How to Install Component Speakers | Alpine R-S65C.2 Install in WRX / STI |

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How to install component speakers in a WRX and STI (or any other car for that matter). This video is part of a video series on the complete overhaul of the base sound system in my 2020 STI. Why? The sound is terrible, has no bass, and really is just an embarrassment to the car. I install the Alpine R-S65C.2 speakers. I go over setting up both the tweeters and woofers.
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Tools I Ended Up Using: Soldering Iron, Electrical Tape, Heat Shrink Tubing, Wire Strippers/Cutters, Phillips Screwdriver, Diagonal Cutters, Small Pliers, Scissors, Drill/Index
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@leonardkellum6984 4 жыл бұрын

I am doing my 2nd installation in a Subaru, I had to figure the math permutations to get the correct back up camera wiring from that plug on my 2019 impreza ( I had not seen your videos at that time) I had to get a left front door speaker bracket for my 2020 wrx (82-8901) from metra. I like how you routed the power wire behind left front wheel. I used a boom mat over nvx sound damping in the doors , nvx in floor. focal integration iss 165 components in front - I mounted the horn shaped tweeter on top of grill, each aimed at a point between the front seats, I liked they're crossovers, and crutchfield had them on sale (good service) kenwood coax -rear doors, 4 ch amp and p.a. capacitor under passenger seat, powered subwoofer under driver seat. I like your videos.

@theoargyros3618 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely the best review/install on KZfaq to date

@bapro2371 4 жыл бұрын

this series has answered so many of my questions. ty

@WarriorsPhoto Жыл бұрын

Excited to watch this whole play list. Hope it's as good as this video. 😊

@jonnydwolf 3 жыл бұрын

Man, you make a great instructional video. Thank you!

@angelvip2474 3 жыл бұрын

My friend. Watched a couple of your videos for the first time ever and gotta say, you sir are a cool ambassador for car audio. Great video production, great info, and explained in a very professional and easy to follow manner.👍👍. I see you have an insta account. I might just check it out. Again nice work bro

@jonathansuarez1457 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome bro. I love your vids because you always explain everything step by step and give explanations as well. question, which ones is better harman kardon or the ones you installed?

@nate1593 4 жыл бұрын

Great demonstration mate

@xXSebas716Xx 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, a very explicit installation/review video, thks

@SirBrass Жыл бұрын

Great to know about the crossover! Now I won't have to worry about hacking up factory wiring to install the component crossover.

@jonizzzle 4 жыл бұрын

Nice dude! I actually took a lot of your advice on my 2016 WRX back when you installed the compact Alpine amp. I’m excited to see how this setup is going to be!

@dewjustin 4 жыл бұрын

@@akqjtn Good video, been considering upgrading my door speakers in my 2018 wrx. How are the alpines compared to the kicker speakers? I have the kicker tweeters with stock door speakers powered by the ktp-445u right now and it sounds decent, main problem is my doors rattling like crazy with the added power of the alpine amp.

@johnmertens3907 2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for the video brother it helped so much with my whole car audio upgrade install on my 2018 WRX, woulda taken me a lot longer without this info, blessings!

@johnmertens3907 2 ай бұрын

Ps: if you’re going to power your speakers with your head unit, while not the best option, if you have no other choice, do yourself a favor and get speakers that have highest sensitivity possible, it will make sure it works well even with low power!

@DanDan-dn5lt Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your video 👍🏽 Thanks for posting.

@IamFunstoppable 4 жыл бұрын

How does this compare to the Kicker speakers? I love your videos man!

@Slouchyy_ Жыл бұрын

Okay man I have quick question, I really love this video. The explanation everything, But I do have a quick question;I have a one 12kicker connected to a amp but I really didn’t like the sounds of the stock door speakers it ran, so I added another amp which I have 2. would it be able to run these alphine speakers with a amp connected with it?

