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[nonuro]

Originally Posted by SunDiego

Any Audio shop that makes custom fiberglass cases can do this for you for a LOT cheaper. I placed 2 speakers in the back with fiberglass cases and they look very slick.

I have some time tomorrow afternoon and will be calling the same shop that did your's. From my last conversation with them I got the impression they will make one for me with the sub installed for around $250.00 +s/h. SunDiego, did the spekers in the back "fill" out the sound? If i do rear speakers they have to go in the white plastic/ B pillars, I'm thinking 4x6 or 4" will do.

[fmaxwell]

Originally Posted by Napoleon12

nwhen you buy speakers ask youself this. go into a store listen to what they have.
they will sound great when u listen to them in the store. what catches your ear. what stands out too you. that is the speaker you need to buy.

As an audiophile, engineer, and (decades ago) a stereo salesman, I'll have to not-so-humbly disagree. Speakers that sound good when mounted to a board in a store seldom sound good when mounted in a car. Conversely, speakers that sound good in a car often sound overly bright and lacking bass when mounted to a board in the typical store's car audio department. That's because the acoustical environment in a car is radically different than that in the typical showroom of a car stereo store (or department).

Once you have heard enough speakers in cars and in stores you can make some educated guesses about how a speaker will sound in a given vehicle based on how it sounds in the store (what sounds good in a Hummer H1 is unlikely to be what sounds best in a Smart Car, for example). Your best bet is to listen to some installs in other Smart Cars and choose the same speakers used in one you like.