Jeep wrangler speaker placement

[2000JEEP 10+ year member]

I've seen a couple builds on the board done in 97+ wranglers. could i get away with just replacing the factory 4X6's with a better speaker to achieve a decent sound? I now have a pair of alpine coax 5 1/4's in the soundbar, but have to fade to the rear to keep the factory speakers from distorting. So sound is coming from the rear.

I have entertained building a custom box to hold a set of 5.25 components to fit in the top corners of the dash, "bottom of windshield, above the dash on both sides"

Is this overkill? will just replacing the 4x6's up front get me a decent front soundstage?

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[2000JEEP 10+ year member]

no suggestions? bump

 

[W8 a minute 10+ year member]

You'll never get a decent front sound stage using the factory locations. I've owned a few Wranglers and a CJ-5. I would try the 5.25 mounting plates from 33 engineering in the front. Here's a link:

http://www.offroadtoystore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=33-5100