Driving up to Sunderland yesterday my drivers door speaker expired after a recent spell of exposure to Motorhead's classic "Overkill" album. The final straw was the instrumental version of "Year ya down". I didn't have it loud at all, but Phil Taylor's double kick bass was obviously just too much... :devil:

I've researched various threads etc. about the Brava/Bravo ICE / speaker set up, and as standard it is:

Standard system - 4 x 15W (rms I suppose)
Front:
2 x tweeters (dash, 1" or 1 1/2 ", 40W)
2 x elliptic (oval) mid-woofers, (door, 130mm x 180mm / 5" x 7" 30W)
N.B. wired in parallel so each impedance should be 8ohm I think (???)

Rear:
2 x full range (parcel shelf, 130mm / 5 1/4", 30W)

I know that the usual replacement for front door speakers is a 5 1/4" with an adaptor plate, is it true that 5 x 7's are hard to find aftermarket? I also heard that the Fiat fitting is not quite standard... true?

Anyway I'm looking at a standard or equivalent replacement for one or both front door speakers... any comments?

The main question is whether a "mid woofer" would be any better or worse than a "full range", what frequencies are we talking?

And also if the original speakers are a normal impedance or not.

Incidentally, a lack of sound from the rear speakers was traced to the passenger side one being disconnected, presumably after some bodywork repairs a while ago! Strangely there now seems to be much more sound from the other rear speaker...


Comments welcome.

Cheers

John

It might be worth spraying contact cleaner into the door harness multiplug, a long time ago my drivers side speaker was cutting out intermitently, contact cleaner sorted it. Plus it made the windows work faster and the central locking sounds sharper.

I dont know much about the speakers myself but im happy with the standard setup.

This is the door plug you just turn it one way to undo and one way to tighten.
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please tell me how to take the multiplug out.. as my passager window doesn't work to well

Turn the end about quater of a turn and pull, its screw on.