Originally Posted by
I800C0LLECT
Well...I was trying to instigate a question. There's more to a speaker than hooking up wires and securing it to a baffle. Enclosures play a big role in your speakers ability to respond to the given signal. You can add pressure to the cone by limiting the air space behind the speaker...you can remove that back pressure by not enclosing it too. In addition to that, the way you install that speaker could promote standing waves or cancellation of certain frequencies. So where do you want to install it and how was the speaker designed?
Honest truth is that you won't know how a speaker sounds in YOUR vehicle until it's installed. In addition, you don't know how YOUR vehicle will respond to those speakers either. So far, my experience is that our(2004+) doors must be treated in order to maintain stock locations.
Bottom line, unless you REALLY want to get into some specifics and as long as you stay with brands that have decent manufacturing standards go ahead and buy some speakers you're comfortable with. If you give them a try and don't like them...maybe that local audio dealership will let you swap without restocking fees or being a jerk. Typically they'll want you to pay for labor, and that's the trade off.
08-15-2010
