Wow I finally got one side done with my new component speakers, the sound difference is incredible. I finally found some metal to make the plates from



Actually that was in my yard, why? who the hell knows, I just use what I find :0



Right now it's only powered from the head unit, but I can turn it all the way up all on that speaker and only the head unit starts to distort at the top. Amazing. Oh they are a set of alpine type R 176A. I would recommend em to anyone.

 

Nice job!
I don't know if I'd have put the tweeters there but hey, its your ride.
Seriously though, nice install job.

 

Yeah I know the tweeter location isn't ideal but they can be rotated somewhat forward, and I plan to put another pair of these speaks up front in kicks.

 

ooooh pretty... how much?? i was thinking of audiobahn 6.5s with tweets there with kicks in the front but price and general chatter has swayed me from that

 

Yeah they do look trick, I am debating cutting a hole for them and buying some cool looking grilles.

Speaks cost 140ish bux, came with crossover, wire, I was pretty impressed, the only thing is the retaining clips they give you are a joke, I had to buy some real ones.

Free aluminum plate, but I had to buy a jigsaw

 

dayam the audiobahns i was lookin at were freakin $400 buck for 5.25" with tweets and xover.... although these are brand new 2004 model stufff...

get something that will either show off ur speaks or hide them to look stock cuz ppl steal. :P

 

i may get alpine for my kicks.. semms like $300 cheaper is a good idea.. maybe ill get a nos kit with that much..



edit: i just looked up the alpine set... not really what im looking for... mine are $300 moer cuz they handle like 70 more watts rms...oh well

 

nice speakers. nice mount. are they amped?

 

ive found that when it comes to components there is a great difference in quality between the $100-200 stuff and the $200+ stuff. thats not to say those audiobahns you speak of will sound better than his type r's but its just from my experiences.

if you're looking into components i suggest viper, orion hcca, cadence, or if you have the money go with rainbow

 

I'd be willing to be that you could get a HUGE improvement in sound quality by replacing those tin baffles with MDF baffles. Those metal baffles are going to resonate like a ****.

 

just put kicks in there somewhere.. make a box for each rear component that you can mount in the rear just b4 the dip.. seal it good and angle it towards the front and crisscrossing so that the left channel fires at the passenger and the right one fires at the driver.

 

There's nothing wrong with the location... just the baffle.

 

actually ask ur rear seat passengers they will diasgree... if they arent deaf from teh speakers blasting into their ears..

 

Type R components are retarded loud. I am running a full set and couldnt be happier. I'm running the entire set from an Alpine MRV class amp. I can have the T-tops in the trash, windows down going down the highway and still hear everything clear as day.

 

i wish i nkew some one so i could demo them... but hey $120 bucks i think i can bite it and go for them..

 

To answer some questions and comments.

They aren't amped yet, looking for a decent qualty 50wx4 amp haven't decided yet. I'm suprised how loud they are at like <18watts can't imagine what it's going to sound like with a clean 50w.

Actually there is little to no resonance the speaker takes up the majority of the panel and the edges have a 1/2" overlap so there isn't much to vibrate and the sound deadner inside the pocket kills the rest of it. I just caught you said they were tin so I see why you were talking about resonating. However, they aren't tin, that was some fairly thick aluminum

Passengers! screw passengers the radio is for me!
But you could always just turn it down no?

I wouldn't disagree "some" more expensive stuff probably sounds better, but what I was going for was clean and loud, on a poor college student budget, these deliver both so far.

 

You don't actually force people to ride in your back seat do you?

Plus... until they pay for part of the stereo, they don't get any say as to how it's set up. I don't even waste my money on rear speakers, but in my cars that do have them, they're heavily attenuated anyway.


Anyway... just because you don't "hear" them resonating doesn't mean they aren't. There's more to resonating than hearing an audible buzz. When you use a metal baffle, you get a ringing that is easily masked by the sound of the speakers. You don't really hear it, but if you do an a/b comparision, you'll find that when mounted on a rigid baffle, the mids are a bit more clean sounding.

 

rofl i have had three or more peeps in mah car more thatn ive had two...