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I am getting ready to buy speakers for the Comanche, and I have a few questions. The back speakers are 4x6, correct? Any way to put 6x9's in there? if yes, how much modification was needed for the install? Anyone have pictures? :cheers: Thanks, Rich

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I'm working on installing some 5.25 Infinity Kappa's in the back and in the doors. I had them laying around and decided to get some use out of them.

 

Yep, I have some 6x9s taking up room too. I would like to be able to do the same thing :brows:

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I am getting ready to buy speakers for the Comanche, and I have a few questions. The back speakers are 4x6, correct? Any way to put 6x9's in there? if yes, how much modification was needed for the install? Anyone have pictures? :cheers: Thanks, Rich

I had a pair of Infinity 4X6 (462.5) from my old TJ and put them in the back, like has been said not a lot of room in the back. I have the Infiinity Kappa Component speaker 5.25 in the front and will be putting in a cheap Panasonic subwoofer behind the seats. So far the sound is good, much better than stock. Like was suggested earlier perhaps an external enclosure for the rears or external pods might be better rather than hacking up the rear area for 6X9's.

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I have 6X9's in boxes behind the seats now. They sound good, but I will be putting them on the factory location when I gut the interior come spring time....

 

I say a pic somewhere, here I thought. Where a kid was able to cleanly mount a 6X9 to either sede in factory location only slightly canted....

 

Thats my plan along with some of thats afor mentioned Infinity component speakers for the front...

 

CW

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The rear speakers for an MJ aren't really 4x6. I had one somewhere that I can't find at the moment. It's an odd critter. It's actually a round speaker mounted off-center on a rectangular plate. The plate itself may actually measure 4x6 but the speaker is, IIRC, either a 3-1/2" or 4" round cone.

 

Dunno if a standard, oblong 4x6 would go in there or not. I'm inclined to think probably not, or else Jeep would have used standard speakers instead of this odd-ball thingie.

 

Of course, once you're willing to start cutting you can pretty much make anything "fit." I'm not so hooked on big sound in a vehicle that I'm willing to cut metal just to fit a larger speaker.

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I recently redid the rear speakers in the truck, and took a more ambitious approach. I decided to make fiberglass speakers that were molded to the shape of the floor, so they wouldn't slide around. I used 6.5 Clarions, here are some pics.

 

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They sound great, and fit really well in the truck. I also have a padded center console that houses an 8in sub woofer (which is plenty for a small cab truck), and I have 5.25" 2 way flush mounted in door front speakers.

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The rear speakers for an MJ aren't really 4x6. I had one somewhere that I can't find at the moment. It's an odd critter. It's actually a round speaker mounted off-center on a rectangular plate. The plate itself may actually measure 4x6 but the speaker is, IIRC, either a 3-1/2" or 4" round cone.

They are 4x6 plates.

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6x9's will fit in the rear panels if you space them out from the plastic panel with a 3/4" plywood ring and angle them they fit nicely. I'll try to find the pics they were posted but it has been over a year now so I'm not sure if you can still access them in the forum. If not I'll shoot some more pics this afternoon besides I have upgraded my sub woofer and have not posted any pics of that yet.

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The rear speakers for an MJ aren't really 4x6. I had one somewhere that I can't find at the moment. It's an odd critter. It's actually a round speaker mounted off-center on a rectangular plate. The plate itself may actually measure 4x6 but the speaker is, IIRC, either a 3-1/2" or 4" round cone.

They are 4x6 plates.

 

Yes they are 4X6 plates.

 

But what Eagle is saying is the 4X6 he has is not really a "speaker" size. Its mearly a smaller round speaker put on a plate for fill a 4X6 opening and CALLED a 4x6 speaker...

 

CW

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The rear speakers for an MJ aren't really 4x6. I had one somewhere that I can't find at the moment. It's an odd critter. It's actually a round speaker mounted off-center on a rectangular plate. The plate itself may actually measure 4x6 but the speaker is, IIRC, either a 3-1/2" or 4" round cone.

They are 4x6 plates.

 

Yes they are 4X6 plates.

 

But what Eagle is saying is the 4X6 he has is not really a "speaker" size. Its mearly a smaller round speaker put on a plate for fill a 4X6 opening and CALLED a 4x6 speaker...

 

CW

Yep, that's what I was trying to say. Dunno why they did that, but it had to be more expensive than an off-the-shelf 4x6 speaker so I's guess there is a spatial constraint involved. Probably affects only purists like me who hate to cut metal in a vehicle.

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I wouldn't recommend putting a round speaker in the stock location in the rear with a bench, due to the seat being able to soak up so much of the sound and make your speakers sound muddy.

 

Infinity is definitely the way to go. That or JBL, who is made by Infinity. JBL is more my ear, but either is :thumbsup:

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My rears are an actual 4x6. The cone is oblong not round. Infinity makes a direct replacement that'll fit. I've seen them at Future shop. I was planning on buying them cause I got a 15" sub and a Pioneer Class "A" amp to drive it and a buddy gave me two Pioneer 2 channel 80w amps that look identical to the Class "A". I figgured one to powwa my RF Fanaticx component set for the doors, and another for the rears.

Um, I like LOUD jamminz.gif

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My rears are an actual 4x6. The cone is oblong not round. Infinity makes a direct replacement that'll fit. I've seen them at Future shop. I was planning on buying them cause I got a 15" sub and a Pioneer Class "A" amp to drive it and a buddy gave me two Pioneer 2 channel 80w amps that look identical to the Class "A". I figgured one to powwa my RF Fanaticx component set for the doors, and another for the rears.

Um, I like LOUD jamminz.gif

 

Can you fit a 15? I've got a 12" going in Thursday, might run two, but didn't suspect a 15 to fit!

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