Need some advice on speaker replacement

edbert

Alright, 2000 Grand Cherokee, Infinity system, everything stock at the moment.

My wife informed me that her radio started sounding "funny." Turns out the passenger side tweeter is blown. It sounds like crap, not funny. Anyway, I need some advice on what to do. Funds are limited, but I still would like to know what some good options are.

A little background, I don't mind doing any of the work myself since I installed my HU, speakers and sub myself and rewired the my whole car. I currently have Polk speakers and would like to keep it that way, but at the same time, I am open to other options. I want it to sound good because I will probably get this car when she gets tired of it and we find her something else.

Should I just replace the tweets for now and save up for any other upgrades, or replace the mids as well and put in a set of components. I haven't bought anything car audio in a few years so I don't really know what all is good, where the good deals are, etc.

Thanks for any assistance you might provide.

Almost forgot, budget not more than $200. I still want it to sound at least as good as factory, but for the least money possible at the moment.

exalted512

Wheres allen texas at?
-Cody

edbert

In between Plano and McKinney off 75. North Dallas area. Smaller community of around 50 to 60 thousand people. Great little place. Hey, since you are in College Station, go eat some BBQ at J. Cody's for me.

Any tips on the questions at hand?

MacLeod

Polk does sell component tweeters. http://www.polkaudio.com/caraudio/products/speakers/tweeters/

You could use these for the simplest fix.

But you could also use some of these for the best fix.
http://www.polkaudio.com/caraudio/products/db6501/

Theyre $200 shipped right now at Cardomain.
http://www.cardomain.com/item/POLDB6501

exalted512

Ahh, a little too far for me.

I would replace both front door speakers and get rid of the factory tweeters and midranges all together.

Your jeep might have 6x9s though, go through crutchfield and check through their vehicle thingy.

I wouldnt run components off a factory deck, hell not even a aftermarket deck. Id spring for these:
http://www.polkaudio.com/caraudio/products/db691/

or even the regular 690s. I'm not sure I like the idea of a 3-way 6x9. I understand why Polk is doing it, but I'm not so sure itll sound any better than the 690 from last year.
-Cody

edbert

I wasn't going to run 6x9's in there. You can easily run 6 1/2's with a pre-made or homemade bracket. You can even fit a component setup in that space with the mid and the tweeter next to each other. There is actually a separate amp that runs the speakers and not just the HU power. Granted it is only like 30 or 40 watts, but it's better than nothing.

exalted512

Those amps wont put out more than 25 watts of true RMS power. Still not enough IMO to run a set of components, or at least not Polks anyway. They tend to desire at least 75% of their rated power. Hell, I was running my old momos at 1.5x their rated power and didnt blow anything for 3 years.
-Cody