superglide9375

didn't know that spawne,but thats why i went with aftermarket amp because i didn't know why the two separate sets of wires but now that explains it,thought it was gm trying to not let u change out speakers lol

spawne32

iTrader: (2)

cmon you should know by now, nothing is impossible when it comes to me lol

superglide9375

yea,i forgot who i was talking to there for a minute lol

blkchevyz

i thought we needed 4ohm speakers

spawne32

iTrader: (2)

I've never had any issues running the JBL GTO's on 4ohm rated amps, as long as the amp doesnt overheat.

blkchevyz

good to know. the replacements i put a few years back really didnt sound any better then the factory ones. but they were 4ohm

superglide9375

if u use monsoon yea 4 ohm thats why i went aftermarket amp as i like infintys which are 2 ohm

Koren

What size aftermarket did u use for these?

superglide9375

amp? went with 65W per channel,starting clipping and went to 90 w per channel alpine i can get u # if u want also have 12" sub and 600w mono alpine amp sound good to me as i listen to a lot of black sabbath and need my bass clean,lol

Mike The Canadian

Hey buddy,

End up completing the swap?
How do you like the sound, low/mid/high compared to stock?

Good bass response?

Thanks,

Mike

pigsticker

I finally got the time to finish the swap. The JBL's sound really good. No comparison between them and the stock. Bass is very good. I also replaced the 3.5 inch speaker in the front. All in all it sounds 100% better. The rear JBL's are 6x9.

Mike The Canadian

Nice,

I may do this to supplement stock instead of a brand new amp and speakers (for the time being at least)!

Koren

I agree, I kinda don't want my sub anymore and rather just have a nice flush sound system like in the maximas, granted they have subs in the rear deck, which I may do as well. I think the monte back is pretty well sealed from the trunk. I think this set w/ a nice 600 watt amp would do the trick. I made the mistake of getting 4 way speakers from Walmart cause the stock ones sucked when I had my 12 cvr hooked up

spawne32

iTrader: (2)

glad your happy with them, you mind posting up some pics of your rewire job you had to do?

blkchevyz

so you added an amp to power the aftermarket speakers and kept the stock headunit?

pigsticker

I only replaced speakers. Everything else is still stock. I wish I had thought to take pictures but I didn't. I basically desoldered the plug off the stock speakers and soldered it back on the JBL's the same way it came off the stock speakers two wires went to the tweeter and two wires went to the main speaker. I just kept track of which wires went to the tweeter and which to the main part of the speaker.

blkchevyz

well damn i guess i should give that a try. the replacements i put in sounded marginally better then what came out... but again i stuck with 4ohm

heavyft

If you are separating the 2 way speaker the resistance value is cut in half. 4ohm 2way = 2 separately wired 2ohm woofer and 2ohm tweeter.

superglide9375

so is monsoon amp 4or 2 ohm

superglide9375

or the way that speaker is wired dictate the resistance?