Can someone confirm what size speakers will fit the front doors and A-pillars? What have you guys gone with? A Crutchfield Tech. said to go with a 6.5" in the doors even though there are 6x9's in there now. He said I will lose alot of low end on the 6.5's though. His reason was they don't offer a 6x9'" that will work with the door panel, His exact comment was " you have less than 2 tenths of an inch between the door panel and the OEM grille and about 3.3" of mounting depth behind the panel". Has anyone found a set of 6x9's that worked? Crutchfield also said this of my previous Ram but I fit 6x9's in the doors just fine. Also does anyone make a tweeter for the A-pillars that bolts in or at least one that will fit without alot of modification? Thanks.

 

They are really lacking in knowledge on "what" fits the front doors. I have Infinity Kappa 6x9 three ways in the front doors, Fit fine, they say they don't, take their recommendations with a grain of salt.

 

You need to think about what your ultimate goal is here. This is a rabbit hole that could lead you in a 100 ways and having you spend hard earned money till you are finally....happy. With that being said, what is the end goal? and what are you looking to spend? Both of those are also subject to change and undoubtedly will. Now you have to understand that a good system will have three aspect, tweeters, midranges and subwoofers. The idea is to get quality speakers with proper power and the proper frequencies going to all three. Yes you would lose a small amount of bass going with a 6.5 component set but the sound quality far exceeds the bass lost. When you add a subwoofer to your system that amount of bass is not even relevant. You will need adaptor plates to put in the 6.5's which can be found anywhere. If you are wanting JUST to replace your speakers for a smidge better sound with no amplifiers you can do this but the gain you are going to see over an amplified system is small. Yet to some sufficient and well, I don't know where you wanna go or spend. You will need to get better than stock yet not good enough that they distort to hell and back from the amplification of the stock system's power. You can acquire tweeter adaptors as well from SoundsGoodStereo that will add in replacing those. Or like many of us have you can fab something up to hold the tweeter in place. I'll give you some photos of what I've done to give you a visual. Hush is the local forum vendor and there are several other guys who so car stereo here that will chime in eventually.

Here is SoundsGoodStereo block off plates that aid in creating more of a chamber for the speaker, like box/enclosure. Also here are some homemade adaptor plates. You can buy them or use the stock speaker to fab up a set.


I did 80% sound deadening inside the door and then this vehicle specific on the outside.

 

Thanks this helps alot. I'm in my 50's so I don't need anything loud or booming, just looking for a little better sound at normal volume. Glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks Crutchfield is a little conservative with what fits. Shane03 are those component speakers you installed in those doors and what brand?

 

I'm running JL Audio C3's now, think I had Hertz CK's in the door for those pictures. Changed them out about a week ago. The rear I am running a Sundown Audio 6.5 for midbass only. You would need an amplifier for these. Maybe you could get away from the JL Audio C1's but honestly not sure the wattage you could get away with before distorting. Maybe Hush could answer that question and point you in the right direction or sell you what you really need.

 

I have these. They fit exactly, completely plug and play with no adapters, and even the tweeters are a perfect fit. The tweeters use adapters so there’s no splicing or cutting, and they allow you to even reuse the factory mounting brackets. I’m really happy with them.
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_151OE6...9C-FD.html?l=C

 

What are your thoughts between the Hertz and the JL? I had C3's in my last 150 ( 07), and have Hertz in my new truck. I am missing the warmer mids and highs of the JLs, but not sure if it is more truck related than speaker related.

 

I'm using Morel 692's in my doors. They are deep, but cleared well.
Shown with adapters and silicone bafflers.



These are in my 2017 RCSB. Do not know what year of your truck. But mine extend out and in much farther that the factory speakers. KM

 

I did Rockford 6.5" speakers at the corners and added a sub. Trying to use component speakers for bass is not a good idea under any circumstances, but it is REALLY bad if you are trying to get by with the ~15W RMS that a factory head unit can provide because bass requires an enormous amount of power. Offloading that demand from your component speakers not only allows them to focus upon sounds that they can recreate, but it also adds a lot of power back into your system where you need it most.

 

Crutchfield has a ton of knowledge, they actually pull new cars in and get measurements on radios, doors, etc. I bet they have the largest database of "what fits".

Problem is, every brand they sell has different parameters, and each truck could be off a little. So they are very good in the game, perfect, no...But I've been there, very amazed at how deep their dig goes.