Best speakers to run just off the deck

fdsa487

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I dont have money to purchase an amp. I really need to replase the door and roof speakers. Can someone fill me in on what the best type of speakers and what size is needed for the doors and the roof? Im going to be getting them this weekend =) Thanks !!! :chef:
 
Pretty much any "name-brand" speaker with a poly cone will work for you. Since you're not getting nuts, you don't have to get nuts buying speakers - although I will suggest you leave room for an upgrade later.

I've got Sony Xplods in one rig, JVC polycones in another, and Polk Audio 5.25" and Rockford 6x9's in a third. No amps - I've only got an amp in my 88 to drive the sub. All sound very good, although I've also long since gotten rid of the OEMR stereo (I need a front panel input as well.)

You should be able to get decent speakers all the way around for about $100 if you stay with stock size (usually 5.25" round,) or $150 if you go a little larger in the back (you can stick a shallow 6x9 in the liftgate, with some modification. I've got that done to three of my rigs - took about an hour with a Dremel to modify the fibreglas liftgate, but it was worth it.) Going with a larger cone in the back will allow you to put out some more low-end, which should fill your music neatly.

As you've already figured out, an amp for the four speakers isn't really necessary (and if I did run one, I'd be more interested in signal/noise ratios and filtering capability than in pure power output - that's just me.) Going with speakers with 100W power handling or thereabouts should be no trouble - even most aftermarket decks only put out about 50W per channel/speaker wire set. You can always drive a speaker with LOWER power - it's when you use MORE power that it becomes a problem (voice coil failure and cone excursion intereference come to mind.)

Since you don't say what year, it's hard to say for certain what size your speakers are now - but I'm almost willing to bet they're 5.25" round cones. If you'd like to know more, you can do a lookup at Crutchfield (www.crutchfield.com,) and if you'd like to make sure you weren't modded before you got the vehicle, pull the inner liftgate panel and the door panels. I see no reason, really, to mod the door shells to take a larger speaker, but the liftgate mod is probably fairly common - and visually inspecting everything is the best way to be sure.

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