mark
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So I know squat about Car Stereo stuff, never got into it as a teen even though I knew tons of friends that were.
The driver's side door speaker in my Silverado has gone out again. Just over a year on a "GM" replacement from Amazon. Turns out the rear driver's side is out as well and pretty sure the front door tweeter has been out for a long time as well. Rather than another $25 replacement, plus $40-something for the rear plus whatever the tweeter is etc, I think I'm going to go aftermarket. Amazon is full of "good deals" but I'm looking at at Rockford Fosgate 3-way for the front and possibly the rear. Reviews are good and sounds like they may go 1/2 off around Black Friday. A company called "Harmony" also has a 4-speaker package for around the some $ with good sound quality reviews (but I have to pick the kit carefully as the 'silverado' kit has the wrong rear speakers).
Ok, enough pre-ramble, question(s):
1) The factory front speakers are a 6" and Tweeter combo. So if I go with a 3-way main speaker and eliminate the tweeter do I have to modify the wiring at all? Looks like a Gray and Brown 2-wire to the main speaker, and a similar looking Gray/Brown to the tweeter. Do I just leave the old tweeter wires to dangle and assume the 2-wire feeding the new 3-way will take car of everything?
2) The factory rear speaker is a 8-ohm, the replacement front speaker was a 4-ohm, other than that the two speakers truly look identical other than the front speaker has some special clips to hold it in and the connectors are 90-degrees from each other. I'd have to tear the passenger side apart to see if the original factory front speaker was a 8-ohm or 4-ohm. Little internet research goes from the ohms don't mater to you'll blow up your amp. I'm using the factory GM head-unit (nothing special). The replacement aftermarket speakers seem to be all 4-ohm units. Do I have to worry about anything? I don't think I've every really cranked it up past middle volume, not because I don't want to, but its always been loud enough and the speakers can't handle much beyond that (sounds quality drops fast)
So to make all that shorter, am I pretty safe putting just about any aftermarket, 2/3-way speaker in or do I need to be more picky? Only other thought would be if there was any reason not to put the same speaker in all 4 doors and be done. I just want complete sounds back, and for more than a year.
The driver's side door speaker in my Silverado has gone out again. Just over a year on a "GM" replacement from Amazon. Turns out the rear driver's side is out as well and pretty sure the front door tweeter has been out for a long time as well. Rather than another $25 replacement, plus $40-something for the rear plus whatever the tweeter is etc, I think I'm going to go aftermarket. Amazon is full of "good deals" but I'm looking at at Rockford Fosgate 3-way for the front and possibly the rear. Reviews are good and sounds like they may go 1/2 off around Black Friday. A company called "Harmony" also has a 4-speaker package for around the some $ with good sound quality reviews (but I have to pick the kit carefully as the 'silverado' kit has the wrong rear speakers).
Ok, enough pre-ramble, question(s):
1) The factory front speakers are a 6" and Tweeter combo. So if I go with a 3-way main speaker and eliminate the tweeter do I have to modify the wiring at all? Looks like a Gray and Brown 2-wire to the main speaker, and a similar looking Gray/Brown to the tweeter. Do I just leave the old tweeter wires to dangle and assume the 2-wire feeding the new 3-way will take car of everything?
2) The factory rear speaker is a 8-ohm, the replacement front speaker was a 4-ohm, other than that the two speakers truly look identical other than the front speaker has some special clips to hold it in and the connectors are 90-degrees from each other. I'd have to tear the passenger side apart to see if the original factory front speaker was a 8-ohm or 4-ohm. Little internet research goes from the ohms don't mater to you'll blow up your amp. I'm using the factory GM head-unit (nothing special). The replacement aftermarket speakers seem to be all 4-ohm units. Do I have to worry about anything? I don't think I've every really cranked it up past middle volume, not because I don't want to, but its always been loud enough and the speakers can't handle much beyond that (sounds quality drops fast)
So to make all that shorter, am I pretty safe putting just about any aftermarket, 2/3-way speaker in or do I need to be more picky? Only other thought would be if there was any reason not to put the same speaker in all 4 doors and be done. I just want complete sounds back, and for more than a year.