well i just spend an hour and a half taking off my drivers side door pannel cause my speaker wasn't working...all it turned out to be was a disconected wire (thank god!!) one of those red clips that attach 2 wire ends had come uncliped..incompentent stereo installers!

now that i've figured out how to take the door pannel off i probably could have installed the speakers myself...ah well

 

Just wanna know how much they charge you for installation...and did you just replaced the front speakers? What did u use and how's the sound?

 

no i didn't replace the speaker.....i already have aftermarket ones installed...the problem was when they installed the after market speakers they did a sh!ty job connecting the wires together

i have polk audio's 6.5 365's on all 4 doors

 

ya that's what I meant in the first place. Are you using the stock HU? How's the sound?

And how much did they charge for installation? BTW...since you have a Canadian model, can you tell me what's the stock speaker size? Seems that we have different size than the US models.

 

canadian sizes? huh? i thought they were the same, fronts are 5x7 rear is 6.5

 

no i have a kenwood MP 8017 MP3/CD HU i changed the stock stereo 2 weeks after i got my pro...couldn't stand the stock setup

don't remember the cost for the installation

click on my sig and you will see pic's of my head unit

i also have a 10" bazooka sub tub with a built in 150 watt amp

it sounds awsome (when all 4 speakers work!!)

 

That's what I'm expecting. But apparently someone mentioned they have 5.5 or 6.5 at the front. But the rear ones are pretty consistent...everyone seems to agree with 6.5 at the back.

 

check in the audio section..... I forgot what it was, but it's archived somewhere there

 

stock is 5x7 at the front and 6.5's at the back...i have an adapter for my front 6.5 speakers so they fit

 

My buddy who does car installations for a living says they are 6.5 all the way around on all 4 doors... What's correct here? I want to order my speakers today but want to make sure I have the right information.

PJStyles

 

5x7 in the font and 6.5 in the rear are the stock sizes!!!!

 

But am I able to fit 6.5 on all 4 doors?

PJStyles

 

yes if you get those adapters for the front doors

 

5x7, 5.25, and 6.5 will all fit in the front. i'm running 5.25's up front. adapters are needed to make the round (not oval) spkrs fit.

 

Not to beat a dead horse but how do you connect the speaker to the stock wire harness? I've never installed a system before but I have a $200 gift cert. for future shop so I would like to get some speaker and install them myself.

Edit: And I read that the rear speaker are harder to install because of the non-standard 3 hole pattern Mazda used. How to get around that?