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Wanting to get rid of the stock rear speakers in the r34 skyline. I have a set of 6x9's from my previous car that i want to replace the rear speakers with.

Anyone know if this is hard to achieve?

(know very little about car audio im afraid!)

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dude seriously I have been playin with car audio for maybe 12 or 13 yrs and to be honest I have never liked the sound from 6x9's. I am sure that there are some that sound good but if it were up to me I would be picking a pair of 6 inch splits every time. If you need more bass then add a 10 or 12 inch sub.The bass from 6x9's is never as good.It really depends on how much you want to spend.With the car you got I would go the best myself...I used Boston Accoustics and I swear by them..Precision power amps are so clean also...I got one for sale on Ebay at the moment but maybe too big for what you need.....cheers

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I have a 12" rockford sub from my old car sittin in my room (no amp tho) but im not sure if i wanna take the sub route?

The 6x9's i already have as well from way back (they are not too bad) and i just wanted to put them in for the mean time...anything beats the stock speakers i reckon.

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dude seriously I have been playin with car audio for maybe 12 or 13 yrs and to be honest I have never liked the sound from 6x9's. I am sure that there are some that sound good but if it were up to me I would be picking a pair of 6 inch splits every time. If you need more bass then add a 10 or 12 inch sub.The bass from 6x9's is never as good.It really depends on how much you want to spend.With the car you got I would go the best myself...I used Boston Accoustics and I swear by them..Precision power amps are so clean also...I got one for sale on Ebay at the moment but maybe too big for what you need.....cheers

so true, 6X9's are so overrated. and your need to spend a bit of money/time installing them to make them look good on the back parcel shelf, better of putting 6inch splits which will fit perfectly into the standard holes and will look and sound awesome

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6x9s won't get the power at real low frequencies a sub will hit but often because they're multi-voice they make a good midrange speaker.

First thing I think of people dodging 6x9s and going straight for 6"s and a sub is the asshole retarded salespeople in your common car audio stores. They get paid by commission you tools, of course they want to have you go the 6" + sub + amp route.

Like I said, 6x9s, not a replacement for a sub, but in my case better then what came with the car (nothing). Currently have two voice alpine 6" in my doors and a couple of pioneer 3 voice 6x9s on the shelf. A sub is on my list to do as there is a lack of power in the real low end, and probably a couple of tweeters for the real high end, but the 6x9s put out enough to make the rear window shake, and have a very nice spread of frequency response.

Fiddle with the headunit a bit and try and tune it to be even. Unless your music is actually heavy on the bass, you shouldn't tune it so it sounds like it. I know it tends to lean more towards the sound engineer idea but if you have a friend that has some studio monitors, go play a music track on them, listen for the way the sound responds in both low and high frequencies, then play the same music in your car and try and get it to sound similar to that to start with. After you've got this base point, make small tweaks to it as your personal preference, but try not to tune too far away from the base point.

Anyway, hope this helps. (Btw, 6x9s will fit in a R33 with MDF spacer quite easily, and if angled right, you can secure them using some of the stock holes. Your spacer only needs to be high enough to lift up the majority of the cone, the driver should still fit through the original hole.)

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Hey thanks for all the responses thus far.

I guess i was going for the 6x9's as i already have them and they are quite decent quality. I also thought they would fit with no major problems or hassels.

I might just pick up a set of 6" splits for the back as apparently they will fit right in? I'll hold out for a few months untill i find a good amp and possibly new head unit.

so does anyone recommend any GOOD 6"(split) speakers that aren't overly expensive?

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Dont install 6x9's if your going to have a sub..

6x9's are designed to give you a little "punch" of bass.

If your putting in a sub.. this extra little bit of bass become irrelavent because you have a sub.

6x9's distort easier than 6" and 6" have much better sound quality.. AND you dont have to go through the effort of making 6x9's

thats my 2c

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Yer my intention was never to have a sub and 6x9's at the same time. I was going to put the 6x9's in cos like i said i already have them and i thought it would be a simple swap for the old speakers. I didnt want to go down the sub route at all...

however, now i will just probably sell my 6x9s and buy some 6" for the back as they will fit in with no hassels, will apparently give better sound and they look better :no:

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