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Critique my proposed audio system setup (AudioFrog, Alpine, JL)

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Stopped by my local shop and got my first quote for replacement audio. Critique away! All opinions are welcome! Estimate 12100 from Extreme Audio.jpeg
 

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Honestly your best bet is to focus your money on the front doors. Deaden the hell out of them and step up to a GB60/GB25/GB10 3 way instead of the GS....even if you have to move some other stuff around or wait a bit. The step up from GS to GB is substantial.
 

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Honestly your best bet is to focus your money on the front doors. Deaden the hell out of them and step up to a GB60/GB25/GB10 3 way instead of the GS....even if you have to move some other stuff around or wait a bit. The step up from GS to GB is substantial.
So you wouldn’t add anything at all to the rear?


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Do the 3 way front first with no rear fill. Ran active and tuned properly with a DSP you likely won’t even miss the rears.
You can always add it later if you feel like you need it.
 

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Thanks, UNBROKEN!


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Do the 3 way front first with no rear fill. Ran active and tuned properly with a DSP you likely won’t even miss the rears.
You can always add it later if you feel like you need it.
Did your setup include a 6x9 in the front door? My shop seems to think the front door will take a 6x9 and not 6.5


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The front oem is a 6x9. If a shop can’t fab an adapter plate to run a 6.5 I’d be looking for a different shop. lol
I plan to run an 8” midbass...which also fits with an adapter plate.
 

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The front oem is a 6x9. If a shop can’t fab an adapter plate to run a 6.5 I’d be looking for a different shop. lol
I plan to run an 8” midbass...which also fits with an adapter plate.
Just got my car back from the shop and it sounds great. Question - did you come up with any solution for the rattle in the overhead sunglasses flip down storage? Any time my sub hits, that’s the only rattle I hear. Everything else has been sound dampened to death


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