replacing the 4x10's what's recommended?

[arista5]

hey all, i am changing the 4x10's in my car, i seemed to have blown one this weekend , anyway is there a replacement of choice?

 

[PNYKLR]

I replaced my 4x10's with kenwood 6x9's you can get the adapters at circuit city

 

[arista5]

ok whats the recommended replacement 4x10 or 6x9 i want to push roughly 180 RMS (hey its what the amp puts out)

thanks in advance how much to those Kenwood's hold?

 

[PNYKLR]

The stock replacement is 4x10 the bigger size only fits with adapter is 6x9 the size of the speaker doesnt affect the wattage,
if your bored go to www.crutchfield.com they have a decent selection, then you can go to like circuit city and see what they have . Crutchfield may be a little more expensive then smurfy city,
but they would be more knowledgable and they give you all connectors/instructions included in the price

 

[turbotgirl]

Pioneer makes 4X10's for the rear. I am not sure but I think they are 100w.

 

[Brian Mc]

FYI Pioneer 6963's won't hit the strut rods due to small magnet.

 

[Turbo Dog]

I just bought alpine 6X9's. They fit good with the adaptor. One thing about that adaptor- it makes a difference which side the metal clip is used on- passenger or driver. the metal clip will be hard to get on, if you use the pass. side clip on the driver side. The drivers side clip won't fit on the pass. side at all. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[ross87t]

I put Infinity Kappa 6x9's in mine, but if I had it to do over again, I would have just bought one good set of components to go in the concert sound location up front.

All you need is good mids/highs up front, and a sub or 2 in the trunk.

Ross

 

[Renthorin]

do 6x9's offer much more in the way of increased bass over 4x10's?

I know there is more surface area but under the deck..does it really matter?

I am happy with the sound up front in my car but want more bass without adding a box.

 

[ross87t]

Originally posted by Renthorin
do 6x9's offer much more in the way of increased bass over 4x10's?

I know there is more surface area but under the deck..does it really matter?

I am happy with the sound up front in my car but want more bass without adding a box.

I don't think 6X9's are that great of a "bass" provider. I actually lost bass when I went from the stock 4x10's to the my 6x9's.

For my next setup in my Buick. I am going with a good set of components up front, and a 4 channel amp 50-75W x 4 which has low/high pass crossovers on both the front and rear channels.

I'll use the front channel of the amp on high pass to power my components, and the rear channel bridged on low pass to power my 12" sub.

This is a very inexpensive setup that, I have found, works great.