Advice for door speakers on non-monsoon

[dwdgraysol]

I'm looking to replace the front speakers on my non-monsoon car.
Will I have to buy a componet speaker or can I just buy a 2 way ,2 OHM,
6.5" speaker? If I have to buy a componet speaker where do I mount
the crossover for them? I would prefer to just replace the speaker in the
door and be done. I don't have much experience with sound systems, but
I have added a factory sub and an amp per a post that was on the forum.
It was very helpfull so I figure I ask about the door speakers. If I have
to go the componet speakers does anyone have any pictures on mounting
the crossovers?

[TomatoSoup]

Careful, the non-nonsoon speakers may be smaller than the monsoon ones. Someone had suggested they were only 5-inchers, but no-one (AFAIK) has verified this. It's certainly the case that the speaker+doormount part numbers are different for monsoon to non-monsoon.

With respect to the other part of your question... the headunit has different sets of wires for the tweeter and midrange/woofer so (presumably) already takes care of the frequency split. OTOH, it may just give a full-range signal to both! But if you DO keep the crossovers and if you mount the component tweeters in the factory positions on the A-pillars, it's gonna be a pain to wire them from the crossovers.

Sorry.

[TecSolOnt]

I replaced my stock non-monsoon with 6.5" Alpines, 4 ohm. They work great, swapped right out. I used 4" Pioneers on the back , they were a little large for the enclosure so I cable tied them (very tightly) in place on the existing bracket, again they work great. I also added a JVC self amplified sub which mounted on top of the plastic behind the passenger seat, tucked right in.

My friend has a Redline with a Monsoon, can't tell the difference soundwise. Of course I bought my car used so no choice in the systems otherwise I would go with the Monsoon. Still some debate about weather the stocks are 4 ohm or 2 ohm on the stock system, no clear answer. Just turn it up a bit more if need be, reality is there isn't much load on this system with these little speakers.

[madmods]

our door speakers are whats going to provide the main sound to your car. My advice is that you go with the highest quality speaker that you can afford.

[TecSolOnt]

MadMod has a point but the price of the speaker set isn't a good guide to the quality. Understand some of the technical specs involved and look around, the price sometimes is just a marketing ploy, quality and high price are not always equivalent.

Makes me think of a piece 60 Minutes did on two buck Chuck wine from California and $150 a bottle "fine" wine , they tested both with a grouping of $10 wines at the New York Culinary Institute. Nobody could tell the difference and the $2 bottle of wine was picked 4 out 10 times as the top pick, the rest were medium priced wines, not a single chef picked the $150 bottle as a top pick after taste tests. Then again try talking to a women who pays $1000 for a purse on the justification for that lol

[cartmann32]

Tasta of wine and quality of a component set are two different things. I know you weren't directly comparing them

I'm with Madmods. A $60 component kit will sound way crappier than a $150 kit, and likewise for a $200, $300, and hell, even a $1000 Hybrid Audio or $1500 DLS 3 way kit. It's all in what you really want to do in the long run. If you think, even for a millisecond that you're gonna want to upgrade to an aftermarket 4 channel amp (I'd recommend it with our convertables), then you'll want to get a good quality speaker that can handle the extra watts an amp will give them. If not, then I'd say a good $100 comp set will do you just fine, but if you're going to amplify them, start with the $180's and up.

Another thing to consider, is in our soft-tops, you're never going to reach optimum sound quality, so IF you're considering purchasing a $500 kit or more, think twice, cause if you put them in say a Solstice Coupe, they'd blow you away at how much better they sound with a hardtop on. With that said, just buy the $1000 DLS or Hyrbid kit and chuck a hardtop on while you're at it!
My 2 cents!