Hey everyone, just bought a 96 honda civic ex coupe.. looking to upgrade my door speakers.

this model vehicle has a component speaker system with a 6.5" midbass driver and 2" tweeters..

I'm wondering if these are hooked up to a crossover because I can't find one in the car..

And is it worth it to keep the crossovers (if there are any) and just upgrade the tweeters and midbass?

and one more question is temporarily i have some pioneer 6.5 coaxials hooked up to where the midbass drivers would be, so far they sound good running off the headunit but should i not do that because im supposed to use a midbass driver?

The tweeters probably have a capacitor inline for attenuating lower frequencies, and the mids might just be ran full range or possibly have some sort of inline filtering as well.

I wouldn't use the stock crossover network for any other speakers then the ones it was designed for (aka the oem speakers).

The coaxials won't be "hurt" but as far as sq,

The tweeters probably have a capacitor inline for attenuating lower frequencies, and the mids might just be ran full range or possibly have some sort of inline filtering as well.

I wouldn't use the stock crossover network for any other speakers then the ones it was designed for (aka the oem speakers).

The coaxials won't be "hurt" but as far as sq,

i see.. thanks man. yeah, the coaxials are temporary, like, another week temporary. just bought a kicker component set a second ago.

as far as sq, lol i never heard decent sq in my life.

The tweeters probably have a capacitor inline for attenuating lower frequencies, and the mids might just be ran full range or possibly have some sort of inline filtering as well.

I wouldn't use the stock crossover network for any other speakers then the ones it was designed for (aka the oem speakers).

The coaxials won't be "hurt" but as far as sq,

i see.. thanks man. yeah, the coaxials are temporary, like, another week temporary. just bought a kicker component set a second ago.

as far as sq, lol i never heard decent sq in my life.

SQ is relative, but I really ment I don't know what signal they are receiving and actually playing/

The tweeters probably have a capacitor inline for attenuating lower frequencies, and the mids might just be ran full range or possibly have some sort of inline filtering as well.

I wouldn't use the stock crossover network for any other speakers then the ones it was designed for (aka the oem speakers).

The coaxials won't be "hurt" but as far as sq,

i see.. thanks man. yeah, the coaxials are temporary, like, another week temporary. just bought a kicker component set a second ago.

as far as sq, lol i never heard decent sq in my life.

SQ is relative, but I really ment I don't know what signal they are receiving and actually playing/

ohhhh i thought you were making fun of putting coaxials there.. lol.

erm, doesn't sound too bad although i'm sure if the coaxials were to stay they'd eventually become blown.

The tweeters probably have a capacitor inline for attenuating lower frequencies, and the mids might just be ran full range or possibly have some sort of inline filtering as well.

I wouldn't use the stock crossover network for any other speakers then the ones it was designed for (aka the oem speakers).

The coaxials won't be "hurt" but as far as sq,

i see.. thanks man. yeah, the coaxials are temporary, like, another week temporary. just bought a kicker component set a second ago.

as far as sq, lol i never heard decent sq in my life.

SQ is relative, but I really ment I don't know what signal they are receiving and actually playing/

ohhhh i thought you were making fun of putting coaxials there.. lol.

erm, doesn't sound too bad although i'm sure if the coaxials were to stay they'd eventually become blown.

They would break from over excursion or too much power.

Unless you push them past their limits, they should be fine.

If anything they may not receive the higher frequencies as much and the tweeter on the coaxial will be quiet, but that won't cause any damage.

I've got the stock speakers in my GF's and my own car lol. Both have factory components, running active now granted. But they sound great and score well in SQ somehow.

I've got the stock speakers in my GF's and my own car lol. Both have factory components, running active now granted. But they sound great and score well in SQ somehow.

OEM speakers are tailored to work well in their environment, not sure what advantages you would gain by running them active.

im running the coaxials off the headunit, soon as the kicker components come in, ill install those and have them wired for an amp, which i dont have yet lol.the previous owner of the civic abused the speakers because every single one of them is blown, i can barely hear the stock tweeters, the 6x9s in the back sound horrible, so i just unplugged them.

I've got the stock speakers in my GF's and my own car lol. Both have factory components, running active now granted. But they sound great and score well in SQ somehow.

OEM speakers are tailored to work well in their environment, not sure what advantages you would gain by running them active.

Better control over what is sent to them.

They instantly sounded better as soon as I put my radio in. Then switching to Active made it even better.

quick question do you think running a kinetik 800 under hood and a kinetik 2000 in trunk is bad? because they are different sizes and stuff?

I've got the stock speakers in my GF's and my own car lol. Both have factory components, running active now granted. But they sound great and score well in SQ somehow.

OEM speakers are tailored to work well in their environment, not sure what advantages you would gain by running them active.

Better control over what is sent to them. They instantly sounded better as soon as I put my radio in. Then switching to Active made it even better.

I understand a better head unit, amplifier, but what crossover changes and slopes have you made, and how did you come to them, trial and error?

quick question do you think running a kinetik 800 under hood and a kinetik 2000 in trunk is bad? because they are different sizes and stuff?

I've done a similar application and haven't had any issues--yet. You could look into a battery isolator too.

quick question do you think running a kinetik 800 under hood and a kinetik 2000 in trunk is bad? because they are different sizes and stuff?

It would be fine.

quick question do you think running a kinetik 800 under hood and a kinetik 2000 in trunk is bad? because they are different sizes and stuff?

No problem at all.

thanks everyone. its crazy how the battery rack in my civic is so small! can fit at most is h=9 d=5 w=9. of course if i did some modifications i can fit bigger but not too crazy on that lol.