I was planning on put the speakers all six speaker spots. but my question is once I see there's the quick connect in the door slot. but is it really that simple or more complicated. and whats the best cd player I can buy without all the flask but has good performance quality. :hick:
I can answer one question.. by being a customer.
Pioneer makes a BADASS headunit. The DEH series is remarkable.
The mosfet 50x4 DEH-1800 is what I have. I like it alot its only about 100$
I will have to check it out. But have you put speakers in your door unit.
It's not hard to put speakers in. When I did my sonys in the door, I cut off the quick connects from the factory and just put ends on them for the speakers. Not sure what your asking
what i am asking was if i get speakers for the cougar willl I have to mod anything. like for instance "no company makes quick connect speakers anymore" or will I have to do the same as you cut them off and crimp them to the speakers.
no crimp... solder.
I admit it, I crimped it.... I don't have a sodering iron.... yet:hick:
Yeah man, I got 6.5" Clarions in the doors. sounds real nice. you might have to drill a hole or 4.. and use self-tapping sheet metal screws... but its well worth it.
i like and prefer pioneer decks but ive never used anything else other than an alpine. i hated the alpine. it got replaced quickly with a pioneer.
ive always had the best luck snaking all new wire to all the speakers. i dont know, i just feel better about it and feel its the right way to do it.
try not to buy cheep speakers....
I got stock tweeters, Sony Xplod door speakers, Pioeeres in the rear and a single 10" with sub
run new wire... it sounds better.
I'm running MB Quart all around (Autobahn series up front, coaxes in the back, 10" sub in the rear). They use stiff materials that give them a really tight, punchy sound, which suits my musical taste (70's-90's rock, not much big, booming bass). I've heard that MB Quart was bought sometime in the last few years and quality has suffered, though. If I remember, Rockford Fosgates of a few years ago used to use more resin in their cones than many other manufacturers, which gave them a similar tight, punchy sound.
Crutchfield.com has the proper adapters for the doors, dash, and back. They are very much universal between the different types of vehicles. That way you don't have to worry about messin anything up.
Hell i appreciated all the advice, because I don't mind working on machanical things but I'm no fabricator and even worse at at anything electrical.
I suck at wiring, but I basicaly wired the whole motor when it was CFI, did ALL the wirign underhood now for carb, and the sterrio now. Not much at all but I'm learining as I go
dont be afraid. if you can follow directions and have a touch of common senceinstalling a head unit, running/wiring speakerwire, and installing speakers should be a snap. as specially if you deal with crutchfeild. its pretty satisfying when you are done too. of course you could always bring it to best buy or circuit city if you are realy desperate or maybe an audio shop.
oh no.. I don't which one did it but I remember one of them connecting a a wire to the alt and having the battery run down on someone car b4
Rockford makes great quality speakers. I personally prefer them or Audiobahn and some time Kicker and Alpine. As for quick connects Crutchfield makes them, Im not for sure if for our vehicles, but they only sell them when speakers are purchased from them and by request from what I know. As said before soldering and heat shrink work great with some self tapping screws. I put 6x9"s in the rear tray and used self tapping screws to hold them in place.
Pioneer headunits are your best bet in headunits. they are definetly worth the money. Alpine and Kenwood are great if youre willing to pay that much more.
Running newer/bigger gauge wire will definetly help sound too. As Clayton said. Wiring isnt difficult, headunit harnesses are color coded and an adapter to plug into your stock wiring can be bought at Walmart for $8-9. If you lived closer Id be happy to do it. Wiring stereo is a sinch.
I'm glad you gave me that vote of confidence, because I barely hear anyone mention rockford fos for speakers. It' always the usual supects. Plus whats the size the of the speakers or tweet on the dash so I will know when I go get them as well and he trunk. 86 ls cougar.
as for head units i have a Kenwood an i love it. it was 250 but it sound an looks great a has the motorized faceplate. i just cut the wores off and hooked up regular clip to them. worked out fine.
Stock Speaker Sizes:
Dash-3.5"
Door-6.5"
Rear Deck-6x8"
I love Rockford. Great quality for the money. I personally prefer them. I have Rockford 3.5"s waiting to go in my dash. I plan to go all Rockford with my Cougar and my other vehicles too. I have Rockford 10" subs and an amp to push them. For only 300 watts it is by far the loudest stereo I have heard with 10''s. No Contest.
I have a set of rockford in my 85 ramcharger and I also love the sound of it. And I was going to do the same set-up as you with putting them in, in all the vehicles. I usaully try to get the the 4-way speakers
All I have are the 3.5''s and my two 10''s and an amp. My friend has a older punch 12". My brother plans on getting Punch P3's. Im an influence on people haha. Ive never had a problem with Rockfords, new or old, they seem to last no long you have them. I know that Old School Rockford amps are preferred over new age amps.
i got a BRAND NEW punch sitting in my basp00get, waiting to be installed in something, not sure if im robbing it from my brother yet or what. 12inch punch 3
hey daboss, I would tell you steal them and put them in and let your brother know some neigborhood kids c00ch them, but you really can't hide 12's after a good search. But on most cougars they don't have speaker vents so it's no that easy to steal (in the doors). But on that note do they need to breathe?
Cougars have speaker covers. My 84 has slits in the door panel, not visible from the normal inside viewing of the carpet. Door speakers dont need to "breathe'' they can be bolted in like normal, or you can put them in boxes not in the door obviously.
Daboss-Steal That NOW!
I've always enjoyed Rockford's subs but I haven't dealt with their cabin speakers. I did have 2 pairs of Kicker 6.5 components that I had modified to fit into my 93 Cougar and then into an 01 Kia Rio after the Cougar's head gaskets blew. For the Cougar I only had to make an adapter to fit the 6.5" speakers into the 5x7" opening but for the Kia I actually made holes to fit the rear speakers into the C-Pillars. Stereo wiring is easy and safe although the soldering can burn you if you aren't happy with just using a crimper. As far as cutting holes into metal to make a hole that isn't hard either. It's only hard if you try to use the wrong tool.
For optimum sound you will want to ensure that very little of the sound that is generated by the backside of the speakers reach the cabin. That's where soundproofing material will come in handy. Dynamat has this one mat that is designed to diffuse the sound from behind the speaker. I've only seen it available online. As for sealing the door that all depends on the speaker and what kind of sound you like. For the sake of the speaker and long term use I suggest turning the door into a sealed box mainly to help keep dirt out.
A friend had Rockford cabin speakers, and they were ungodly loud and clear. Kickers are very nice speakers also. Higher end speakers are all about the same. I like Kicker as much as Rockford, but Kicker seems to be alittle more expensive around here anyway.
the door where speakers go already have holes where bolts can go do i still need to drill and tap?
Yes. Drill pilot holes and use self tapping sheet metal screws just as BlackJack did.