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Originally Posted by jlj3394

Put the 5.25's in the front. Do a search for "speaker rings". I think the maker/seller is named jim-clayton. Put fiberfill under the fronts when you install them - it makes a big difference because the sound really reverbs with all the plastic/metal in the dash.

Put some 6.5's in the rear. I went with Polk DB651S which are slim mount and go in there with no mods necessary.

We also have a Kenwood enclosed amp behind the pass seat which is a dog, but does help. Your sub should be much better.

We're using a high end pioneer HU, can't think of the model #.

THe folks who say the sound has to suck, just haven't done it right. You're never going to make it a Lexus, but I just drove ~100mph for 3 hours with the top off and a Stage 2 and I heard the music great.

Once you get the equipment in there, you need to make profiles for top off/soft top/hard top and program them in.

IMO, the biggest improvements come from getting the biggest speakers possible in the front and rear. I can't stress that enough. Putting the JL5.25's in the front made an enormous difference for us.

Do you know if any of the JL 5.25" speakers will fit in the front of the Exige S 240?

I'm not looking to modify the car interior, but I don't mind modifying a speaker casing a little to fit the speaker hole... I had read about people seeing better results from 5.25" speakers, though I don't understand why this would be the case from my limited understanding of speaker design. If anything I would think it would only extend the frequency response range slightly, which shouldn't be necessary if the sub and front speakers are chosen properly so as to overlap before the front speaker's frequency response starts rolling off. I can see why it would be an improvement in a system where the sub woofer chosen and the front speakers fail to overlap properly, which would leave a gap in the frequency response of the system.