At last, 6x9 8 Ohm speakers that work great and are cheap
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Originally Posted by GreeneNC;10053177On eBay for $26.88 w/ free ground shipping - [url
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-6x9-Chevrolet-Cobalt-Pontiac-G5-Replacement-Speaker-OEM-factory-6x9inch-8ohm-/162003224357
It's bassy, but not crisp or clear. A good buy for 20 bucks and I'd buy again, but don't expect perfection.
On my rear 6" sub, I used the simplyspeakers repair kit, which was great but the coil was too damaged and rattled when it decided to want to work, so I pulled the entire unit and am currently subwoofer-less. I missed it a lot less than I thought I would. I tried to buy a generic 6" subwoofer to see if it'd fit but no dice. The ML driver has a very thin lip is not completely circular. Currently deciding whether or not I want to drop $100 on another sub when I just plunked $500 for odds and ends and will be ordering my lift kit this week. Leaning towards no.
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Do you have the link for the GXOR post? I’ve been looking everywhere for some 6” x 9” 8 ohm speakers with no luck.
I’m showing these (AC Delco 25993220 for Chevy Cobalt ‘05-‘10 and Pontiac G-5 ‘07-‘09) for $14.97 + shipping - https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...&condition=new
On eBay for $26.88 w/ free ground shipping - https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-6x9-Che...-/162003224357
The Lanza OPTI69HPRO8 is sold out everywhere. After seeing the replacement costs for subwoofers I decided to start with a 6” Foam Repair Kit from Simply Speakers - https://www.simplyspeakers.com/Toyot...fg_99-0-1.html - If that works I might try to do the same with they 6” x 9”..... And others if they are bad off.
I’m showing these (AC Delco 25993220 for Chevy Cobalt ‘05-‘10 and Pontiac G-5 ‘07-‘09) for $14.97 + shipping - https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...&condition=new
On eBay for $26.88 w/ free ground shipping - https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-6x9-Che...-/162003224357
The Lanza OPTI69HPRO8 is sold out everywhere. After seeing the replacement costs for subwoofers I decided to start with a 6” Foam Repair Kit from Simply Speakers - https://www.simplyspeakers.com/Toyot...fg_99-0-1.html - If that works I might try to do the same with they 6” x 9”..... And others if they are bad off.
One of my DS18's sounds like crap now - I'm really hoping it's just loose in the bracket and I need better screws. The ones I used were a little too small. I'll take it apart tomorrow and find out.
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I don't have the link handy, but if you search the GXOR Facebook page it'll probably come up.
One of my DS18's sounds like crap now - I'm really hoping it's just loose in the bracket and I need better screws. The ones I used were a little too small. I'll take it apart tomorrow and find out.
One of my DS18's sounds like crap now - I'm really hoping it's just loose in the bracket and I need better screws. The ones I used were a little too small. I'll take it apart tomorrow and find out.
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Fingers crossed... I’m working on a solution now. I found 6” x 9” 4/8 Ohm speakers for $16.99 ea @ O’Reilly Auto Parts (AW-669SP). I was able to cut off two plastic pieces about 1/8” and sanded the inside of the OEM speaker bracket to make it fit. I reused the black rubber gasket. It actually is lower profile than OEM.
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Might not be the best way... but it worked for me
Saving this to reuse
This was the least fun part, it may help to use a hairdryer to heat up the seal. After seperation be careful “stretching” too hard when pulling it off or it will be too stretched out to fit on properly. A very flat, flathead screwdriver may be better
Hacking off two of these
Removing screws to remove old speaker from bracket
Finished
Elbow bracket I choose to reuse
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One thing I did notice after installing was that the front/dash speaker sounded like it was blown. Not looking forward to replacing that one b/c I think I saw in another post that I have to remove the Nav system to access it. I’m going to have to dig around the forum to look into that more. When I hear a blown speaker it’s like nails on a chalkboard.
Fingers crossed my SimplySpeakers.com ML 6” foam replacement kit comes today so I can repair the Sub and spend 2 hours trying to put the interior quarter panel back together.
Fingers crossed my SimplySpeakers.com ML 6” foam replacement kit comes today so I can repair the Sub and spend 2 hours trying to put the interior quarter panel back together.
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4 Ohm vs 8 Ohm Impedance
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One thing I did notice after installing was that the front/dash speaker sounded like it was blown. Not looking forward to replacing that one b/c I think I saw in another post that I have to remove the Nav system to access it. I’m going to have to dig around the forum to look into that more. When I hear a blown speaker it’s like nails on a chalkboard.
Fingers crossed my SimplySpeakers.com ML 6” foam replacement kit comes today so I can repair the Sub and spend 2 hours trying to put the interior quarter panel back together.
Fingers crossed my SimplySpeakers.com ML 6” foam replacement kit comes today so I can repair the Sub and spend 2 hours trying to put the interior quarter panel back together.
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Fingers crossed... I’m working on a solution now. I found 6” x 9” 4/8 Ohm speakers for $16.99 ea @ O’Reilly Auto Parts (AW-669SP). I was able to cut off two plastic pieces about 1/8” and sanded the inside of the OEM speaker bracket to make it fit. I reused the black rubber gasket. It actually is lower profile than OEM.
Was anyone able to confirm that these are 8ohm? This still available at O'Reilly's (I think... that model number looks like it may be a dual cone speaker not a component) and it turns out are Metra brand like all of the adapters, but product info doesn't show impedance...
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Well apparently everyone bought all the 8ohm speakers... I was just went to purchase some and.....
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