DavidLaMattina

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I have two questions here.

#1 - my drivers door speaker randomly stopped working so I'm going to buy a new set for the front, any suggestions as to what I should buy? I was thinking maybe Kicker or Alpine sense I have an Alpine 12" sub already.

#2 - I have some ridiculous rattles going on in the rear of the car, what are some of the
major things that rattle? My rear deck lid sounds like its going to explode and fall off, is there any way to fix that?

vgalluzzo

fatmat for the rattles and for the speakers just make sure you go with 3-ways

DavidLaMattina

iTrader: (3)

Whats the difference with 2-way and 3-way etc.?

And where exactly should I install the fat mat?

EmperorJJ1

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the more ways you have the more sound waves travel the way of your ears. i installed all ways in my car for super awesome mega bueno sound. nasa approved area 51 ****

DavidLaMattina

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I'm debating between these three, any input? I'm leaning towards the Alpine's only because I already have a 12" Alpine sub in the trunk, so I figured I'd stay Alpine.

1: Kenwood Excelon KFC-X1730 6-3/4" 2-way car speakers — fits 6-3/4" and 6-1/2" openings at Crutchfield Signature

2: Infinity Kappa 652.9i 6-3/4" 2-way car speakers at Crutchfield Signature

3: Alpine SPR-17C 6-3/4" 2-way car speakers — also fits 6-1/2" openings at Crutchfield Signature

vgalluzzo

3-ways = better mids and highs

drumrush

iTrader: (8)

i put in alpine type s components, they sound pretty damn good and are fairly cheap

DavidLaMattina

iTrader: (3)

These are three way, what about these?

Kenwood KFC-1693PS 6-1/2" 3-way car speakers — also fit 6-3/4" openings at Crutchfield.com[rank3]3-way

Or these:

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...appa_639i.aspx

c4w18

jj never ceases to make me lol at consumer brainwashing.

EmperorJJ1

iTrader: (5)

the sad part is no one else caught on. if the 3 ways are better then how come they are cheaper? maybe kenwood and infinity are trying to fool everyone into paying more for the worse speakers. or is it the fact that the people who want **** cheap fall into the marketing hype but the people willing to pay for good sound could careless how many supertweeters and flux capacitors the speakers have

i would say your best bet is probably the infinity kapa 2 way 652.9i or the KFC-X1730

c4w18

yea to be honest dude, shell out the cash for a component set of those kappas rather than coaxial....just my two cents...as far as sound dampening goes theres no one better to ask here than JJ the guy who posted -----^

right above me....supposedly he has few thou in sound deadening done on my car...its worth it though. I dropped about 200 bucks for 80 sq. ft of second skin, which allows for quite a bit to get deadened, nothing too extreme, but it'll get the job done. for a trunk kit you're looking at anywhere from 80-130 for a decent brand. just take the sheets of butyl rubber with foil backing and apply it (after washing your trunk lid, etc. to allow the adhesive to set properly)...make sure you over lap the edges a slight bit, you don't want gaps. my 2 c.