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i have no clue where to begin when it comes to upgrading speakers and such. i would like to replace the four speakers in my car and someday add a sub. i was wondering what to do when it comes to amps. someone tole me if i wanted four speakers and a sub then i should buy 2 amps. then someone else told me i should just buy a five channel amp. please help me better understand what i should do in this situation.

 
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if its just overall sound then yea....5CH amp will do ya!

if its pure sound and bass then x2 amps fo sho'


al depends on what you want?

 
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whatever way u go, do research, fronts in our cars are a bitch to upgrade because the magnet is so much bigger, i spent all day saturday fitting spacers to put in my memphis audio 6.25's

 
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yea making spacers for the front speakers is a pain in the ***. it really depends on what you want. if you want some bass i'd get a sub with a seperate amp. then use a different amp to power the 4 speakers.do you have a HU? if not i would start there

 
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yea i forgotr about that....
my speakers both front and rear are stoopid this way, i had Fusion 6.5" 2-way w/adj tweets and the magnet for the rears were hitting the torsion bar for the trunk so i couldnt use em, and i figured the front was just as bad maybe hitting the window inside?

 
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yea i had to make a pretty big spacer to prevent it from hitting the window. i think i had a 1/2'' spacer maybe bigger

 
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https://www.civicforums.com/forums/2...ar-stereo.html Welcome to the Boards!!

 
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yea, my spacers are 1" and the door panel doesnt go on all the way, but close enough not to be noticable

 
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i got 5 1/4'' speakers so it wouldnt be a problem....or so i thought

 
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most speakers are a problem for our cars, kinda sucks

 
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neodymium magnets are the only hope i believe!

 
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You don't have to have the speakers amped. I don't and I love mine (finally blew though after 3-1/2 years). 20/35 volume on an Alpine HU with a 300RMS amp running 2 12s and unamped 3-way fronts and 4-way rears is plenty loud. Eclipse 6-1/2 in front and 6x9 in rear. Drop in and they work. Should be around $120 a pair too.
Its a cheap system but its enough to satisfy my audio-file side and shake the roof of my coupe

 
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read the sticky here for the front door speakers. it's really not that hard to get speakers to fit.

 
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I made my front door speaker hole bigger and drilled my own holes I didnt use spacers so my window doesnt close all the way.

I made the hole bigger by cutting the metal with metal cutters

 
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thanks for all the help. sorry i didnt catch that other thread that would have answered my questions.

 
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7th gen?

http://www.indabay.com/images/FRINSTALL.pdf

 
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the only people that say amp isnt needed are those who have never had one.

 
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I like that!