Hi, completely new to the forum, and only had my Sei for 2 weeks, first car so I'm pretty much clueless about everything so bear with me here.

I searched the forum and found 10cm speakers can replace the current dash speakers where they are, with the possible need to cut off two of the screw slots to allow it to fit.
I think the current speakers are 20watt, but what would I need to do if I replaced them with better ones that are 80 or 100 watt? Do I need to do anything or just plug in and ready to go? Do I also need to completely remove all wiring from the current ones and fit the new ones or do I just remove the wires on the old and plug into back of the new? (Again, first car and never done anything like this before)

Any help would be appreciated?


On a side note, while I'm here, the air filter box has, I think it's the air intake hose, coming out of the bottom right of the box, now my SX has a sporting bumper on it from the last owner, and the hose just leads to the back of the bumper with barely any air going too it, where is it supposed to go to? I was thinking about buying a longer hose to lead it lower to put it in the path of the air flowing in from between the bumper.

Like I said, I'm new so go easy on me

- Dale.

Air sort of comes through holes in the front cross member. I'd forget it until/unless you decide to fit a focus type induction kit.

Just plug the old wires into the new speakers (test before you put it all back together).

fingers99 said:

Air sort of comes through holes in the front cross member. I'd forget it until/unless you decide to fit a focus type induction kit.

Just plug the old wires into the new speakers (test before you put it all back together).

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Would lack of air to the air intake not increase fuel consumption because of the lack of oxygen for combustion inside the engine?

& okay thanks fingers, what's the best 10cm speakers you could recommend? Brand wise I'm not sure which are decent, I was looking at some Alpine ones as I've heard alpine are good but idk.

Regards the air intake location, don't worry about it, it's optimal and will be drawing in plenty enough cool air for good MPG, and being where it is there is almost no chance of water getting in there and hydrolocking your engine.

It's been a while since I did mine, but I think the standard speakers use a plug rather than the industry standard 'spade' connectors, so you may need to cut this connector off and replace with spades. What you choose is more down to budget than anything else, what stereo headunit do you have installed?

Also a minor note but could be important - If you get speakers with the tweeter sticking out from the middle of the cone (common sight these days) then you may need to play with washers to get them to sit back from the grill a bit, otherwise the standard grills will foul and not go on properly! Other than that a very easy job if I remember correctly.

Eklipze3k said:

Regards the air intake location, don't worry about it, it's optimal and will be drawing in plenty enough cool air for good MPG, and being where it is there is almost no chance of water getting in there and hydrolocking your engine.

It's been a while since I did mine, but I think the standard speakers use a plug rather than the industry standard 'spade' connectors, so you may need to cut this connector off and replace with spades. What you choose is more down to budget than anything else, what stereo headunit do you have installed?

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The air intake has like a 2mm gap between the hole and the front bumper, it's not up against a grill or anything, If it's not that much of an issue, I'll just pull it back slightly and cable tie it to something sturdy so slightly more air flow can get to it. Is there any reason why I'm getting about 31 MPG, the car is 02 plate so age can't bring the MPG down from 47 to 30, can it?!

My stereo head unit? It's a JVC one, I think the model is KD-R521.

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Also a minor note but could be important - If you get speakers with the tweeter sticking out from the middle of the cone (common sight these days) then you may need to play with washers to get them to sit back from the grill a bit, otherwise the standard grills will foul and not go on properly! Other than that a very easy job if I remember correctly.

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Yeah I saw a few with a middle bit sticking out and was wondering this, as long as they're adjustable/removable I should be fine right? Thanks

Hi

Unless you have a service history I'd do a service first, lots of the wee autos are neglected, lack of service could reduce MPG, e.g. thermostat not working in winter, cold heater, low MPG, but more likely you have welded the wee pedal to bulkhead.

Mine will only do about 45 MPG in winter on 250 mile trips, and that is holding the throttle for thermodynamic efficiency.

Noel

Might be, all depends on the size I guess! If they don't initially fit, pop another washer on each screw/mount. As for what to go for, as long as they're not hugely cheap you'll notice a benefit!
Anything is possible on these little cars