ss69

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I tried replacing the door speakers on my '98 camaro with some Alpine Type R's I had laying around. I pulled the drivers side out and wired one up and it was nowhere near as loud as my stock one. I wired the stock one back up and it was fine. Any ideas?

It's got a Pioneer HU that I put in and it had a busted aftermarket cd player when I got the car. There are 4 wires on the stock speaker and only 2 terminals for speaker wires on the Alpines.

Engine_HP

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do they both share the same ohm power ?

shoemike

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are they coaxial speakers?
the door speakers need to be components to sound good.

ss69

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I just ran out the the garage and looked at them. They are coaxial and they are 4 ohms. Unfortunately I couldn't tell you what the factory ones are because I reinstalled them.

firebirdude

Two of the wires power the factory tweeter and two power the factory woofer. You have to mimic this with your Alpines. Take a look at the wires already on the Alpines. Do you see the wires running to the tweeter on them? You'll have to cut them and power them seperately from the woofer. (which would just use the regular terminals) See the Monsoon thread at the top of this forum for more info.

Engine_HP

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if its a Camaro im sure it will be a 2 ohm speaker

nemss1

yup, the ohms are different possibly. camaros are 2 ohm. the aftermarket speakers u have, may be 4 ohms. a 4 ohm speaker will play quieter

95TAJade

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that and paper cone's from the factory don't need a lot of power to sound decent like maybe 12-15W. Type R's from Alpine need a substantial amount more to do the same...of course, running through the factory amp isn't helping you out much either.

blackSSmoke01

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yeah the camaro's are 2 ohms and its a comp set mounted as a coaxial. A direct replacement is the infinity kappa 62.7i. Its a 2 ohm coaxial that will wire up perfectly. Theres a write up on ls1.com that i followed and they sounded good off just a headunit.

ss69

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Thanks for the info guys!

dragonrage

Your advice is as bad as your grammar. You need to look at the sensitivity rating of a speaker, not the impedance.