New Rear Speakers vs Trunk Subwoofer Options

[GTMike]

Hey all,

I am having Rockford Fosgate P142 4" and PPS4-8 8" speakers installed in the doors. I have too limited skills with doors to do it myself. Should I purchase upgraded speaker wire or use what is already there?

Has anyone installed Fosgate PPS4-6 6.75" speakers in the rear? Would P165s 6.5" components work better? I might be able use the tweets in the doors. What else works?

I have a set amount of funds that will either get the rears swapped out or to have a Fosgate P300-12 powered subwoofer (300 watt RMS) installed in the trunk of my vert.

Using the stock 8 speaker amp. I am not stuck on Fosgate, they appear to be the best option in most cases for what I have to spend. Saving 33-50% on eBay.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
GTMike

[igpx12]

I upgraded to pioneer 250W 2 way speakers that were 6 3/4" all around. I took my old front speakers and cut out the speaker part of them and used the metal ring as an adapter for the smaller speakers. Besides that cobjob the rest of the install was bolt in, I ended up cutting the wires on the speaker side of the OEM speakers after the adapter plugs and just spliced in the new wires to the OEM plugs, no wire upgrades needed. Let me say that with just the speakers alone it was a very full sound, I do also have a 10 inch pioneer subwoofer in the trunk space but nothing crazy, think it was 600W.