VN front speakers..

[adon]

I've just bought a vn station wagon and installed a new head unit and the old front speakers arent quite up to scratch.
Unfortunately i dont know anything about cars and i was wondering what size speakers ill need to be getting to replace them and if anyone could clue me in on what would be a good brand to get aswell.
I noticed some grooves in the carpet in the back on the sides and i wanted to know if they were for rear speakers?

thanks.

 

[Lumps of cheese]

4" speakers for the front, i take it your talking about the dash speakers?
My cousin's got his 6 x 9's in the back on the sides where the grooves are, he's using spacers on there.
I like pioneer myself but that's just me.

 

[adon]

Yeah i was talking about the dash speakers.

thanks heaps

 

[SweetWagon]

ok front are a pain to replace with aftermarket stuff because they are scrwed in funny, like 3 angled tabs. aftermarket stuff normally have 4 flat tabs as you know. so unless you make an adapter or sumthing you have bend one of the tabs and use 3 screws.... now backs arent made for speakers either, behind the lining in the carpet there a rectangular holes in the side you can fit 6" in there pretty easy with spacers, or make up some brackets if you want them flush...

 

[garfa]

probably better to get a couple of vr/vs door trims and mount some 6-6.5 inch splits and just lesve the stock in the rear.
you will get a MUCH better sound from this.

 

[adon]

next problem..
i just installed the new 4" in the dash, just 2 cheap audiolines (100W). (gonna replace them with something heaps better when i got the spare cash)
and well they work but theres alot of feedback. the louder i put the volume the worse it gets. the stocks (40W) were like that too but they sounded alot clearer at a higher volume than the new ones.
my friend thinks its the head unit which is a akai but im thinking that it might be the fact that he just plugged the new speakers cords into the old one instead of running it through.
any ideas?

 

[garfa]

well dont know what you mean by feedback, you need a mic for that.

 

[R Photon]

I replaced my dash speakers with tweeters and I love it...I'd definitely recommend a pair of splits for when you upgrade...

 

[pr0n]

the louder it gets the worse it sounds, i had the exact same problem, keep the speaker wire as far as you can from the yellow and red wires, thats what happened to mine,.

 

[Shaneus]

Like pr0n said it could be electrical interference entering the speaker wire. Or it could just be the poor quality speakers or H/U amp. if you want good sound, I would suggest an amp and some splits, then through in a sub if you want some more bass.

Remember you get what you pay for in most cases. So cheep gear normally gives a nasty result. That being said check out Jaycars response precision series for good "bang for buck".