@tomgreen749 2 жыл бұрын

great video ! i have the 2021 wrx sti limited , with the 9 speaker harmon kardon system how many 6.5 inch speakers do i need and would i be able to replace the tweeters with 3 inch tweeters ? i a msuic freak and love doing full systems with big subs n speakers as well as tweeters please answer as soon as you can thank you!

@danharris4528 2 жыл бұрын

Solid video bro! Thank you.

@mattneuenschwander8267 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought these and they are legit.

@Black16STI 3 жыл бұрын

Ordered the tweeter plug adapter and the mounting bracket. Where did you get that piece that screws onto the type-r tweeters? I have the same setup.

@valecasillas5729 3 жыл бұрын

Hey what amplifier did you use for those speakers because I just have mine to to Type R and I was just wondering if I put pioner 4 chanels amplifier

@michaelnoller8537 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man. Super informative videos really appreciate them. Quick question. I noticed in your other video you said if you used new tweeters with a component system you would have to run new wire? May have missed something, going back and forth getting ready for my install. Thanks!

@michaelnoller8537 3 жыл бұрын

Boost & Shutter it was in part 1 of your speaker upgrade guide. You said you’d have to run all new cables because the tweeter are in parallel with the front speaker.

@leonardkellum6984 4 жыл бұрын

i have a kenwood ddx396 in both cars , i especially like the easy way to turn off the display for my night driving. i have the subwoofer remote in the little bay area in front of shifter , so i can easily tweek the bass. i didn't run speaker wires through the doors this time , Subaru had to change the wiring colors on the rear doors - right inside the frame the doors hinge onto - pop out the tab holding the harness and you can better access it. i solder my connections - except for 2 with connectors, at the radio, to make that install easier.

@Driving_Somewhere 4 жыл бұрын

Have these Alpine S65 coaxials in my Accord CL7. Midbass is chest thumping strong driven directly from Pioneer Z5250 headunit. Cheap and good . .

@timgridley1299 2 жыл бұрын

What options would I have if the mounting height of the speaker is slightly larger than the mounting height of the door in the car? According to crutch field the speaker is 0.482 and my door 0.379, so about 1/10th of an inch. Would be a shame if I had to choose a different speaker, because of 1/10th of on inch.

@leonardkellum6984 4 жыл бұрын

an iag air oil separator for wrx and a perrin shift stop, are worth considering , if you have time, and im considering something to prop up my left heel for the wrx clutch.

@alexvilla3886 3 жыл бұрын

So I’m installing the Alpine coaxial S-series on my 15’ Crosstrek XV, (btw Metra fixed the problem with the mounting brackets for the front door adapters and they both fit the front doors perfectly without having to drill another hole!)... Anyways I saw on the packaging that it says “if another set of tweeters are already installed parallel to the speakers already that it could cause a fault” is it safe to instal coaxial speaker in the front? Or should we just use component speakers instead?

@32simooff 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, Thank you for this video, very useful for those who want to install these beautiful speakers. I installed the same ones in my Honda CRV 2016 with the DSP- Alpine PDP E802DSP- amplifier (available in Europe). I want to install the tweeters for these speakers without using the supplied crossovers, I want to use the active DSP crossovers. ----- My question is, what frequencies do I need to apply to set the high pass filter for the tweeter and also the high and low pass filters for the speaker? (if it’s needed) ----. frankly, I haven't found this information anywhere, everything that the manufacturer's website gives as information is that the Alpine component speaker R-S65C.2 has a frequency response from 60Hz to 40Khz.

@Litalover89 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man great video but I had one question: Is the mounting of the rear speakers exactly the same as the front where you have to use the angled speaker mount?

@gurmansandhu4267 4 жыл бұрын

I had this question too

@daveroski 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I find it odd they don’t even mention in the instructions that your putting a 2 ohm load on the amp with you hook both the tweeter and mid bass in parallel. That amps is rated for 4ohms. Am I missing something? If you were running them active it would be 4 Ohms each. How do you like these speakers. Kicker has a component kicker 48kss269 now with 2.75” and 6 x 9. I always have the issue with these setups where the mid bass is far from tweeter. Door/dash setup where the vocals done Blend very well because of distance causing all the the harsh highs bouncing off windshield.

