I want sound.....but trunk space too

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This may have already been posted, though, I had some trouble understanding what some people were trying to do with their systems. Here is what I want to do and tell me if it will work.

I have the stock system with 4 door speakers. What I would like to do is install some speakers in my rear deck and my thoughts were as follows........I was thinking of buying a small amp (100W-200W) and using that to power the speakers in the rear deck. Wiring to the amp would be as follows: Splice into the remote wire for the factory amp for the new amp and connect the spliced-in wire to the new amp, buy a converter to solve having no RCA outputs and run that to the amp. From there, I would run a wire to my battery (with an in-line fuse) and make a ground for it. After that, I was thinking of installing 2 6X9's in the rear decklid where i would have speakers if I had the audiophile system.

Are 6X9's going to sound bad with a 100W-200W amp hooked up to them? I would really like to save some trunk space and don't really want to put an enclosure there. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
From what I've heard in other cars, 6x9's will improve the sound quality when added to a stock system. 100 watts might be a little steep considering the stock speakers are only getting about 20 watts rms. You don't want to overpower any specific area of the system. With maybe about 30-40 watts rms to each 6x9, it should sound real good.
 
what type of 6x9's are you considering... 2 way.. 3 way?
 
heres a pic of my old system.. i'm actually building a custom enclosure for 2 15" kicker l7 solo barics as we speak... what are you lookin for.. what type of music do you listen to? want a lot of bass?
 
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I've wanted to attempt the same setup I had in college in my Beretta but...I just haven't committed to it yet.

In that car, I pulled the spare tire (no need for it if you have AAA or some other roadside assistance) , made a 5/8" board that went over the edge of the sparetire well. On the end toward the rear of the car, I created a board to seal it for just enough room to mount my amps (at the time, a Punch 150 HD and a Punch 45 HD). In the box, I had two 8 ohm solobarics wired in series (the old school round ones). In the doors and dash, I had 5.25 MB Quart separates and in the rear, 5.25 MB Quart co-axials. The 150 ran just the subs and the 45 ran everything else. I kept the gains right at half way and you couldn't hardly turn it beyond 3/4 volume. It was clear and the bass was nice and tight. If I remember correctly, the spare tire well volume was right at 1.8 cu. ft. which was right at what they required. I'd imagine the LS has a decent sized trunk well too. Everything in my trunk except the x-over was flush mounted in the trunk. I even kept the trunk mat in there just to hide everything.

I wish I snapped pics of it but...this was waayy before the days of digital...and I didn't think to snap pics of it.

Anyway...I'd love to try this in the LS...I think it would be fun to get back into car audio.

-Pete
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You might want to consider replacing the four door speakers first. Those factory paper cone speakers are truly awful. I just replaced mine with Pioneer 3-way 6x8's and it made a huge difference.
 
what I did was got two 6x9's in their own boxes because if you put them in your rear deck and have alot of bass in your trunk it will make the 6x9's bumb to loud and they will sound like :q:q:q:q, get them put in their own boxes and mounted somewhere in the back!
are the new kenwood 12's anygood? I have two 10 inch solar barickkickers the older ones not the squares does anyone know if the kenwood's would be louder?
 
kenwood subs are horrible.... ecspecially those blue tornado ones.. I wouldnt recommend if you want quality, go with some audiobahn flame series, polo momo, kicker solo baic l7 (squares), JL audio w7 (amazing speaker), or even some power acoustik.. they make some great speakers, the new mtx are pretty descent, Let me know what your interested in, and i'll see what type of discount i can get you.
 
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