Should I upgrade the rear door speakers

Gibby · Mar 20, 2017

I'm going to be putting components in the front doors and just wondering if I should upgrade the rear door speakers while I'm at it. I've read some instance that its not needed.... any input?

adurm · Mar 21, 2017

In a reg cab, I would not. Most likely even in a 4 door an upgrade would be negligible. Put your rear speaker budget towards something else.

NOcasio7 · Mar 21, 2017

I changed mine out in my crew cab and added a four channel amp, put the rear speakers on low pass and made them 'subs' but changing the fron speakers and dash made the world of a difference.

blackbetty14 · Mar 21, 2017

rear doors are not full range, basically lows and mids I believe. the front doors are full range but have high bypass and wired directly into the dash speakers. Upgrading the dash is a pain bc the stockers are 8ohm, all the aftermarket are 4 ohm or less and this makes them overly "loud" and throws the balance of the system off. you can run them off an amp or wire in a resistor or just leave them be. I did all 6 speakes, rear,front and dash with the resistor mod and it made a huge difference. I just did a 12" rear single sub and that really finished it off.

The issue with the rear speakers is if you crank them up and upgrade them the bass they put out will rattle the doors. Sound proofing helps but its still not the best option.

NOcasio7 · Mar 21, 2017

blackbetty14 said:
rear doors are not full range, basically lows and mids I believe. the front doors are full range but have high bypass and wired directly into the dash speakers. Upgrading the dash is a pain bc the stockers are 8ohm, all the aftermarket are 4 ohm or less and this makes them overly "loud" and throws the balance of the system off. you can run them off an amp or wire in a resistor or just leave them be. I did all 6 speakes, rear,front and dash with the resistor mod and it made a huge difference. I just did a 12" rear single sub and that really finished it off.

The issue with the rear speakers is if you crank them up and upgrade them the bass they put out will rattle the doors. Sound proofing helps but its still not the best option.

What sub and box did you go with?
My sub just got delivered today to a shop I work at on the weekend. I went with a kicker comprt 12" being powered by a kicker 800.5 and the sub went in an Atrend BBox Ram 12" box which I am not happy about but the option that I wanted was a fox acoustics box but the week I decided to pull the trigger, they had stopped production on them and the other box company in Texas was a bit too much for me to spend.

autokraftgt · Mar 22, 2017

I wouldn't. I disconnected mine all together. You would never know my rear speakers were gone....even my rear passengers have never noticed. Put money elsewhere

adrianp89 · Mar 22, 2017

autokraftgt said:
I wouldn't. I disconnected mine all together. You would never know my rear speakers were gone....even my rear passengers have never noticed. Put money elsewhere

Less crap to rattle as well.

Gibby · Mar 23, 2017

Thanks for the replies everyone... For now I think I'll ditch the rear speakers and use that money elsewhere. Or at least till I hear what the front components are going to sound like.

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