Replacement speakers for my 172?

[Seb25]

I want to replace the standard speakers with some improved sounding ones, good bass and treble that wont cost me a ridiculous amount. I also don't want to run an amp or sub. Recommendations?

Thanks!

 

[RossM09]

hertz or focal components hertz are around 80 and focal 120 the hertz get good rates on here and focal are a good quality audio producer and put there 6.5inch component access speakers in mine and they sound crisp on the highs and tight on the mid bass

 

[Seb25]

Thanks mate, i've head great things about the Focal's, is it just 6.5s all around? As in, would i need 4, 2 front and 2 back?

 

[Lyons]

I thought the standard mk2 clio speakers were 5" (13cm)?? To fit 6.5" you need to install baffles don't you?

 

[Seb25]

That's a good point actually! I'd rather just straight replace the 13cm speakers tbh

 

[Seb25]

If i bought these for example; http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/8396.html

would they just straight fit into the existing slots front and rear?

 

[Lyons]

You would benefit from upgrading to 6.5" partly because of the extra cone size, and partly because installing baffles makes the speaker much more rigid and improves the sound!

Those 13cm's will be fine for the front, I can't be sure about the back though...anybody?

 

[MT AUDIO]

13cm rear,if your going to fit those co-ax up front disconnect the tweeter or youll throw the resistance out and itll sound awful,if you want to keep tweeter then buy components and replace the tweeters

 

[mattg]

I've just taken these out of my 182: -

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/4240.html

Epic speakers tbh, but couldn't fit them in the back of my new 197.

I've got a spare pair with speaker adaptors, if you're interested PM me.

 

[RossM09]

go for components up front for sure! as lyons said above upgrading the size is better and means more volume and big frequency range and the baffles means that mid bass is tighter and more rigid.

 

[Seb25]

How would i go about doing that? Can i just fit them straight in and do i need an amp?

 

[RossM09]

well taking the top of the dash off does make it a little easier to fit the tweeters and get the wire down through to the cross over and as of the speakers just take the door cards of file away some of the plastic so there room for the bigger speakers and then make some mdf baffles (circles) to glue to the plastic where the speakers mounted before and then mount the speaker to the baffles.

 

[Lyons]

On you budget I would go for some 16.5cm speakers with in-line crossovers. It makes installation much easier. You can run them off your standard headunit but upgrading the headunit will improve sound quality. Installing an amp with a new headunit will be an improvement again.