the rear speakers in my TII are gone (don't know why, previous owner stuff...)

I'd like to get some speakers back there. Nothing fancy or loud. I just want something close to the OEM specs for a decent price.

so, i know nothing about adio equipment and was wondering what, if any, guildines I should follow when buying the speakers. Are they subwoofers back there? should I make sure the speaker is a certain type? Any help and info is appreciated.

 

Mine came with 4 inch speakers in the strut tower. I cut the speaker surround bracket and put 6.5's and they sound really good.

 

that means absolutelely nothing to me. Sorry but I just don't understand audio equipment. are the speakers supposed to be sub woofers? am I going to have a problem with wiring or anything?

 

oh and if it helps any, I'm looking to spend under $100 for the two speakers. Any info or suggestions?

 

If you want something that is close to stock you could easily get a pair of speakers for under $50. They are not supposed to be sub woofers. 6.5 inch speakers are what you will be looking for, that is the stock size. there should be two wires back there that plug onto the terminals on the back of speaker. Most speakers come with wires incase you need to re-run the wires, but I doubt that is needed. Don't be suckered into big brands like Kenwood, Alpine, Rockford Fosgate, Sony or anything like that. Lower quality or even knock off brands like Legacy, Rockwood, Kenford or Pyramid are low price and still better than what came in the car stock.

*EDIT*
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=18799
Those are some on ebay Explosion (a Sony Xplod knock-off) for buy it now 12.95/pair + $16 for shipping. The shipping charge is pure BS, but you still get a pair of speakers that I guarantee will sound better than stock for $29.

 

I recommend:

www.crutchfield.com

You can put your vehicle make/model/year and they will give you a list of what plugs right in.

 

www.millionbuy.com <--- they have audio stuff real cheap and great products.

and the speakers are plug and play. just remove the cover, its like 4 small screws, and its 2 wires. just swap and your done.

 

Well just about anything you can buy will be better than the stock speakers.

If you really don't care a whole heck of a lot about it, I'd go to www.crutchfield.com as someone above mentioned and pick up some 6 1/2" speakers that aren't too expensive. Pioneer usually has speakers that are good OEM replacements. Not great, but better than the cheap crap for a good price, and crutchfield will give you free speaker adapters for the FC.

 

I just got a pair of nice 4inch Pionner 100watt two way speakers for $20 bux used for 2 months. I'm looking for 6 1/2 for the rear right now. I recommend Crutchfield because they have very good business. I got my Sony MD deck and CD changer from them.

 

I just ordered a set of these to replace those telephone speakers that are in there now.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-P5jV6q2...=1&cc=01&avf=Y


Thought about picking up these but I was feeling cheap.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-WN04ZSf...=1&cc=01&avf=Y

 

Those are sweet, I might be picking those to match with the one i have. Here's my speaker I just got for $20 dollars.

 

I have $0 in my front/rear speakers.

Went to a junkyard, and was scrounging through Supras and Celicas and stuff.
Came across some damn good stuff.
Infinity Reference 4.5s for the front (2-pair, gave one pair to a friend)
and some weird looking speakers for the back. not bad though for free.
Try going to a junkyard and looking through ricey cars. You'll be surprised.
Also, most newer cars 98+ have decent stock speakers.

 

I just went out to best buy and got some 5.25" pioneer speakers. The return policy was good so I figured I'd try them. $50 later, I'm pleased. They're not great, but I just wanted a basic stereo. Thanks for the advice.

 

hey are there some plates that are supposed to be in there? because my speakers are just sorta sittin in there. previous owner didnt have anything there so i threw some MB Quart 6x9s in the space. if there is supposed to be some kind of holder in there where can i get it?

 

i never thought about looking for speakers and what not in a junkyard.. all the junkyards near me have cars 92 and down.. mostly 88 and down tho.

there is a new one that is 2000 and down tho but there only open 3 days a week and there all the days i have work

 

So 6x9s fit in the rear towers?

 

I have learned that you get what you pay for.
so from experience the infinity Kappa series sounds great, much better than any pioneer.

ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=58025

crutchfield

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-EX5rurP...=0&cc=01&avf=N

 

www.crutchfield.com sells a 6.5" adapter for your rear speakers to fit in strut towers. They also sell adapters so you don't have to cut any of the OEM wiring.

For front door speakers you might have to buy some additional spacers for the power window to clear.

 

the adapters crutchfield gives you for the rears are GARBAGE. you can make a better piece from any crafts store and a few simple arts/crafts tools. they use some kind of flexy board that squeaks and distorts under deep bass (which our car lacks anyway). I made my own out of a stiffer piece of board and used some dynamat...done

 

agreeded, but the series V's don't have the speaker tubs like the S4s, just OEM sealed rear speakers. So you'll probably end up using foam bezzels either way with aftermarket speakers to seal up the speakers since the rear towers aren't sealed (it would be a PITA to try).

Since you wont get any bass from the rear speakers with foam bezzels, the plastic adapters make sense

 

bump from 2 months ago!

anyways now it's my turn to get some better rear speakers for my 91 coupe. I went to Circuit City to listen to the speakers they have available, and out of their selections, the 6.5" Infinity Reference speakers sound the best, clear sound throughout the whole sound range, plus a decent bass.

my question is, for the asking price of these Infinity References ($99), can anyone recommend something that they consider to be superior speakers for the price??

 

Check out the MB Quart Discus series...they sound awesome and are affordable.

-Joe

 

DONT go crutchfield, most of the stuff is overpriced
instead go to onlinecarstereo.com

its cheaper and theres 10x the selection
personally i have pioneer 3 ways, cheap and they sound good, heres the references for $70
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...roductID=13340

the mbquarts are 100 and they do sound pretty good:
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...roductID=13540

 

This is pretty much what I did for my car...

I made a couple of adapter rings and installed 6-1/2" Boston Acoustics, really helped to fill out the rear sound.

As for the front, I needed to make spacers about 5/8" thick to help the magnet on the 6-1/2" oversize Pioneer speakers clear the window glass (in the down position).

I did add some other speakers as well: 1" pure carbon dome tweeters on the dash and 4" mids in the dash.

Next up: a 10" sub in the spare tire well to take advantage of the hatch glass (like a loaded horn), for some bottom end punch!

 

these are great i got these in one of my cars good bass and sound http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...701457040&rd=1