I’ve been riding around listening to my tunes through a very small rear speaker setup. The original set was a pair of J4″ JVC’s that looked as if they were tossed in to cover a hole. Even though they were functioning both were mounted very loosely.

I decided to replace both of them with something a little larger and more aesthetically pleasing but still matched that era of sound systems. After a visit to the local car stereo shop I found a set of ARC Audio 5.25″ that sounded good but also had the perfect brushed metal vibe going for it. Both the speaker grill and base plate matched the interiors theme.

Next I added an Alpine 12″ R Series subwoofer and an Alpine 500W amp.

It doesn’t always work out as planned. It turned out the Alpine amp had a bad remote sense wire connection. I had to open the case up and do a modification.