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[SavageMonkey]

I've had a pair of Alpine SXS-1357 components in the front of mk3 Fiesta for probably a year (could be more) and now the drivers side woofer has broken so that it goes on of after certain momvements of the car. Doesn't sound that great really

Tried fixing it but it's not getting any better so these front components will need replacing. The thought came of getting the same ones again but it's a little boring and when doing an "upgrade" I really want an UPGRADE. So, my budget stretches to £130 tops.

I was looking at the Infinity KAPPA 50.5cs as I've heard lots of good talk towards Infinity on this message board. What do you think of these?

I'm open to all suggestions as to what you think I should get as my next components.

I will be using an Alpine MRV-F345 to power these two and I have a pair of 6x9's at the rear. I phase it mostly to the front so these 6x9's purely add a bit of a surround feel to the sound, with the front components giving most of the volume.

Thanks guys, you're going to help me out loads here

PS - I forget to mention that they need to be 13cm in diameter to fit into the mk3.

[James2k]

silly question have you checked that they aint bridging as such (cant remember proper termanology)

As that will cause problems.

[SavageMonkey]

I don't really know what you're referring to (bridging between the positive and negative terminals?), but it's actually the wire that runs from the terminals to the magnet. If you move this wire the speaker comes on, then let go it goes off. So their is a dodgy connection in there somewhere. Tried holding this wire in "place" for the short term with a cable tie but it gave up quickly.

Any suggestions on what I should get though?

[SavageMonkey]

I've done a bit of hunting on ebay for some speakers and I found these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=9711475805&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

That is very cheap compared to other online stores. I just wanted to know if any of you had bought NEW car audio equipment off ebay (very cheaply), and if so was it all good quality stuff? I'm just not sure if these are items that did not fully pass the Quality Assurance or something and that's why they're cheap. Or is it just that ICE stuff usually has a huge mark-up anyway?

Thanks!

[James2k]

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/produc ... nents.html

[SavageMonkey]

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product_list/c_path/60_61_108/spd/13cm---5-25-components.html

Which one ?

I've bought these now though, http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/produc ... /3915.html