OK, my driver side speaker started rattling. Now i'm 100% preformance minded, but I can't have my speaker rattling. My car is a '97 Eclipse RS with two small speakers in the dash/two in the door/two in the back. What size and what speakers (please be very specific) should i get. You all have great in the pass, please help a 2gnt'er.
#1049, "RE: Help with speaker problem." In response to Reply # 0
Just as an FYI, rattling doesn't necessarily mean you have to replace the speaker. But in case you decide to go ahead and do it anyway, here are my answers to your questions:
As for what size, I believe the '97s have 6.5" speakers in the doors. Hopefully someone will confirm that, but I know I had a customer come through about a month ago, and he had 6.5" speakers in the front of his '97 ESi(I pulled his door panel off to be sure). My '95 has 5.25", so I'm not 100% sure when the switch was made.
As for what kind... that's really a matter of personal taste. You might absolutely love the way Kenwood speakers sound, and I'm not all that fond of them. My personal favorites are the Boston Acoustics Pro Series, but someone else might be a diehard Infinity fan, and think the Kappas sound better than either Kenwood or Boston. A fourth person could think we're all wrong and beleive that Pioneer speakers are the best on the market.
Your best bet would probably be to go to a good stereo shop and ask to listen to some different brands in 6.5" components, and pick what you like and can afford.
#1050, "RE: Help with speaker problem." In response to Reply # 1
I upgraded my speakers about 3 months ago and I put 6.5's in my doors and 6x9's in the rear. I ordered mine from crutchfield so they sent me the necessary bracket to fit the 6.5's in the door. To fit the 6x9's some suggest just using the regular rear pods and just dremeling them until the 6x9's fit but i didnt feel like going through all that so I ordered the pods from ms recycling. FYI I had 5.25's front and rear and had no speakers in my dash in my 97 RS
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