Show us what your running in your ride

No problem. Seriously check out that site & ask them. They can usually point you in the right direction if you tell them what you're looking for.

If you want the sound to be better, go with a good component setup. Oversimplified - it's like separating the tweeters from the mid & allowing you to position them where you want them. Coaxials have them mounted in the middle of the woofer, which not only drowns out some of the sound, but doesn't allow you to aim the tweeters in an optimal listening position. I'm willing to bet your Explorer has small speakers mounted on the door near the window. If so, that is part of your component setup. The other part is likely in the lower half of the door or on the dash, correct? This is why most newer cars sound so good from the factory even with less than acceptable speakers & stereos.

You would be right.
4.5 or 5s in the front and back doors.
could be smaller ones lower in the door or the dash, but there's no grill for them that i can see, no info in the owners manual.

My buddy claims that they have a deeper sound for low and mid range because of the sound deadener/insulation directly behind them. He claims that "fools the speaker into thinking it's a mini sub".




But I did see a tech on muscle car or something loading some kind of filament behind a 6x9 who was saying something similar.

Has anyone found a radio that looks like the factory one but has AM/FM and possibly CD and MP3 capabilities? I was looking at Custom Autosound, but I don't want to spend that kind of cash without hearing some reviews...

I bought the retrosound because two or three guys on two other chevelle forums were complaining complaining about the sound and lack of adjustability of the custom autosound.
This retrosound (rerosoundusa.com) radio I just got has an MP3 plug in right in the front, has 5 or 6 preset EQ channels, loudness,treble and bass settings and comes with different knobs and faceplates. I haven't got it in yet, mostly because right now it is 7 f&*king degrees in my garage.
I picked mine up from Crutchfield.com for less than $200 for the "classicsound" model that was recommended by the manufacturer for the 73-77 Chevelle and Monte dash. Crutchfield also carries the "Model One" and gives you the faceplate/knob kit free.
I have checked mine against the dash opening, and I won't have to do anything to mount it except adjust the shafts on the radio.

i just have a panasonic deck in the olds with two 6x9 and two 4x6s i think all jl audio in the rear still need to upgrade front speakers but in my daily driver 2004 cavalier i got comp set up jvc deck hifonics bxi 2006d mono amp two mtx 9500 15s and a custom built 7 cu ft box and its load check out this video and then watch the other ones lol[img][/img][img][/img]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EanAGLE9muM

idk wtf any of it is but its an alpine with a cd player, and a new 6x9 speaker under the dash with 2 big speakers behind the seats in the camino

in the lumina,I have a pioneer head unit with some 5x7's in the doors and 2 12" subs in da trunk.

why does it say monte carlo an you say lumina?

because HE has the first ever 4 door monte carlo

I had a white lumina b4 this lumina,and i had a monte carlo trunk lid on it. well one day i got pulled over (in Mc D's drive thru) and the cop wrote out the ticket for a 95 4 door monte carlo, and that i showed proof of insurance. when i went to court i told the judge that the car was a lumina and if the cop ran the plate he would of known.than i said if he did his job right he never asked me for my insurance card. the judge let me go.......

BlackChevelleSS wrote:why does it say monte carlo an you say lumina?

i want a monte,but i need the 4 doors for the kids. so i compromized.

Dredging this thread up from the dead.

I'm running a 1983 shafted Delco AM/FM cassette, with two Blaupunkt 4x6s that were on sale at Frys for 15 bucks, and a pair of $5 Dual 6x9s in the rear. Leaves a lot on the table as far as sound quality goes, but seeing as how I took out the factory AM radio and mono speaker, I'd rather keep the stock look. besides the tape deck sounds pretty good with a tape adapter and ipod/xm radio. All the speakers are in the stock locations, amazingly i still had the stereo bracket for the dash from my first G3.

I think I spent a grand total of $30 bucks on the complete stereo system for the car, 10 bucks for the radio at the junkyard, and just stumbled across a screaming deal on the speakers I needed at Frys.