Did that metra bracket for the 6.5 speakers fit for you?

@@willherrington2012 yes, everything lined up perfectly! No modifications required at all

Thanks for the tip, I was considering getting some sound deadening and doing the inside of the doors later one. Thanks for watching.💪

...there are so many holes in a car door, the silicone around the speaker won't do much. There are the drain holes at the bottom and the really big one that surrounds the glass (inner and outer seals). The door is far from air tight. Best is to cover as much of the large access holes on the inner door skin to knock down some road noise. Even Subaru put rubber/foam pads over most of those sections to knock down the noise, but you can still cover the holes w/sound deadener (I leave about 1" at the bottom uncovered because it sits inside the vapor barrier and I still want the barrier to be able to breathe if water is in the door)

12k miles on my base model and I am still loving it. No regrets not buying a more expensive model.

@JDM Right Hand Drive Thanks! Are you installing fog lights or di you think it's not necessary?

@@diallo1347 I thought about it, but I don’t think it’s is necessary. The stock led are so good that I have not had any problems seeing.

@JDM Right Hand Drive thanks that is good to know. I've never had a car with them so I was curious if I was risking my life for the last 20 years.

I was going to do the STI shift install first, but everyone was talking about speaker upgrades. Figured I would knock this one out first. Thanks for watching.👍

BAD is an understatement hahaha

Thanks E Dawg, I am glad to see you supporting my channel. Keep it real playa!💯

Heck yeah, glad to hear that and us Josh's have to stick together. Thanks for watching and lots more to come.👍

Thanks for watching, I cant wait to get the fronts done next.

Agreed. Different car (2006 Outback XT.) Just before putting it up for sale, and knowing my demographic, I installed pretty basic RF speakers on clearance and a $99 under-seat sub. After 17 years, kicked myself for not doing it years ago! Sold it to a kid my son's age (18) and aside from "looks better in person!" next thing was "shit, that sounds great!!" Sold for asking price 20 minutes later. If you have a pretty basic audio system, upgrade speakers bare minimum.

Glad I could help. Pretty sad stock speakers for sure. I have the front brackets and wire harness now and will be installing the front speakers on my next day off. Thanks for watching.

I installed the oem kicker tweeters that fit the 15 to 21 wrx. The bracket was a lil too small. But I made it work. they made a huge difference in sound. So I'm excited to try these in the 22!!

Thanks David, yeah I have been having a little bit of fun with it and trying to grow the channel with WRX content. Much larger audience compare to the Skyline GTR community.

Yea tell me about it lol! I was thinking of just working on the Q50S for a bigger audience. Always seem to get more views when I mention that car

Thanks for your insight.

Awesome you have your car on order, I know that feeling I waited for mine for about 3 months as well. For sure, I will cover all the clearance issues with the front speakers. I have the brackets and wiring harnesses coming tomorrow. I will get that video wrapped up asap. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoy the content.

interesting, that made me rethink getting the 6.5 instead

You bet, glad you found the video helpful.

I have not bought the fog lights for mine. Not sure if I will in the future, I am still undecided. Sure glad I got the rear speakers installed and I will be doing the fronts on Friday. I still need to pull apart the in dash speakers and see what's in there and swap those out as well. Thanks for watching, lots more content to come.👍

Awesome, thanks so much!👍

Go into the stereo settings and adjust the call volume

The bass is much better than the stock paper speakers. The speakers are 6.5" as well. I cant find what RMS power is on the factory head unit, I think the factory head unit is under powered. These are a huge upgrade from the stock speakers and well worth the little bit of money they cost. I am considering upgrading stock head unit to a nice aftermarket double din and 4 channel amp. I want an adjustable EQ so I can really fine tune the sound. From there I will decide if I need a subwoofer.

I soldered mine because I reused the OEM speaker bracket. with oem wiring. If you drill a hold in the OEM one, you can run wires through that way as well or purchase aftermarket speaker bracket and harness. That will be a direct plug and play. Good question and thanks for watching.

Yes, you can buy the correct speaker brackets and wiring harness. If you buy the speakers from Crutchfield they throw them in for free.

The speakers I installed in the rear were 6.5" here is a Amazon list of what speakers, brackets and harnesses I used on my car. I hop that helps Front Speakers amzn.to/3wVnNaI Front brackets amzn.to/3qaJ2S0 Front Harness amzn.to/3KJ81p3 Rear Speakers amzn.to/3wXa6rT Rear brackets amzn.to/3KKe8cC Rear Harness amzn.to/3KJ81p3

@@JDMRightHandDrive did you install a sub as well?

The tweeters are 4 Ohm, the fnt door are 2 Ohm, and the rear are 2 Ohm. If u Have Starlink and replace the fronts with different Ohm (tweet+door in parallel) then i have seen people reporting Starlink malfunctions and won’t play music out of front speakers. U can check OEMAudio+ website for replacements/specs and then do it. The speakers are garbage in my premium with 11.6” display. But the head unit is terrible source too. Subi said they are releasing an update next month that should fix the scratchiness. Mine sound like the door speakers came blown out straight from the factory. They are definitely getting replaced with pro audio speakers and I will likely start making videos on my channel, which right now has no videos. I also plan on putting a headless media unit and amplifiers and subwoofers in the car, and I hope to make some videos and start posting on my channel.

I installed 6.5" Rockford Fosgates 165x3 speakers. There is a link in the description for the ones I install on this video. Thanks for watching.

The only thing you would void would be the speakers warranty that you just replaced, so I'm kinda confused what warranty you are worried about. There's really no difference between these and the OEM audio plus for amount of modification especially if you buy the adapter instead of cannibalizing's the housing.

Many many thanks

I could not find any brackets locally and didn't want to wait 2 days for shipping. I was glad I could get these done on my day off at least. Modifying the brackets and soldering only took about 5 minutes per speaker. Was very simple, but I might swap with different brackets later if those screws dont hold in the thin plastic oem ones.

I’ve done this with another car, using factory pods. Makes for a more oem style fit. Not that big a job.. sometimes buying aftermarket spacers can mean drill new holes so standard pods are a good option.

Thanks agian!👍

I have heard the stock head units on most new cars provide 20-25 rms per channel at most. This is why buying super expensive speakers that are rated for 45+ rms don’t give you their full potential unless adding an aftermarket amp. I plan to also buy some Rockford Fosgate Prime speakers (their entry low rms line) so that my stock head unit has no problem powering them and getting the most out of them.

@@raiderfan367 thanks for the info! I heard someone else recently say 25 so that confirms what you're saying. I think a decent amp to go with the speakers is a plan for sure

Yes, if you buy the bracelet and the wiring harness. It will be a direct plug and play. I did a full install video on the fronts as well. It show exactly how it would work for you in the rear.

Ok do I just need connector or the connector and wording harness??

The rear brackets are linked in the description below. I didn’t want to wait for 2 days to get them from Amazon. That is why I repurposed the factory ones.