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I'm thinking about adding a set of components to replace my factory speakers. I was wondering what locatoins you guys have used. I'm thinking of adding these... Amazon.com: Kicker 11KS65.2 6.5 inch. Component Speaker System (Kicker KS652): Electronics My vehicle is a 2002.

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01Vortec:
What all did you do to remove the stock speaker grille on your door? I've been thinking about doing that but, just haven't got around to it yet..any custom work or does it just pop off?

i cut them out with a jig saw

Me and vortec01 have remarkably similar tastes in this regard.
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And here's how I cut mine out.
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Just another way to do it. I felt it safer to do it that way, but the jigsaw would work just fine.

Dangit! Now I'm going to have to go and do that now! :icon_look: JK it looks awesome and I've been contiplating doing it for awhile now. :icon_razz:

According to Kicker the tweeter should be next to or 12" from the mid...idk where I want to mount. Thanks for the pics guys.

The tweeter doesn't HAVE to be within 12" of the mid. The acoustics inside the vehicle may not lend itself well to them being that close with the mid in the factory mounting location, at least not in every vehicle. Notice that vortec01 has the tweeters for the mids in the doors all the way up at the top in the sail panel, with the comps in the kicks as well it probably really helped to raise the sound stage, I'm guessing. In my truck they sounded the most natural a couple of inches above the mid mounted right in the door card as you can see in the picture above. It will depend on your tastes and what sounds GOOD to YOUR EARS. Best thing to do is tie on a good length of wire to the tweeters and use some double sided tape, doubled over duct tape, or something of that nature to stick them in different locations and see which sounds the best to you.

I have so much to learn.

the tweets in the sail panels and the kicks did help raise the sound stage a little bit. time alignment helped out even more.

just mount them where you think sounds best. IMO, there is no best place to mount them. personal preference comes into play on that

We all have a lot to learn. I've been working with audio (designing/building boxes, installations, etc. mostly with home audio that early, car audio when I got a little older) since I was ~13. Had some friends teaching me some really cool stuff real early. Even so there's still so much more to learn. The worst problem is that it seems like more than half the information we get taught, especially from friends, is not accurate. I started a car club locally to help teach the kids who are starting out in the hobby the right from the wrong. It's not easy, but it's working some. There's nothing wrong with questioning whether or not what someone teaches you is correct or not, you may end up learning more than you can imagine by doing so.


Time alignment FTW! Can't beat what that can do for you at all.

So should I go with a set of Kicker 11DS652 or 11KS652. While I hope to add an amp in the near future they wont be hooked up w/ one at first.

if youre willing to spend 150$ on a set of components, you can do much better than that kicker set.

I'm able to order them straight from Kicker for MUCH cheaper.