@michaelmarquez6133 2 ай бұрын

Man! You answered my questions bro i have been worried all night while i was working. the speakers came in yesterday and the 6.5 has extra connections on it and i have been wondering if i was going to need to run wire somehow all the way to the tweeter idk but i do want to run an amp to the door speakers i need to figure that out i mean i know mostly what to do but connecting them you know

@danielacosta7544 3 жыл бұрын

Good vid,what adapters are you using there?

@bdub6942 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand where to connect the crossovers. You connected yours to the tweeter and another video by someone else says it has to connect to the door woofer and tweeter, I’m confused, any help would be appreciated

@sadiqmajied81 3 жыл бұрын

is it necessary for me to wire the speakers directly to the amplifier?

@gervaciosantos8331 3 жыл бұрын

Wow you went all out

@dylie. 3 жыл бұрын

Where does the input harness plug into?

@jonnydwolf 3 жыл бұрын

The sound skin is a good idea, but holy moly, it is speedy. Is there another material that costs a little less, but works well?

@AngeloTaracena 3 жыл бұрын

good shit brother

@fubartotale3389 3 жыл бұрын

My '18 Outback 3.6R Limited has 12 speakers, I'd like to see you do a speaker/amp upgrade for that car.

@johnnycakeface 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. So much information that's applicable to 3rd Gen Tacomas as well. But the only thing I'm curious with after watching this is, how did you wire the woofer in? Did you reuse the factory door wires or did you rewire them?

@SirBrass Жыл бұрын

He used the factory wires and a wiring harness adapter

@michaelmarquez6133 2 ай бұрын

Hi i have a question hopefully you read this because i am stuck, my 6.5 woofer has a crossover on the speaker itself and has like 5 places i can put the speaker wire and i have no idea what to do ! The set i have is R2 S65c if you could help i would appreciate it thanks

@RJ-lk5pj 3 жыл бұрын

These alpines are great quality- I also had to adjust the tweeters. I bought the same components for my fronts & rears. Works very well with Alpine PDr-v75

@mex1469 2 жыл бұрын

hey guys need a little bit of help. in the description the speak wire adaptor link says its not compatible with my car its a Toyota only. and the other tweeter adaptor also fits on the door speakers.

@jessejzRsx 2 жыл бұрын

Just got these for my STI can’t wait to see how much of a difference they make compared to the basic speakers

@Slouchyy_ Жыл бұрын

Did it make a big big difference?

@UlfricStormcloak69 11 ай бұрын

Did it make a difference ?

@SimplyTrashed 7 ай бұрын

@@UlfricStormcloak69If you have an amp powering more power or an aftermarket Headunit it will

@aledawod1492 Жыл бұрын

Is this can be fitted to Impreza 2007 please? I got pioneer unit upgraded Thank you

@joshklose9652 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I find this stuff for a 2020 wrx

@people3277 4 ай бұрын

How would I wire a crossover with a mid, tweeter, and input wires?

@RYAN-ms1mr 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Boost & Shutter can you confirm that these are R-S65C.2. I think the R-S65C.2 model actually has tweeters. Where as the version you are showing has IN BUILT tweeters.

@mendez_guzman9661 3 жыл бұрын

What about the rear speakers??

@bowhun2r 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Earned a sub. QQ... You are putting more power to the speakers than OEM. Why did you not run new speaker wire of a lower AWG to compensate for the added power? I've done a few head/speaker installations and noticed you are using stock speaker wire and was curious. Granted...it's a PITA to run new speaker wire, but stock OEM wire is pretty light.

