looking to replace my 98's speakers and cd player

For 400 you won't get much unless you want just so-so stuff. A good Alpine head unit alone will be about 400. I say just get a nice head unit for now and save up and get speakers later. You don't want to skimp on this. You can really hear the difference. When I got my Alpine unit I got the last years highest model for 400 installed.

ok , i got a sony drive s head unit , puts out damn good quality and sound , and will play any cd i throw at it , while driving on ruff ass FL. roads , and dont skip. its a limited edition though. other than that cheap ass , but sound half decent lightning audio (Rockford fosgate) 5 1/2" 3-ways in the back , and 4" 2-ways up front . stay away from DUAL and jenson.
heres my radio , these were only produced in the brushed alum. , and blue back lit for a 1/4 of the year they were produced , a very hard to find item to cmplete the look of my interior that still isnt complete.

looking to replace my 98's speakers and cd player

I bought my 98 corolla used and it came with 2 speakers and a crappy cd player. the cd player skips and doesnt read burned cd's lol. so im looking to replace the speakers with 4 new ones and a new cd player. I have a $400 budget so what do you guys recommend?

just make sure you get the good stuff: watch out for :
kenwooo
ponisanic
apline
carlion
pienoor

no these are not typo's , i have seen these off brands at flea markets. funny stuff.

lol

serious responses please

Yeah, I'd say just buy a decent HU. Then save-up for quality speakers.

My dream speaker set-up would be all out Focal!!!

Its all up to your preference but I would prefer all Diamonds. The Diamond Hexes are crazy nice. I want the new Clarion or Alpine fully integrated iPod head unit.

thanks for the input

what im really looking for in speakers is good - very good sound quality and something that'll pump out some decent bass when i turn the music up. what i really want is something that wont make the sound crack and become distorted when the volume is turned up.

quick question, what size speakers can i fit into the front and rear of my corolla?

6.5" front, 6.75" rear.

is that the absolute largest that will fit? or is that what will nicely fit?

The largest w/o modification.

Those are pretty big already. Try to get 3 way speakers if you can. Its a world of difference.

It should.

My "dream" setup would be ....

AVIC-N4 or AVHP7800 w/ sepr. navi unit
Rainbow Germanium Comps
(4) 8" SoundSplinter Subwoofers
amps : Rainbow KW 2270 2 x 270w
Incriminator Audio 20.1

All inside a corolla ...

i have a pair of 6.5's. can they fit in the rear of a 99?

thats uh.. enough weight to make your corolla stay put.. lol.

so i guess this turned out to be the "whats your system" thread?

i took pioneer from work $15 display. origanaly $140
6.5 3 way litning audio (yellow ones) rear
6x9 3 way jensen (blue ones) rear
4'' componet pionner setup with the lil tweet in the door panel up front.
mtx amp with only 400w
1 10'' memphis audio sub

sounds hella good for my techno.....

lol gigi d'agostino.....................

I'm in the process of putting in an Alpine 9827 into my car, just need to pick up some solder and heat shrink for the harness. Not sure what to do for speakers but I have two new 10" pioneer premiers and nice JL 500W amp that I got for $230 total. Still need to make an MDF box for them. Not sure what I'll do for interior, prolly call up my buddy and see what kind of deal he can get me. I have an extra 9807 unit, but I don't think I could part with it, they were only $300 new but I think they've held their value nicely.

Anyone know if they make a solid external antenna that fits in the stock location (the wire one by the drivers door), asthetically that thing is fugly.

6.5 in back easy do dont waste time with 6.75s 6.5s fit right into the black plastic thing in the rear deck for the front though another story

this is what i had to make to get my pioneer 6.5s to fit in front

now if u get a shallow for the front u may not run into this problem but i had to



just pics of what the hole looks like and the speaker in it also u may have to drill out the rivets used in the fronts idk about a 98 though

hey man for 400$ you can get a fair deck and speakers chek on ebay ... for whaterver you like.. it will cost you half the price...
and as long as you stay with the big names you'll be good

my setup is
alpine cda 9807
alpine spr-13s front
alpine spr-17s rear
phoenix gold octane-r 5ch 900w
RE SE 12" single sub

i saved about $100 on the front AND rear alpine type r's and i forgot how much i saved on every other component. for example, the sub i bought brand new from a dealer that frequents caraudioforum.com.

RE subs are phenominal.