Kenwood KFC-6966S 6 x 9 Inch 400-Watt 3-Way Flush Mount Coaxial Car Speaker Easy Installation - Pair

I replace the front door OEM speakers from my 2017 Ford Explorer with this ones and the improvement in sound was from land to heaven, even without the need of an after market amplifier (although in case needed it will withstand it, at least a 200 x 4 channels). Fully recommended!!! Only thing is that one has to separately buy both the speaker connectors and the spacers (speaker frames) from "METRA".

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These speakers put me through the ringer. They are quite deep which made them not fit into existing hardware as a different site mentioned they would. (I do not hold you accountable for their error) the box does come with a guide to drill holes, however I had some issues using and caused my holes to be slightly off. This would have been fine as they were close enough that I could have made it work, except for the depth of the speakers and the width of the bottom half again caused an issue in that the speakers were too big for the space they meant to sit. I ended up having to use the cover plate upside down to secure the speakers in the end; high enough that the base would fit into the existing speaker space. Which made manipulating the mounting flanges very difficult. Overall the sound was very good and I’m happy with the finished product, I just think there could be some changes to make installing these speakers easier. I do appreciate the “plug and play” wire connectors that come with the kit, great thinking for future replacements if needed. 2 Week Update: The sound quality really impresses me, overall the kit came pretty comprehensive even with my struggles, so I’ve upgraded to a 5 star!

Old speakers: Open circuit (dead) I installed these Kenwood 6x9" speakers in the rear of my old 97 Bonneville. They were slightly too large for the mounting trays on the rear deck so I had to enlarge slightly with my Dremel grinder. Had to remove about 1/8" in the corners and then about a 1/16" around the rest of the opening. Took me about 30 minutes of grinding this plastic material using a metal grinding bit. The old Delco speakers were 10 ohms so I searched for 8 ohm speakers which are very hard to find in 6x9, so I ended up buying these Kenwood 4 ohm speakers. Also, since all they give you is a little pigtail wire off the speakers, I had to do some soldering and crimping after cutting off the old connectors in the trunk. Being an electronics guy, I didn't want to take the chance of overloading (possibly frying) the audio amplifier so I installed a 4 ohm resistor (purchased here at Amazon) in series (now 8 ohm load) to approximate the old loads. The amplifier probably could have handled 4 ohms, but I didn't want to take a chance since I had no specs on it. And... you will notice on the speakers that I added the fiber cushioning gasket which I removed from my old speakers with a razor blade. If you're installing these on a metal surface, I would definitely recommend putting some sort of spacer cushion like these on the speakers to avoid any rattle or unwanted vibrations. So how does it sound? Very good! Good medium-low bass and crisp higher frequencies. It was more work than thought it would be but ya, it was worth it.

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