Should I stick with stock 6x9's in the front or change???

[kingsxman 10+ year member]

I just bought a 2007 Camry. Looks like its got 6.9 speakers all around. I currently have a set of Rainbow 5 1/4 components that I love. Is it possible to retro fit these in this car or am I going to have to go with some sort of 6x9 component in this? Can you get good front SQ out of 6x9 components? I remember reading somewhere that becuase of the oval shape you cant get accurate bass/mids.

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[brmcm15 10+ year member]

just use a speaker adapter

Metra 82-6901 (met-826901) - Speaker Adapter Brackets - Sonic Electronix

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Speaker adapters in the front and then use the back for fill. I bought a pair of alpines to replace the back, something cheap and good for fill. One of the tweets was bad so I opted to just put the stock back on. I have them filling between 60-200 and it brings an ok amount of midbass. Most people will tell you here that its not worth replacing them / not necessary to hook them up but I would just use them for fill and leave them alone. If you insist on replacing them then i suggest adapters and 6 1/2s

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

some 6x9 coax in rear and those 5.25's with adapters willbe fine.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

don't use plastic adapters - they are awful. make your own out of sturdy materials and buy a deadener door kit. don't forget closed cell weatherstripping foam between the door panel and the speaker, between the speaker and the baffle, and between the baffle and the door.

 

[kingsxman 10+ year member]

Thanks guys. I talked to the place that will do the install and they said they could get the 5 1/4 to fit. That makes me feel very good because I love those speakers...

I just wish the camy aimed the speakers up towards me like my Grand Prix does.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

ask for deadening on the speaker baffle. makes a huge different when the baffle + deadener + door is 1" thick

 

[AllenH427 10+ year member]

I have a camry and I put Alpine SPX-13REFS in the door, it is a 5.25" woofer, they fit fine with the brackets I bought off of Crutchfield. Haha, and as I see the trend follows, I also have the type-r 6x9s in my rear for rear fill, pretty nice price on them. I had to custom make speaker brackets for them though because the stock speakers have a weird shape.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

don't use plastic adapters - they are awful.

Agreed. I hate those cheap *** things.

 

[kingsxman 10+ year member]

ask for deadening on the speaker baffle. makes a huge different when the baffle + deadener + door is 1" thick

Thanks for the pic. So how far on the "inside" of the door did you go? Also, how would you describe the difference in sound? I wish I could do a comparison of with and without to hear the difference. If I remember right...deading is quite expensive.

 

[kingsxman 10+ year member]

I have a camry and I put Alpine SPX-13REFS in the door, it is a 5.25" woofer, they fit fine with the brackets I bought off of Crutchfield. Haha, and as I see the trend follows, I also have the type-r 6x9s in my rear for rear fill, pretty nice price on them. I had to custom make speaker brackets for them though because the stock speakers have a weird shape.

Interesting. So the rears arent stock 6x9's? What year is your Camry? (I dont have the car yet. I bought it Friday and havent had time to pick it up. Its 40 miles away).

 

[cthedinger 10+ year member]

Just put the 5.25 up front and get some coax 6x9's for the back and you will be good to go //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[AllenH427 10+ year member]

Interesting. So the rears arent stock 6x9's? What year is your Camry? (I dont have the car yet. I bought it Friday and havent had time to pick it up. Its 40 miles away).

Yeah, my rear 6x9s are now the type-r ones. 2002. I believe it's the same generation 02-06.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Thanks for the pic. So how far on the "inside" of the door did you go? Also, how would you describe the difference in sound? I wish I could do a comparison of with and without to hear the difference. If I remember right...deading is quite expensive.

i do as much of the inside as possible (i.e. reach). I still need to seal up the factory openings and add more to the inside. The difference is staggering. A properly deadened and sealed door is crucial to getting good preformance out of a door speaker. without it, it sounds like a tin can (because it is!).

the baffle construction is equally important. you don't want the driver wasting energy and exciting the door panel - that will give you modes and resonances.

that baffle is 3/4"MDF with two layers of deadening, then two layers of deadening on the door around the speaker. We used Raammat BXT II (nice stuff).

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