Silverado Dash Speakers

Scott Killman · April 18, 2020

Does anyone know if it's possible to squeeze a 4" speaker in the dash in place of the current 2 3/4"? There aren't that many options for 2 3/4" that I've been able to find and would really like to purchase a 3-way component kit from Focal that has a 4" in it.

Has anyone done this or does anyone know of good quality 2 3/4" speakers? I appreciate any input.

JimCost2014 · April 19, 2020

8 hours ago, Scott Killman said:

Does anyone know if it's possible to squeeze a 4" speaker in the dash in place of the current 2 3/4"? There aren't that many options for 2 3/4" that I've been able to find and would really like to purchase a 3-way component kit from Focal that has a 4" in it.

Has anyone done this or does anyone know of good quality 2 3/4" speakers? I appreciate any input.

How about these?

RACERX7775 · May 1, 2020

I did 2 sets of the 3 way focals in the truck. You do have to make a plate to mount them. Sorry I dont have a pic. I went lazy and just installed the tweeter in the pod they came with on top of the grill against the windshield. The rears I made a plate for the woofer and mid in the stock location. And then again, the tweeter in the focal pod and mounted that in the door panel pocket. I paired them up with a jl audio vxi 800/8. The fronts are running active, using 6 channels, and the rears are running passive so I'm using the crossover using the 2 remaining channels. The sub is the jl shallow mount 12tw3 under the rear seat powered by a jl vxi 600/1. It's getting the signal from a NAV-TV module and uses a single optical cable to the back of the truck to the jl vxi hub. Then optical cables to each amp.

xSHIFTxNASTYx · May 22, 2020

On 4/18/2020 at 3:46 PM, Scott Killman said:

Does anyone know if it's possible to squeeze a 4" speaker in the dash in place of the current 2 3/4"? There aren't that many options for 2 3/4" that I've been able to find and would really like to purchase a 3-way component kit from Focal that has a 4" in it.

Has anyone done this or does anyone know of good quality 2 3/4" speakers? I appreciate any input.

I've seen posts on other forums of people putting in 3" speakers by modifying the housing. I don't know how tight it would be for a 4" speaker though.

As for good 2.75" speakers; the Memphis PRX27 below are very, very nice but also very hard to find right now. I have been looking for a week with no luck until I ended up pulling the trigger on a pair of Sundown Audio SA-2.75FR's. They're comparable, I believe slightly more expensive albeit only maybe $20. You can buy them on WoofersETC for $79.99 or Down4SoundShop for I think $54.99. Should be a great set. I don't have them installed yet, still waiting for delivery. The SA's are going in along with a set of SA 6.5" coaxials for all 4 doors.

On 4/19/2020 at 12:06 AM, JimCost2014 said:

How about these?

Good speakers but htey have been hard to find right now for me. I ended up going with SundownAudio SA-2.75FR's.

Edited May 22, 2020 by xSHIFTxNASTYx

ftwhite · May 25, 2020

I put in the 3" Focal mid ranges (3KRX3 - Focal 3" 50W RMS). It was a tight fit, so not sure 4" will work without significant mods. To fit the 3", I just ground out the hole to just past where the indent lip is, and drilled new mounting holes. Held up for over a year now, and sounds awesome. So much better kick drums and mids.

RACERX7775 · May 25, 2020

Yay!! Focals are awesome. I have 2 sets of the 3way yellows.. I really wanna find a better mounting for the tweeter though.

ftwhite · May 25, 2020

I put my tweeters in the sail panel. Easy to get to and easy to replace if I screw up the drilling

RACERX7775 · May 26, 2020

Cool. im thinking of seeing if I can put them next to the mids inside the dash. Just not sure if there is any more room in there. Do you have yours running passive or active? I have my fronts active and rears passive. Uses all 8 channels on my jl vxi 800/8.

Edited May 26, 2020 by RACERX7775

jake241983 · May 26, 2020

On 4/18/2020 at 11:06 PM, JimCost2014 said:

How about these?

These are the ones I have in my truck and I think they sound great.

xSHIFTxNASTYx · May 28, 2020

On 5/25/2020 at 9:48 PM, jake241983 said:

These are the ones I have in my truck and I think they sound great.

They're hard to find as they're so popular right now. I ended up not being able to snatch up a set for a while so I went with the Sundown Audio 2.75's. I'll post pictures once they're in this weekend.

Scott Killman · June 4, 2020

I'm considering just putting my tweeters in place of the 2 3/4" dash speakers. I bought a door speaker mounting kit that had the tweeter bracket that you just cut out the hole that should fit in the dash. I just don't know how they will sound up there. I've also thought about trying to put them into the sail panel or A piller and try my hand at fiberglass like caraudiofabrication did on youtube.

jake241983 · June 6, 2020

On 6/3/2020 at 8:27 PM, Scott Killman said:

I'm considering just putting my tweeters in place of the 2 3/4" dash speakers. I bought a door speaker mounting kit that had the tweeter bracket that you just cut out the hole that should fit in the dash. I just don't know how they will sound up there. I've also thought about trying to put them into the sail panel or A piller and try my hand at fiberglass like caraudiofabrication did on youtube.

I used to have an old Lincoln and had the tweeters mounted on the A Pillar. I want to say it had 3.5" speakers in the dash. I think the crossovers were mounted in the A Pillar as well.