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New Speakers! Dash or Roll Bar?

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Old 01-23-2012, 05:40 AM
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Default New Speakers! Dash or Roll Bar?

So I got some Polk db651s speakers and I can't decide if I should mount them in my dash or the roll bar. The roll bar would obviously be easier but I hear people get rattling issues when they put good speakers back there. If I am only going to replace 2 for now, shouldn't I do the dash since those are what I will hear most? Any advice?

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Old 01-23-2012, 05:52 AM
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Dash. Get the good sound up front.
Old 01-23-2012, 06:04 AM
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X2 on the dash
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Get another set and mount them in both!
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Btw I feel like I hear the sound bar more than the dash
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Thanks guys. I think I'm gonna play with the fade and balance and see which speakers I hear most.
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Dash! Just had new components installed in my dash, didn't touch the sound bar, and it made a WORLD of difference.
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I just replaced all 4. I would put the 651's in the soundbar. Get some poly fill and use it... Get some components for the front. That said, the speakers in the soundbar don't get full volume thanks to chrysler engineers want to save your hearing.. If you aren't going to do all 4 just do fronts...
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I suggest the roll bar, for the following reasons...
1 its a lot easier.
2 They are closer to your ears and are the worse sounding (at least in my Jeep).

I tried both and found the roll bar was the better by far to my ears.
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I replaced all four but if I only had two it would be the dash hands down not even a close call


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