Rockford Fosgates?

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Rockford Fosgates?

Reply #15 – April 29, 2007, 09:11:13 AM

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Hell i appreciated all the advice, because I don't mind working on machanical things but I'm no fabricator and even worse at at anything electrical.

dont be afraid. if you can follow directions and have a touch of common senceinstalling a head unit, running/wiring speakerwire, and installing speakers should be a snap. as specially if you deal with crutchfeild. its pretty satisfying when you are done too. of course you could always bring it to best buy or circuit city if you are realy desperate or maybe an audio shop.

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Reply #16 – April 29, 2007, 07:46:08 PM

oh no.. I don't which one did it but I remember one of them connecting a a wire to the alt and having the battery run down on someone car b4

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Reply #17 – April 30, 2007, 04:22:39 PM

Rockford makes great quality speakers. I personally prefer them or Audiobahn and some time Kicker and Alpine. As for quick connects Crutchfield makes them, Im not for sure if for our vehicles, but they only sell them when speakers are purchased from them and by request from what I know. As said before soldering and heat shrink work great with some self tapping screws. I put 6x9"s in the rear tray and used self tapping screws to hold them in place.

Pioneer headunits are your best bet in headunits. they are definetly worth the money. Alpine and Kenwood are great if youre willing to pay that much more.

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Reply #18 – April 30, 2007, 04:25:39 PM

Running newer/bigger gauge wire will definetly help sound too. As Clayton said. Wiring isnt difficult, headunit harnesses are color coded and an adapter to plug into your stock wiring can be bought at Walmart for $8-9. If you lived closer Id be happy to do it. Wiring stereo is a sinch.

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Reply #19 – April 30, 2007, 05:57:15 PM

I'm glad you gave me that vote of confidence, because I barely hear anyone mention rockford fos for speakers. It' always the usual supects. Plus whats the size the of the speakers or tweet on the dash so I will know when I go get them as well and he trunk. 86 ls cougar.

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Reply #20 – April 30, 2007, 09:02:07 PM

as for head units i have a Kenwood an i love it. it was 250 but it sound an looks great a has the motorized faceplate. i just cut the wores off and hooked up regular clip to them. worked out fine.

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Reply #21 – May 01, 2007, 12:10:50 AM

Stock Speaker Sizes:
Dash-3.5"
Door-6.5"
Rear Deck-6x8"

I love Rockford. Great quality for the money. I personally prefer them. I have Rockford 3.5"s waiting to go in my dash. I plan to go all Rockford with my Cougar and my other vehicles too. I have Rockford 10" subs and an amp to push them. For only 300 watts it is by far the loudest stereo I have heard with 10''s. No Contest.

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Reply #22 – May 01, 2007, 08:13:16 AM

I have a set of rockford in my 85 ramcharger and I also love the sound of it. And I was going to do the same set-up as you with putting them in, in all the vehicles. I usaully try to get the the 4-way speakers

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Reply #23 – May 01, 2007, 08:14:00 PM

All I have are the 3.5''s and my two 10''s and an amp. My friend has a older punch 12". My brother plans on getting Punch P3's. Im an influence on people haha. Ive never had a problem with Rockfords, new or old, they seem to last no long you have them. I know that Old School Rockford amps are preferred over new age amps.

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Reply #24 – May 01, 2007, 08:56:21 PM

i got a BRAND NEW punch sitting in my basp00get, waiting to be installed in something, not sure if im robbing it from my brother yet or what. 12inch punch 3

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Reply #25 – May 01, 2007, 11:27:10 PM

hey daboss, I would tell you steal them and put them in and let your brother know some neigborhood kids c00ch them, but you really can't hide 12's after a good search. But on most cougars they don't have speaker vents so it's no that easy to steal (in the doors). But on that note do they need to breathe?

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Reply #26 – May 02, 2007, 12:19:00 AM

Cougars have speaker covers. My 84 has slits in the door panel, not visible from the normal inside viewing of the carpet. Door speakers dont need to "breathe'' they can be bolted in like normal, or you can put them in boxes not in the door obviously.

Daboss-Steal That NOW!

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Reply #27 – May 03, 2007, 01:43:46 AM

I've always enjoyed Rockford's subs but I haven't dealt with their cabin speakers. I did have 2 pairs of Kicker 6.5 components that I had modified to fit into my 93 Cougar and then into an 01 Kia Rio after the Cougar's head gaskets blew. For the Cougar I only had to make an adapter to fit the 6.5" speakers into the 5x7" opening but for the Kia I actually made holes to fit the rear speakers into the C-Pillars. Stereo wiring is easy and safe although the soldering can burn you if you aren't happy with just using a crimper. As far as cutting holes into metal to make a hole that isn't hard either. It's only hard if you try to use the wrong tool.

For optimum sound you will want to ensure that very little of the sound that is generated by the backside of the speakers reach the cabin. That's where soundproofing material will come in handy. Dynamat has this one mat that is designed to diffuse the sound from behind the speaker. I've only seen it available online. As for sealing the door that all depends on the speaker and what kind of sound you like. For the sake of the speaker and long term use I suggest turning the door into a sealed box mainly to help keep dirt out.

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Reply #28 – May 03, 2007, 02:15:53 AM

A friend had Rockford cabin speakers, and they were ungodly loud and clear. Kickers are very nice speakers also. Higher end speakers are all about the same. I like Kicker as much as Rockford, but Kicker seems to be alittle more expensive around here anyway.

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Reply #29 – May 03, 2007, 08:59:42 AM

the door where speakers go already have holes where bolts can go do i still need to drill and tap?