At least one of my front and rear speakers are blown, I'm looking to fix this and debating finding used stock or aftermarket. What brands and sizes are people using in thier cars? I'm looking for nothing too crazy or overpowered and kinda want to keep the stock head unit in but am debating a smaller sub. This is for a 98 2.8q without Bose

 

I am going to be putting in a full alpine system in a few weeks. I am going to be putting in some type R 6.5 rounds in the back and 5.25 components in the front. I will be putting a new head unit in as well though. I know there are plenty of people out there that have put in aftermarket speaker on a stock head unit though.

 

One of my buddies told me that soundstream was a good brand, anyone every use these

 

iirc sound stream only makes subs... and i think they went out of business. but the old ones were indestructable

 

if your going to replace your speakers then I think you might aswell get some decent aftermarket ones. check out http://www.crutchfield.com/. they'll tell you what fits and give you some recommendations.

 

why would you think of even buying the cheap a$$ stock ones again? its 6.5" for the rear 2 and 4" up front. i got infinitys all around powered by a decent but cheap 800 watt 4 ch amp and i got a mono 400 watt going to the sub and i cant explain how great it sounds. if yur not into maddd bass like me just keep the sub just high enough so you can hear it. speakers were $180 for all 4 infinitysbut well worth it if you ask me. but if you want to keep it powered from the headunit then i guess whatever speakers you want, i recommend the crisp clean sounding infinitys

 

Remember that the rear speakers are powered not by the head unit, but by a small amplifier attached to the driver's side rear speaker. This will have to be removed from the speaker and kept in the system if you are using the head unit.

 

I have't heard the name sounstream in a while. But, I remember this kid around the block had 3 12' s, not sure which model, but hands down, the loudest system ever to come through my neighborhood.

 

Not necessarily; you could pull apart the wiring harness attached to the factory amp and splice some RCA connectors onto the signal cables, and hook up an aftermarket amp.

 

so i went to crutchfield, thanks for the heads up. wound up going with some Polk speakers since I've had a good history with them and they were on a really good sale price.

door
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-inUdkKP...B400&g=400

rear deck
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-inUdkKP...amp;I=107DB650

should get here friday so probably will install sat. I'll let you know how it goes.

Also I saw this on the site that if you refer friends you get discounts so if anyone else is going to do something soon I'll be more than willing to"refer" you.