C5 stock speaker replacement
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C5 stock speaker replacement
I know this has been covered in great length, but not finding exactly what I'm looking to do in a search. Have '97 coupe. Have replaced the rear speakers with aftermarket and have replaced the head unit with a Sony deck that supports Apple Car Play. Looking to tackle the door speakers. I see some people will replace the stock 8" midbass and 3" twiddler with a 6.5" component set. Others will leave the stock 8" and just replace the twiddler with a 3.5" coaxial speaker. I would like to use the Metra adapter and install a low profile 6.5" subwoofer (Kicker DVC) and cut in a 3.5" coaxial into the adapter. Can I run the coaxial speaker off the deck and the 6.5" sub off the bose amp? I believe the stock 8" is 1 or two ohm. The Kicker sub is dual 4ohm, so I would run in parallel at 2ohm. Has anyone done this or see any issue with this plan? I'm not interested in running another amp and would otherwise just run 6.5" speakers off the deck. Thanks,
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I know this has been covered in great length, but not finding exactly what I'm looking to do in a search. Have '97 coupe. Have replaced the rear speakers with aftermarket and have replaced the head unit with a Sony deck that supports Apple Car Play. Looking to tackle the door speakers. I see some people will replace the stock 8" midbass and 3" twiddler with a 6.5" component set. Others will leave the stock 8" and just replace the twiddler with a 3.5" coaxial speaker. I would like to use the Metra adapter and install a low profile 6.5" subwoofer (Kicker DVC) and cut in a 3.5" coaxial into the adapter. Can I run the coaxial speaker off the deck and the 6.5" sub off the bose amp? I believe the stock 8" is 1 or two ohm. The Kicker sub is dual 4ohm, so I would run in parallel at 2ohm. Has anyone done this or see any issue with this plan? I'm not interested in running another amp and would otherwise just run 6.5" speakers off the deck. Thanks,
