Speaker suggestions

I'm looking to fit some speakers into the wife's car, as it currently has no system in it at the mo.  From browsing the forum it seems the speakers are 6x4 front and back, and most people seem to go with the JBL GTOs, so that's what I'm leaning to at the moment.

Just wondered if anybody had any other suggestions/recommendations.  I don't really want to go cutting holes, so standard size only please.

Thanks

6x4 are ok but……..

they are lacking bass, you really need something a bit bigger to back up the 6x4

like a little 8" sub in the boot or some 6x9 tucked away somewhere

I put 6 x 4s in the front and 4 x 4s in the rear. They are Infinities and were bought from Southside Audio in Southampton. I bought them 6 years ago and they are going strong.

They do lack a bit of base but are adequate for my purposes.

Dan

I had some alpine 6 x4' up front and some kenwood 6 x 4's in the rears - fitted well, but as said was lacking base - so i dropped an amp n sub in the boot and it rocked..

best for not cutting up tho mate is the 6 x 4 as they fit perfect

i've got 4" in the front with adapters. from memory thery are blaupunkt. and 2 10" in the boot for a bit of bass.

Cheers for the replies guys.

I'm not too worried about bass, as it's only gonna be used on the school runs and a general runaround for the missus.  She doesn't need it super loud as she likes the sound of her own voice too much  

on this topic, anyone found a way of nicely mounting a pair of 6 x 9's in thier golf. its my daily driver so would quite like some nice sound quality but dont want to go butchering the nice parcel shelf thats in there. cheers guys

simply.
dont mount 6X9s
they suck

you want quality then look at components.

if must mount crap speakers in the parcel shelf then buy a peice of MDF from B&Q a bit of wood for bracing and mount them in that instead.
any car audio shop will sell you accoustic carpet to go over the shelf.

Haha yeah i realised after i posted i'd probly get replies along those lines haha, i wasnt going to buy just cheap 6x9's, what component speakers can you recommend? as i'm only 19 and not exactly made of money… haha

you get what you pay for.

jbl have a good reputation. and for good reason.

at present i have 2 10" subs with a couple of cones on the same passive cross over in the boot and set of 4" components in the front doors.

i say at the moment. right now i have 6 wires sticking out of the hole where a stereo should be a wire though the passenger door for one speaker the drivers door cable is on the passenger floor and the rear cabling in the rear footwell.

what i describe is what i had and what i'm going back to.

best advice is dont use the crap speaker wire you tend to get included with speakers. go to maplin and get low oxygen 30+ strand. the wire you get with speakers will loss current and distort sound quicker than a quick thing on a treadmill.
and the bonus is if you fit an amp you go back to maplin and get jacks and use the same wire as an RCD cable. (changing to the line out on the stereo obviously)

I've already got a Fli 4 channel amp that has about 100 RMS per channel and have been looking at a set of Vibe BlackAir 6.5 Components that have a RMS of 120 watts. So they should be alrite, and ive already got a set of high quality cabling from my old golf

Only thing is are 6.5's abit big to try and find a home for in a mk1? Mines the base model and doesnt have doorcard bins or anything only 1 speaker mount in the centre console and 1 each side of the parcel shelf.

novocaine said

simply.
dont mount 6X9s
they suck

you want quality then look at components.

if must mount crap speakers in the parcel shelf then buy a peice of MDF from B&Q a bit of wood for bracing and mount them in that instead.
any car audio shop will sell you accoustic carpet to go over the shelf.

Agreed, I *had*  :wink: 6x4 in the front, 6x9 in the back on a proper MDF shelf with acousticly clear cloth (All JBL). Nice punchy bass and clear voice dancing on your dash, just as it should be IMO.

If I were to make any improvement to that it would be a couple of 10's or just a 12 in a box, in the boot, with possibly a couple of dome tweets on the dash itself, but it didnt really need all that.

I also had a graphic equaliser for the rear, just for adjustment reasons really, no amps, just the internal amps and it sounded fine.   :wink:

I have read many things with regards speakers and was of the opinion that there was 6 x 4 in the rear of my 1989 cabby but once I bought them and went to fit them I discovered that they were 4 x 4 but i managed to squeeze them in …………….is this what everyone is doing when they refer to the rear 6 x 4 ?????

Should I think about buying 4 x 4 and then putting the 6 x 4 in the front ?????

HELP PLEASE and any makes etc would be good I am new to this even at 34 !!!!!!!

I've got Infinity 6x4s in the front and Infinity 4x4s in the rear.
They don't foul and give adequate sound. If it's base you're after you'll need an amp I think.