Replacing stock speakers

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Want to get new speakers to replace stock JBL's and fit behind stock grilles. Plan to change the head unit at a later date. Want to avoid adding sub box. Need some search suggestions to get me on the right track. Thanks.
 
Don't add a/m speakers to a oem jbl system. It'll sound the same if not worse. If you get a new h/u you can then add new a/m speakers and re-wire them to the back of the new hu. You will not beable to use the factory wireing.

You can add a hu and keep the jbl premium sound. You'd have to buy a special adapter to splice in the factory harness behind the existing hu. From what I hear this really makes the jbl amp die quicker and it doesn't sound good at all.

If you want some simple bass keep the factory setup and get a line out converter . You wire the converter to the rear speaker leads before they go into the amp, then run the rca to the amp.. This will then give you your signal to the amp.
 
sbcaprice305 said:
Don't add a/m speakers to a oem jbl system. It'll sound the same if not worse.
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debatable. depends on the speakers.

sbcaprice305 said:
If you get a new h/u you can then add new a/m speakers and re-wire them to the back of the new hu. You will not beable to use the factory wireing.
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very good option, very involved option. i went with an aftermarket headunit wired to aftermarket amps wired to aftermarket speakers and subs.

sbcaprice305 said:
You can add a hu and keep the jbl premium sound. You'd have to buy a special adapter to splice in the factory harness behind the existing hu. From what I hear this really makes the jbl amp die quicker and it doesn't sound good at all.
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not that special of an adapter. schosche makes it. ford lincoln premuim sound kit. scosche FDK4B.
my stock system sound fantastic with my alpine headunit. better than the factory ever did.
lasted several years, and then my amp died again. i was able to revive it once before.

sbcaprice305 said:
If you want some simple bass keep the factory setup and get a line out converter . You wire the converter to the rear speaker leads before they go into the amp, then run the rca to the amp.. This will then give you your signal to the amp.
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if you use a line out converter before the amp, your reducing the power of already very low signals. if you use it after the amp, the signal is pretty distorted cuz the factory amp is weird.
you can use an amp with line level inputs instead of a line out converter.
that works, but neither produce very clean signals. like he said, simple.
 
I guess I could've said " a/m harness". sigh

I had a loc on the oem system and it sounded pretty dam good for what it was. It was wired correctly catching the signal before the oem amp had a chance to f it up.
 
Did find some posts from '09 that recommend using 6-1/4 (or 6-1/2) round speakers instead of the 6x9 for improved performance. I'm looking more for good sound separation, with some sub-bass, but not a 1000+ watt system. My carpet is out to prepare for sound deadening, panels still in, want to start buying parts - seems there's really no way to do this in stages and still have sound. Still searching posts for h/u-amp-speaker combo that sounds good (better than stock) without blowing the doors off. Will post progress as time permits.
 
Ditch everything factory do it once....right

6.5" components front and rear most decent sets alpine/kenwood or others have the 6x8 to 6.5" adapters

Buy a decent aftermarket headunit steer clear of anything pioneer as they age the preouts short out and cause feedback

Buy a decent 600 watt or so 4 ch amp and wire up, you will be thanking me later

It sounds so good i don't need subs but still choose to have right now i have 2 10" alpine type rs running 2ohm on the alpine Mrp m2000 which is 4000 watts max
 
87TTOPGT420 said:
Ditch everything factory do it once....right

6.5" components front and rear most decent sets alpine/kenwood or others have the 6x8 to 6.5" adapters

Buy a decent aftermarket headunit steer clear of anything pioneer as they age the preouts short out and cause feedback

Buy a decent 600 watt or so 4 ch amp and wire up, you will be thanking me later

It sounds so good i don't need subs but still choose to have right now i have 2 10" alpine type rs running 2ohm on the alpine Mrp m2000 which is 4000 watts max
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The pico fuse is a bitch. However, 8" of 18ga wire and 10 minutes of time fixes it.

In the 12 years I've been in the game Pioneer and Alpines are all around the best imho.
 
My fix was sell to unsuspecting buyer lol jk

One had 3 yr extended warranty and it happened right at end of warranty so I upgraded at that time now i mainly go with kenwood have had several now with very good luck...but generally only buy the excelon stuff except my current Headunit it was a real bargin for a double din
 
This is one of those questions that has a lot of answers. Every Mark I've owned, I've done a system. If your are going to upgrade your head unit, and keep the factory speakers and factory amp, you wont get decent sound unless you upgrade the rest of the system, including adding some kind of amp to get decent hi's and lo's. I suggest doing everything at one time. The factory system is more than adequate and giving decent sound. It's not going to give you mind numbing bass though.

Replacing speakers while keeping the stock head unit can be done, but it wont sound right. The factory speakers are tuned to work with the head unit. Why are you wanting to change? What's going on with your system?

FYI the speakers that fit are 5"X7"

 
87TTOPGT420 said:
My fix was sell to unsuspecting buyer lol jk

One had 3 yr extended warranty and it happened right at end of warranty so I upgraded at that time now i mainly go with kenwood have had several now with very good luck...but generally only buy the excelon stuff except my current Headunit it was a real bargin for a double din
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Haha, the higher end Kenwood, jvc ect aren't bad at all. I'm just partial to the Pioneer's and Alpines. I've only ran 1 Alpine but loved it. Been Running pioneer for the last 10 years.
 
K.B.R said:
How has JBL's quality been?
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of all the Harman brands, i like most of infinity's stuff a little bit better, but for most of their products, there is very little difference between the two.
 
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