remove the rubber boot and there is a slot for small speaker wire to pass through (see attached pic of door connector)
The driver side was a bit more challenging since you can barely see on the inside, let alone get to the wires because the parking brake is in the way. I took a solid 12ga wire, put a hook on the end and fished the wire through.
Rockford Fosgate speakers are generally tight/stiff so it takes some EQ to get much bass out of them, but I don't really care too much about that since I'm adding a sub, which was another reason I was fine putting in 6's on the front doors.
First listen, the clarity is very good. The tweeters bouncing off the front glass is much better than having them at your knees in the doors.
I had gone through Crutchfield and of course they don't show any 6x9's for the front doors, so I went with a RF separates system (back in the day, RF was killing it in competitions) with 6" and a 1" dome. I didn't want to go with coaxials, and wanted to put something in the dash. My original thought was to bandpass the 6's, then put 3 1/2s in the dash as I've had a similar system in the past. I almost ordered the 3/5" for the dash, but thought I would try the 1" domes that came with the 6's first.
The challenging part was the fact that the component system has the crossover for the tweeters built into the 6" speaker, so I had to run speaker wire from the door to the dash.
I found I could remove the rubber boot and there is a slot for small speaker wire to pass through (see attached pic of door connector)
The driver side was a bit more challenging since you can barely see on the inside, let alone get to the wires because the parking brake is in the way. I took a solid 12ga wire, put a hook on the end and fished the wire through.
Rockford Fosgate speakers are generally tight/stiff so it takes some EQ to get much bass out of them, but I don't really care too much about that since I'm adding a sub, which was another reason I was fine putting in 6's on the front doors.
First listen, the clarity is very good. The tweeters bouncing off the front glass is much better than having them at your knees in the doors.