@carbonoxx 2 жыл бұрын

for short cables is not needed, it does matter more for home audio where dinstance are larger

@richardtrowell8812 Жыл бұрын

@@carbonoxx If it's an amplified signal it generates more heat and the output signal would be cleaner and better through a larger wire. Distance is one factor for wire size but power going through the wire is just as important for deciding whether to change the wire or not. OEM wire was never intended to run that kind of power through it and could melt or short out destroying components.

@soler233 3 жыл бұрын

hey what amp are running with those speakers I just order the same speakers

@MrNoahdean 3 жыл бұрын

@@akqjtn u might have just made up my mind on getting the alpine ilx-w650

@guanijk619 Жыл бұрын

So the crossover was just connected to the tweeter?? I’m so confused on if I need the crossover or not. My car has tweeters already, I just upgraded the speakers without amp, for now. Some people connect the crossover to both the mid and tweeter speakers others don’t add the crossover at all and then you only connected to the tweeter.. I’m completely lost lol

@WolfKingJS54 4 ай бұрын

Are the speakers a 2 way or just Component?

@renegadesway153 2 жыл бұрын

I just got a set of component speakers and was trying to figure out where to install the crossovers. From my understanding- im going to be bypassing the original tweeter wire and hooking the crossover into the 6.5 line since the crossover has a line in for both the 6.5 and tweeter. As for the location of the crossovers, maybe tucked inside the doors would be the simplest way. Running them all the way to the passenger seat is also an option, and suggestions?

@riderashokraj 3 жыл бұрын

Need any amplifr...or working without amplifr

@frankmazzarella5839 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome, I'm thinking about doing this to my wrx. Do the door speakers make up for the lack of subwoofer?

@K03sport 4 жыл бұрын

what year/trim WRX? My '19 base 6.5 Starlink has too much bass and I've got the EQ set to "-7". Even then it still sounds muddy and over-boosted. Sadly new speakers (even the kicker upgrades) won't help as the issue is programmed into the headunit so any speakers put in will suffer a similar fate.

@thedjrush 4 жыл бұрын

K03sport only way to fix that in general is to buy a DSP example Audio control DSP and to overhaul the complete sound system to obtain a flat signal.

@thedjrush 4 жыл бұрын

K03sport cheap way for a fix but not as good is to add bass blockers to the speakers but in order to compensate for the lack of bass you need to add a subwoofer

@K03sport 4 жыл бұрын

@@thedjrush... Yes, an active dsp is one solution or 150hz 1st order high pass filters (Crutchfield) are another. Brand new 2019 car; how hard is it to make audio sound good? My 04 GTI's Monsoon system wasn't perfect, but it was loads better than the "junk" Subaru offers in the base and premium trims. Not to mention the amount of sound deadner/blocker needed to quell the road noise. I know Subaru has a long standing history of bad audio setups, but radios and audio aren't a new thing either. They loaded the infotainment with heavy bass at low volume to "cheat" the listener...same reason the wrx/Sti only come with uhp summer tires; to cheat/fudge during magazine reviews/testing to give higher numbers and minimize the (inherent) understeer that is present.

@Will-yk6qr 3 жыл бұрын

It was foretold in ancient prophecy that I would buy a 2020 WRX so you could show me how to upgrade the stereo system.

@impulseproman 4 жыл бұрын

am writing comments because i have these speaker in my WRX STI 2009 alone with all Alpine 4 Way AMP Type R and Mono AMP type R with 12" Alpine SUB everyone that hear my sound alway ask me what i have it sound so clean powerful

@reubenx 3 жыл бұрын

Do I need a sub with these?

@K03sport 4 жыл бұрын

nice. the lengths WRX/Sti owners (have to) go to improve the factory sound is outrageous. I'm not sure I've heard a more poorly tuned factory radio in my '19 base. Why did Subaru (over)boost the bass in the 6.5" Starlink system? Even at "-7", my bass is still too much. Sounds like the 7" HK 10-spkr has no bass. Unacceptable Subaru. Hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to fix/correct something that should have been a non-issue. I don't want to put in amps and controllers, but it looks like I'll have little choice for cleaner, more accurate sound.

