Fg G6E Speaker Upgrade A Waste Of Time

[turbotrana]

I had a crackly RHR speaker so decided to replace with some quality rear door speakers. I chose some 6.5" Alpine DDL RT17C 40 watt RMS. I looked around for the lowest RMS in a quality speaker and this is what the sales guy recommended for a stock replacement system. These speakers have a RRP of $299 but got them for $199 pair.

My conclusion: I am no expert but the stock speakers are pretty good. The Alpines may give slight better clarity but give less volume due to the mismatch in deck output.

If thinking about just a speaker upgrade in the Premium stereo I reckon dont waste your time and money. But I did get rid of the crackle but would have been easier just to buy a Ford replacement speaker.

[old_mate]

Two things -

Are you sure you aren't just letting the sound of the standard fronts disappoint you regarding the new speakers? Ford factory stuff is sh*t.

In saying that, the ICC is also sh*t but adding quality speakers does help it along somewhat.

The fact they are quiter has nothing to do with being mismatched, they are a 4 ohm speaker (as most are) they just may be less sensitive than the stockers.

I suggest you now replace the front splits with something decent. Rear's are for fill only really - you don't got to a concert or cinema and have your back facing the stage.

I would also have suggested proper mounting rings and a bit of dynamat would have helped them along a bit too.

[Smackers XR6T]

Yep I put Alpine Type "S" splits in the front doors and Polk audio 2 way coaxials in the rear doors of my FG F6, also dynamatted the doors and the sound is much much better than what was coming from the stock "premium" Ford/FPV speakers.

Oh and I have also fully dynamatted the rear parcel shelf and boot area plus changed the stock "farting" 8" sub for a Kenwood 8" sub on the parcel shelf... This too has made a big difference to the factory sound... Although its not ear splittingly loud it is at least listenable now compared to stock.

May upgrade to a decent amp for the splits and sub oneday but for now the stock headunit and sub amp are doing ok.

[CLuTZ]

My mates base model Camry work car has better audio than the "Premium" setup in my car. It really is a joke.

[Smackers XR6T]

My mates base model Camry work car has better audio than the "Premium" setup in my car. It really is a joke.

Have you done the wire switch change on the sub?

Doing that actually makes it sound a bit better as the sub doesnt just sound like a wet fart like it does from factory.

[turbotrana]

Yes I did the sub wire switch a while back and that was a big improvement.

I am not a real audio buff, but I did an install many years ago with a head unit with preouts and a high quality amp and the amp made the biggest positive difference. Those new 40RMS speakers really need a decent amp but you cant properly put an amp in the FG.

I have previously experiemented with using the "speaker line out converter" thingo where you use the speaker out into amp and there was heaps of noise and quality crap so I would never do this on the FG. The noise would drive me batty, just like the crackly faulty speaker was.

I can understand why guys just put a second deck in with preouts.

And whilst dynamat makes a big difference, I am just getting too old and time restrained for that.

So for what it is I reckon the premium FG setup with stock speakers is pretty good. I think I made it worse by putting the 40 watt rms speakers in.

Edited 19/07/12 02:39 PM by turbotrana

[Smackers XR6T]

Mines fine with the higher watt speakers in it... It all comes down to there sensitivity (the polks are a 92db speaker, whilst the alpines are 88db).

Ive found if I fade to the front 3 clicks from the middle/centre position its sounds quite good with the mix of speakers I have installed.

Maybe try something like that.

[rbjet]

I had to do the same thing as smackers when I replaced my front speakers due to the lower sensitivity.

If the balance was set in the centre the rear speakers would over power the fronts so I just adjusted it forward a little and it sounds much better.