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Agreed with the components for the fronts. That said, as the factory feed to door and dash speakers goes via cross-overs somewhere in the dash, the tweeters on a 3-way speaker would probably not be as active as usual (and not kill your ears).

I would recommend Dynamat on at least the inside door panel. I've actually got Dynamat on the outside door panel, inside door panel, and I've also put a bit of expanding foam between the door card and the inside panel and also some draught excluder strip between the edge of the door card and the door panel. It all helps.

Still got some weird rattle coming from the passenger side door and I am not able to eliminate it. Still, the way to avoid it is to slightly turn the volume down :P
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Actually, I was surprised at how good the standard JBL amp sounded... not a patch on Alpine/amp combo but it was more than acceptable.
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mine doesnt even have a jBL amp in. just standard speakers on the head unit.

the way i use to get rid of a rattle is turn it UP UP UP. :mrgreen: it definately got rid of any rattles . but not good on the ears.
i miss the loudness of my old setup but definately not good on my kids ears
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Well im outa luck with the alpine head unit iwanted, they carnt get one in.
they said they wouid locate one from another store, but theydont havethem

iwill look for something else , perhaps iwill just go with there Bargain sony ones dont know what speakers they where using on them as a demo but they sounded good, iwill go back in after christmas and have another look and see what they where,
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lozz get alipne around £150 mate.
get blutooth as well for that price

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/produc ... turer_id=3
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Cheers

iwill have a shop round after christmas,
they dont seem to know what there talking about at halfords so imight just go to a car audio shop
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ive spent a lot of money with the link i posted above.
never had any problems with them . always get goods next day . i once got a damaged twin subwoofer box. a replacement was sent same day i got it day after and they told me to keep the damage one not that it was any good mind..

as for front door speakers. defo go for components if you can . JBL , infinity kappa , MTX , vibe

ive just sold a pair of planet audio components £40 :evil: they cost me £190 and was superb quality
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Bloomin ek mate.
got some 6X9s if you need any

isnt that planet audio american?
irember having planet audio speakers in a ford galaxy ihad everything in that was american,

iwont tell you how much the i.c.e was in that you wouidnt beleive me,
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ye its american and very good quality stuff.
also just sold a pair of planet audio 6x9s :lol:

my days with ICE are over tbh mate. standard with half decent cd player will do me .
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Tried that in the old 406

aftermarket head unit with the standard speakers didnt mix,
ended up just putting the standard radio back in,

Ive got car amps and all the cables etc so imight as well just put them to use,
ive changed the speakers twice, standard citroen ones and they dont last 5 mins there like paper thin crappy things

but imight just put all this on hold for a week or so and wait see what comes of the 406 advertised on here,
if its half decent iwill buy it and just ebay the picarsso
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i have these in the front doors on my 406 sound goot too and i drilled a hole in the door card for the tweeters and the crossovers are in the door
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1998 peugeot 406 2.1 td executive saloon silver,d9 mods 18" dare v2 alloys In Phase XTC 6.5″ 240W Component Speakers up front and Vibe Slick 6x9 Three Way Speakers - Slick 693 in the rear runing off a Alpine MRV-F307 V12 Series amp and a vibe cbr 12 twin evo sub in the boot. 1998 peugeot 406 2.1 td lx saloon red
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Wow mate thems nice speakers,

and irecognised what they are straight away, ithink them are the same makers as B&w homespeakers,the quality looks the same, awesome speakers wished inever got rid of the set ihad :(
if them are cavlar like the b&ws iwill be buying aset

heres the B&w site, http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Speakers/ ... es_Diamond

if anyones looking for house speakers thems the ones that last, 8)
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midsmike wrote:i have these in the front doors on my 406 sound goot too and i drilled a hole in the door card for the tweeters and the crossovers are in the door
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: crossover in the door :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

the correct place for crossovers is up behind the glovebox INSIDE the car . water goes in the door :shock:
work the cables then from the crossover .

you need to get them out the door ASAP before water kills them :shock: whoever told you to put them there :shock:
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Ive found a set,
theyre reasonably priced too,

got a set of speakers, 2 Rear dvd headrests, plus headunit with blue tooth streaming,
all well under £300
just got to find a small but powerful amp now, :frown:
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