@GSekong 3 жыл бұрын

how do make my tweeters not sound so sharp and loud? I got the whole alpine system installed but even with turning down treble, the highs are too bright from the tweeters

@GSekong 3 жыл бұрын

@@akqjtn I have a pioneer GM-D9705, i know channel A are my front speakers and tweeters. I'm not sure how to adjust the crossover, LPF or HPF? I don't know too much about adjusting the audio, I had my system installed for free from Best buy

@GSekong 3 жыл бұрын

@@akqjtn also its hooked up to an lc7i

@johnaranjo2059 4 жыл бұрын

3:22 use a hole saw bro can get a kit of 12 peices for 9 bucks at harbir freight no reason to have clean cutouts

@MrJdchevyman 4 жыл бұрын

@@akqjtn What size are the tweeters?

@Pittsburgh-412 3 жыл бұрын

If you buy these speakers, don't power them with your head unit. You don't know what your missing. Trust me

@junballs6576 3 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Gameau What amp are you running these speakers with? I'm running the r-a906. I feel it can hit longer & higher in the tweeters.

@Pittsburgh-412 3 жыл бұрын

I'm running a pair of these alpine type rs in the front and polk audio 5 1/2 in the back. Both sets are 300 watts each speaker. Im powering them all with a jp234. They are receiving over 300w each speaker. But I don't crank it that loud becomes its loud enough to hurt lol. But it is clean and loud

@Pittsburgh-412 3 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Gameau ya I have 2 Rockford Fosgate power t1 12s on a jp23

@mmmokay145 2 жыл бұрын

My headunit can handle: 4 x 45W max power 4 x 26W RMS (1KHz 10% THD) 4 x 18.5W RMS (1KHz 0% THD) I know a decent amplifier will do these speakers justice but how do you guys think this headunit will perform as is?

@Pittsburgh-412 2 жыл бұрын

@@mmmokay145 they will work on the head unit for now. But trust when we say, you ain't seen nothing yet lol. It's a world of difference between the radio power and a proper amplifier on the door speakers

@6henny443 Жыл бұрын

reasonably priced at 300 lol just grab some skar tx65c

@morbidclash 9 ай бұрын

Why don't alpine give proper brackets to install into the triangle corner things on door, so irritating even the cheap brands give you the stuff to do that

@morbidclash 9 ай бұрын

I just tried this too with these speakers...it was such a pain in the ass and also the crossover is soooo fkd too o had to run wires into the front door twice, why can't they just give normal crossovers with 3 connections grrrr I Will never buy alpine ever again

@mart182003 3 жыл бұрын

These are not component speakers, they're coaxial speakers.

@nyr36 3 жыл бұрын

I have these speakers and get MAJOR ear fatigue. Only way to help it is to lower the frequencies to the point it sounds terrible.

@BballerAZ 3 жыл бұрын

Did you adjust the crossover dB setting?

@chazarkansas1366 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice says 25 year old dude, your hands say 60 yr old man

@chazarkansas1366 3 жыл бұрын

@@akqjtn you would do that for me?

@RobHTech 3 жыл бұрын

crossover is basic. Despite what you might believe, those 3 tweeter adjustments doesn't let someone tweak the system to exactly the way one wants it. For that, the easiest way is with a DSP. Buying a bracket is OK, but I usually make my own baffle. I don't see anything special here. --good vid

@LarrySoliman 2 жыл бұрын

Lol okay

@LarrySoliman 7 ай бұрын

@titoham-DCXLs “i don’t see anything special here” no one is buying a dsp just to change the db, they are buying a dsp to tune. This comment wasn’t necessary. Db on the crossover does have a purpose. That’s what is funny. There is def utility in a dsp but the consensus is people buying $300 components and tweeters aren’t looking for a dsp.

@morbidclash 9 ай бұрын

These speakers might sound good but they are auch a pain in the arse to install... I will never buy alpine ever again