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Stock speaker upgrades? by chris6878
Started on: 05-08-2000 01:19 AM
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Report this Post05-08-2000 01:19 AM Click Here to See the Profile for chris6878Send a Private Message to chris6878Direct Link to This Post
I have an 85 SE with the speakers behind your head in the sail panel area... what size are these? I just recently purchased a new cd palyer from crutchfield and and i am wanting to upgrade my speakers now. Any suggestion on some good 4X10's for up front and some good speakers for the rear (what ever the size is) I have a set of 10" kickers too that i would like to put behind the seats, when i get around to getting some boxes made.. any reccomendations on any of these speakers?

Here is the cd player i ordered,
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-JLvjP2FzkP9/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=3&g=300&I=130DEHP410&o=M&a=0

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Report this Post05-08-2000 09:26 AM Click Here to See the Profile for MonkeymanSend a Private Message to MonkeymanDirect Link to This Post
3 1/2s in the headrests and I've got a brand new set of 4x10s I'll sell you.
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Report this Post05-08-2000 09:40 AM Click Here to See the Profile for batboySend a Private Message to batboyDirect Link to This Post
A 1985 SE should not have the rear speakers in the sail panels, unless someone has modified your car. The later models like my 87 SE had 4" X 6" sail panel speakers. Both of my 85 cars has the rear speakers in the headrest like Monkey said.
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Report this Post05-08-2000 12:30 PM Click Here to See the Profile for chris6878Send a Private Message to chris6878Direct Link to This Post
My 85 GT has em in the seats too.... hard to tell if my car is actually a 85 SE... according to the vin its suppose to be an 85, se, with 4 cyl... its got the body style of my 85 gt, and it has a v6 in it.. hmm... someone may have swapped dashes before i got it?
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Report this Post05-08-2000 01:04 PM Click Here to See the Profile for batboySend a Private Message to batboyDirect Link to This Post
Someone could've swapped the aero nose and changed engines, yada, yada...but chances are pretty good that your car is actually a 86 or 87 SE. Maybe they had two Fieros and put one together, or maybe the title is bogus or who knows? About the speakers, I'd get the same brand and type as the front ones. Kicker Impulse, Kenwood, Pioneer, etc. Lots of good choices. I'd get poly cones and at least two way, if not three way speakers.
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Report this Post05-08-2000 01:28 PM Click Here to See the Profile for chris6878Send a Private Message to chris6878Direct Link to This Post
thanx
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Report this Post05-08-2000 01:58 PM Click Here to See the Profile for MonkeymanSend a Private Message to MonkeymanDirect Link to This Post
Brand new Kenwoods. 4x6s and 4x10s. $200.
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Report this Post05-08-2000 02:23 PM Click Here to See the Profile for 1FST2M6Click Here to visit 1FST2M6's HomePageSend a Private Message to 1FST2M6Direct Link to This Post
I ditched the rear speaker for weight and cause their too close to your head for any decent imaging. I have 2 sets of MB Quart 4" Coaxial run by a Kenwood KAC-626. www.fiero.nl/uploads/in-n-out.jpg 10" Kicker solobaric. Hits to 141db and is CLEAR as a bell. can make a full sweep with only 11% THD at 67hz. (full sweep 20hz to 20 khz) You can't get clear sound out of an oval speaker. I have stuck my foot in my mouth cause i just purchased a Kicker L7 10". I'll let ya know how that works... but you might want to look in to a couple sets of 4"s.
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Report this Post05-09-2000 01:53 AM Click Here to See the Profile for chris6878Send a Private Message to chris6878Direct Link to This Post
what about getting some 6x9 boxes and speakers and mounting them behind the seats?
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Report this Post05-09-2000 08:28 AM Click Here to See the Profile for 1FST2M6Click Here to visit 1FST2M6's HomePageSend a Private Message to 1FST2M6Direct Link to This Post
with the car being SO small you don't need speakers behind you to simulate a reverb off the rear of a concert hall... a nice set of front speakers with a SOFT dome tweeter will be able to project this spacial element without you wasting more space in the car... and yet again.. you can't get clear sound fron an oval speaker... with any high volume listening you'll flake the speaker and you'll be disappointed with its responce and lack of output. go to NAPA and get an ABC fire extinguisher if you want somthing behind your seat... behind the other seat should be the Amp/s.
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Report this Post05-09-2000 10:34 AM Click Here to See the Profile for MonkeymanSend a Private Message to MonkeymanDirect Link to This Post
Amp behind drivers seat, CD changer behind the other, sub???, 5 1/2" separates custom mounted in the dash, tweeters in the vents. Not yet but soon.
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