Hello everyone, I am new here. I have been trying to find the info I need from the tubes but haven't really found what I'm looking for so I thought I would come on here and see if I could ask you guys. A little about my background so you have an idea of my knowledge base. My first real job was at the good guys as an install tech almost 20 years ago. I did that for many years and then moved into home theater and alarms. I now work in IT. So I know quite a bit about car and home stereo's but when I was an installer I basically just stuck with industry sets, like component sets or basically car audio specific stuff. Well my friend has been getting back into doing custom stuff on his cars and is dragging me back into the life. My interests have changed somewhat since I was a kid and I have been looking into building my own component set. I have an audio control active crossover so I thought I would just pick out some raw drivers and have some fun with that. The issue that I am having is that I have never had to know about all the specs that go into picking a raw driver. I can find a decent amount of info about building book shelf's and floor speakers but nothing really on car applications. So my questions are, what specs matter most for car applications? How do they differ from home? What style of tweeters do I want to run? I'm really into ribbon tweeters right now but don't know if they would work in a car and don't know from the specs how I could tell. Any info on how to research this and what to look for would be awesome. I'm not looking for what specific things to buy, just how to tell from specs if the raw driver could work in a car application.
Parts I have: (I don't have the model numbers in front of me, sorry)
2011 chevy silverado single cab.
direct fit replacement video deck from
amazon. front, rear, sub out. Android powered.
A/D/S 8 channel amp. I believe 40w x 8.
audio control active crossover.
JL audio 10" W3 in a stealthbox.
Things I need:
6.5" mid driver
Tweeter
Rear fill (4x6, but would make a plate for components maybe)
Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
