Is there any sense in installing rear speakers if both
seats are set all the way to the rear all the time. Won't the
seats severely muffle the sound from the rear speakers? Don't want to spend the bucks for a crappy sound. Advice please.

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i think you can still hear the rear speakers.

but i would think they won't sound like you spend million bucks on it (since it's still not the ideal location for speaker placement)

i worry more about the reproduction of the sound staging. (cause of the rear speaker location and the fact that they are much closer to the driver than the front speakers)

 

Did the rear speaker install and I'm quite happy with them...you can at least hear the song now and it more than meets my needs. Its this or spend even more for amp, sub, hu, etc.

Have to adjust fade toward fronts so the rear speaker doesn't overpower the door speakers (I guess that's what you're talking about when you say "sound staging"). Once adjusted to your liking, it sounds fine.

 

I have rear speakers and I also have my seat all the way back. It's still worth it. It adds more volume and if you use the fade control you will be able to balance the sound. I have an Alpine head unit with T-Correction that takes the distance of all the speakers to the driver and adjust the sound stage according to the distance. This works very well.

 

How much work went into the wiring, etc.? What brand speakers did you buy?

Brew

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tombrew
[B]How much work went into the wiring, etc.?

 

I just installed my OEM front speakers in the rear and they sound GREAT!!! I figured I'd try to cut the rear panels myself and if I screwed up I'd order new one's from Lucid.

To my amazement the job went easily with out any serious problems. I just ran the wires from my aftermarket headunit up under the center console, and back around the glove box to the left and right speakers.

I'm really amazed at the sound difference this made. I'm not sure weather to upgrade the rear speakers to some name brand or not. I've got a pair of rockford fosgate 6 1/2 full ranges in the front (excellent high's but so so on mid bass). The OEM speakers actually have a decent amount of bass to them for what they are and I fear if I upgrade I'll have too much clangy "highs" and lose the bass that I'm currently getting.

Total time: about 3 hours.
Total cost: about $15 (speaker wire / connectors)

Overall I DEFINITELY recommend this upgrade for anyone who just wants more overall sound to their stereo.

 

I had the speakers put in a few days ago. They really do make a difference. Now I can actually hear the music when I am driving top down 70+ mph. It's true that the speakers do get a bit muffled with the seats back, but that doesn;t really matter with all that wind noise anyway.

I went to Good Guys to get my speakers, and they did a nice job installing but it wasn't cheap. I figured that I didn't know much about wiring, and I'm not very good with mod projects, so I just had them do it. I got the speakers for a good price, but the installation was $150. Ouch. Maybe I won;t feel so bad if someone tells me the spent close to that. The upside was that I didn't have to do any work and I didn't need the harness from Lucid (another $50).

If you can, I suggest installing yourself.

Lastly, if you put some speakerswith good bass in the back, they serve two functions.
1) you can hear the music
2) they are like mini-subs and they provide more than enough bass. I've got Boston's in the back and I can feel the bass through the seat.

Total cost: $350

 

If I did this, I still wouldn't have any speakers not muffled...

As it is now in my MY2000, my left leg blocks the speaker on my side and my passenger blocks the speaker on his/her's...

Any way around this?

 

I know exactaly what you mean by the front speakers getting muffled by your legs... very annoying.

If you put in rear speakers, although they are physically muffled by the seat, the sound seems to travel upward and around both sides of the headrest.

My first impression of the rear speakers was that they were going to be muffled also, but I assure you that if they are done right they do sound pretty damn good.