Upgrading factory system.
 

Obviously the Evo was never built for much more than performance,but I can't stand the horrible quality of the factory speakers.I'm using a Pioneer P6200BT but the quality didn't seem to get much better messing with the settings. So I'd like to upgrade the speakers in the rear and the front door speakers. I've been searching but I can't find the size of the factory speakers. I don't want the weight of a sub in the trunk,so I figured just a decent amp should help with whatever speakers I use?

Any input would be appreciated.

1. Exactly, which setting are you messing with and what do you hear when you change them?

2. Check whether the speakers are wired in phase at the deck.

Edit: almost forgot - the factory speakers are oversized 6.5"; you can get adapters on ebay.

I was searching this a bit ago. I thought ours were 6.75" and that there were some that would fit without adapters??? I hope so..:confused:

Some 6.75" will fit without adapters, but you'll have to drill holes. Same goes for some 7". I guess it all depends on one's comfort level. I saw a guy on the X board taking a jigsaw to his door trying to enlarge the speaker cutouts in the sheetmetal. He's probably not too worried about drilling holes in his car. :lol:

I was just messing with the equalizer settings. I guess it sounds a little bit better with the presets it has,but still not so great.

Thanks for the input guys. So basically I can't just find any 6.5" to replace the rears without an adapter?

I hope you're not disappointed if it doesn't sound a much better with different speakers. Looking at your mod list, your car is pretty loud. I've written quite a bit about audio in our cars. You can have a look at my other posts, or at the very least add a good amplifier when you install the speakers, if you want to hear music clearly at speed.

The adapters aren't a big deal. They're inexpensive, they fit perfectly, they're easy to get, and they provide a better surface for the speaker to mount to. Good luck.

Actually my car is surprisingly quiet for what it has. But even sitting at idle,the stock speakers sound like crap. Everything is balanced in the settings but it seems like I hear the rear speakers WAY more than the front door speakers. Thats probably what annoys me the most.lol

Audio doesn't care if your car is quiet for "what it has." Quiet is quiet and our car's don't exactly qualify. :lol:

You realize that's impossible if everything is truly balanced. The front speakers should sound significantly louder than the rears due to your placement in the driver's seat. Clearly, there's something wrong. In this case, if the speakers are shot, by all means replace them and look forward to better sound. If it's a different issue, then replacing the speakers won't necessarily help.

check your wiring on the head unit. Maybe something came loose or not connected right.

^^Ok, I will thanks.

Its the trebles that are awful. The rest might be ok (it's the case on my ralliart atleast). Most hifi will fit together with the high-pass filter (i removed the plastic of the filter for more space) if you just splice into existant cables and use the existant housing (if it's remotely the same as with mine). I just removed the old ones and taped them as they are very light. Easy mod and cheap. I suggest trying this before changing mid-low speakers as it's alot more work aswell. GL

So I decided to splurge a little on these yesterday.

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I was trying to pick up this Polk 10" sub and box also,but they were out of stock,but said I should be pretty happy with these coaxials.

Thanks again for your help guys. Hopefully these will be going in tomorrow night. I'll most likely be using an old school Alpine V12 4 channel amp.

It's a good amp. You could do a lot worse.

Its all in that HKS turboback. I had a very similar setup but with megan dp and stock o2 and it sounded surprisingly quiet. Cops never thought I was catless. {thumbup}


Still, its relatively loud. Especially the drone.