3-way Comp. Requirements?

[brh1400]

Alright, I'm very new to car audio, but I'm looking to replace the stock stuff in my '99 Pathfinder. I've been looking around at speakers and was wondering, what would owning 3-ways entail? These are the questions that have been bugging me, and any information would be extremely helpful.

Would I put the 4" mid and the tweeter in a kick panel and put the woofer in the door panel?

Would a 4-channel amp be necessary to power the component set?

Finally, if the component set is 150rms, I could get away with giving it 85 or 100, right?

Again, thank you very much for taking the time to respond and answer my questions. Your help is greatly appreciated.

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[ws140 10+ year member]

Your suggested speaker location would work well. Also you can send them as much power under 150 watts as you want. Anything from 50watts up would sound good. A 4 channel amp would give you the ability to either run the components speakers and some rear speakers or to run the mids and highs off 2 channels and bridge the 2 other channels to run the woofers.

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

Your suggested speaker location would work well. .

Agreed. Thats where mine are located. Great sound stage.

A 4 channel amp would give you the ability to either run the components speakers and some rear speakers or to run the mids and highs off 2 channels and bridge the 2 other channels to run the woofers

You could also run the 4's and tweets off of 2 channels and run the 6.5's off the other 2 channels. I bought a pair of MBQuart 3 way crossovers and use them with my NON MbQuart drivers. The Xovers allow bi amping. therefore I can use seperate amps for the midbass and sepreate amp for the mids and highs. Just my 2 cent. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif