Door Speakers Upgrade - 2018 / 2019 /2020 Honda Accord

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[@westcoastbrotha]

Really unfortunate you couldn’t walk us through the actual speaker switch. I appreciated you walking through how to take the door panel off, but a refresher on the speaker switches is always so helpful!

[@dlochin]

Hey could you tell me the mounting depth on the front doors. I'm looking to buy speakers with a depth of 103mm, do you think it would fit? Thank you!

[@perrygregorio5715]

Would’ve like to see how you put bracket on new speaker then install it. Do you use old bracket that held oem speakers? Or use the new bracket that comes with the new speakers?

[@btrilok93]

@the GRAVYTRAIN, I am planning to replace the speakers on my Honda Accord 2018 EX-L too. Could you please tell which speakers have you used for the Center Dash Console and did you replace the rear deck woofer with the Kicker one that you have shown in the Video? If possible can you post the links for the speakers please. Thank you

[@thegravytrain1129]

These are the speakers I used for the doors and the rear deck - includes woofers and tweeters: www.crutchfield.com/p_091ISS165/Focal-Integration-ISS-165.html . As far as the center dash, I initially installed a Kicker speaker, but I recently removed the Kicker and replaced it with an Infinity Kappa 300 and like the sound much better: www.crutchfield.com/p_108PERF300/Infinity-Kappa-Perfect-300m.html

[@reggienhappiness8851]

I had alpine installed in mine. Plus you’ll need amp. I also installed two 12s in the trunk.

[@johnbasterson7938]

No. You don't NEED an amp. The car has one. Is it the best. Nope. Will it work fine. Yep. A more accurate statement is "I was sold an amp."

[@reggienhappiness8851]

john basterson trust me your stock amp is trash. You won’t be able to bump 2 12 inch subs without an amp.

[@dailydrivingritual3965]

Is it worth it to just do the two front door speakers? First time doing an install and that rear deck is intimidating.

[@thegravytrain1129]

I thought doing the doors made a significant difference, but adding the rear obviously did much more. I've had cars where I only did the front doors, and it's enough to get by, but you don't get the full sound you do when you replace all of them. I guess it's really up to you and what you're looking for sound wise. Definitely won't hurt to do the doors.

[@Mcbebblestin]

Hey man. I see you got the bracket from crutch field but my question is, was there any drilling or was it a direct fit?

[@thegravytrain1129]

No drilling - it was a direct fit. For my speakers to fit in the bracket however there were 4 "tabs" that I had to break off. They were easy to break off.

[@franciscomartinez539]

👍👍 very nice

[@jamesk7433]

do you know what the original speaker impedances are ? I'm assuming they match ?

[@thegravytrain1129]

Good question. It's pretty standard for car amps and heads to be 4 ohm so honestly I didn't give it much thought - probably should have. I definitely paid attention for the amp/sub install. It seems to have worked out fine.

[@socksamazingchannel]

the original wires from the oem speaker did you break that off or cut it, or does it unplug?

[@thegravytrain1129]

It unplugs. You can get an adapter that will allow you to attach the aftermarket speakers. I dont know what I was thinking, but I cut one of the wires - that's a huge no no that I did without thinking. Don't ever cut wires! There's almost always a way to wire car stereos without cutting wires.

[@saurabhdsawant]

Thank you for the video ! I have 2019 Touring . I do not want to put an amp and have anything clipped to battery. My intention is to just replace the speakers. Do you think there is significant improvement ins ound without amp by just replacing speakers ? (are those low sensitivity speakers ?)

[@thegravytrain1129]

I didn't replace the factory amp for the door or rear deck speakers, and while it's not perfect, it's a huge improvement and the sound is good, not great. I notice slight distortion with heavy guitar at big volume, but I can live with it.

[@saurabhdsawant]

@@thegravytrain1129 Thank you for the reply. Do you know which brand the original speaker were? Also are those low sensitivity speakers ?

[@madbd5]

Do you remember the wire colors positive / negative for the right door Tweeter?

[@thegravytrain1129]

here are the wiring instructions. Left front door speaker/woofer positive (+): pink, negative (-): gray Right front door speaker/woofer positive (+): red, negative (-): black Left front door tweeter positive (+): pink or yellow, negative (-): gray or green Right front door tweeter positive (+): red or blue, negative (-): black or white Center dash speaker positive (+): light green, negative (-): white Left rear deck speaker/woofer positive (+): blue or pink, negative (-): white Right rear deck speaker/woofer positive (+): yellow, negative (-): brown Left rear deck tweeter positive (+): pink, negative (-): light blue Right rear deck tweeter positive (+): blue, negative (-): light green Center deck subwoofer positive (+): red, negative (-): black

[@ThoseGuysMovies]

In the comments I saw you said the tweeters fit in the front...how. I just got the same speakers and They are way too big. How did you do it with just hot glue???

[@thegravytrain1129]

Yeah, I took the actual tweeter out of the plastic housing they came in and hot glued it into the sail panel. It fits perfectly. I think I showed it in one of the videos I made - there's three small clips you have to undo to remove the tweeter.

[@ThoseGuysMovies]

the GRAVYTRAIN thanks for the reply. I was going nuts

[@legendofsmoke]

Did it improve the lows/bass at all? I don't plan on adding an amp and wanting to keep stock and just want to upgrade to this for decent lows

[@thegravytrain1129]

It definitely helped, but wasn't amazing. These are high quality speakers, so it was much better than stock, but I'm actually in the process of adding an amp for my door and rear deck speakers because the factory amp isn't nearly big enough. The factory amp only puts out about 30 watts RMS to each speaker, which is well below the 70 these are rated for, so consequently you don't get the full effect. I'm also adding noise damping to the inside of the doors and and second skin speaker tweakers www.secondskinaudio.com/accessories/speaker-tweakers all in an effort to bring out the mid bass more. I'll probably add a digital signal processor in the future as well.

[@drapermike]

the GRAVYTRAIN damn dude sounds like a lot of work almost too much lol..I have the 2020 and I’m so confused on why the stereo is so bad...but it’s almost to expensive to do anything about it so I’ve decided I’m just gna live with it😭😭

[@legendofsmoke]

drapermike not that hard honestly, if you wanna add base it can be done under 100. Mine totaled out to be less than 300 for JBL front and rear and powered sub to the back. Big improvement and that's without an amp.

[@JustinConley]

@@legendofsmoke How can it be done under $100? I just got a 2019 Accord 2.0t Sport and I am planning on putting kilmat on the door panels before I spend money on speakers, just to see what different it makes.

[@1f1ejay]

Is the speaker size a 6.5” or 6.75”? Your link says 6.5”. My research says 6.75” as factory

[@thegravytrain1129]

I put 6.5" in mine and it fit well. I can't say for sure, but it seems like there was room you could do 6.75"

[@johnpaulchavez7917]

Hey brotha how did you pop out the tweeters?

[@thegravytrain1129]

There are small plastic clips on the sides. Sort of hard to see, but I got a small screwdriver and popped them out one at a time.

[@amarjotkathuria6709]

Hey man, thanks, for the video. i am doing the same setup after watching your video. I had a question, did you use the crossovers that came with the package?

[@thegravytrain1129]

Glad you liked it! Although Crutchfield said it would probably be okay to go without the crossovers on the woofers, I used them for the tweeters and woofers. I would absolutely recommend using them for the tweeters so you don't blow them out. I'm personally very happy with the sound, but Ive been talking with another individual who installed the same speakers and didn't like the woofer sound of rock music with the crossover installed - he's going to try installing without the crossover to see if he likes the sound better but I havent heard how it turned out yet. I did notice that it took a few weeks for these particular speakers to break in - they sounded great with pop and rap from the beginning, but it took a week or two before they sounded good with rock & country.

[@thegravytrain1129]

Do you have the EXL accord? The EXL and touring model come with a 450 watt amp while other versions come with a much smaller amp. If you have a different model you'd probably want to consider an amp as well.

[@amarjotkathuria6709]

@@thegravytrain1129 hey man thanks for the reply, i have the touring and i did install the crossovers for all of them. i did some research for the crossovers on the woofers, they should work better without the crossovers, i will probably make the change after a month or so. i'll keep you posted. have a good one!

[@amarjotkathuria6709]

@@thegravytrain1129 i have to figure out whether we have a 4 channel amp or not, if we do our performance can increase 100% after removing the crossovers, thats what the best buy tech told me

[@thegravytrain1129]

I appreciate it!

[@wenkaifarm5797]

Hey man, is the tweeter a direct fit to the tweeter housing? any modification needed??

[@thegravytrain1129]

It's sort of a direct fit. You don't have to modify the car/trim at all because the tweeters I used fit right in. I did however have to hot glue them in place. It looks great - you can't tell at all once you reinstall everything.

[@jrjr8738]

Always disconnect the negative terminal first

[@svthuber758]

Ever thought about sound denting the doors im going to do it to my accord

[@thegravytrain1129]

Im in the process of upgrading the speaker wiring, adding an amp, and adding sound damping to the doors and rear deck. Did it make a difference for you?

[@asnipes45]

the GRAVYTRAIN would you say the speaker upgrade alone is worth it, or should you just go ahead and do a amp for the doors too?

[@thegravytrain1129]

@@asnipes45 I guess it depends on your speakers - if they're rated for more than 25-30 watts RMS, definitely do the amp as well. The speakers were a huge upgrade, but I never got the clarity of range of sound I should have gotten from high quality speakers because the factory amp is so weak.

[@PaulTovar]

Did you have a problem with the adapters they gave you

[@thegravytrain1129]

I believe I did. The connectors for the tweeters didn't help at all so I had to use electrical connectors for those. The connectors for the woofers worked fine. The plastic speaker mounts have to be slightly modified as well - there are plastic tabs that you have to bend off in order for the woofers to fit, and the screws that come with the speaker mounts are too long. You'll have to get shorter screws or they'll poke into the woofers. Also, I would personally recommend skipping the crossovers for the woofers - sounds much better without them and my speakers have been fine. I didn't dare use the tweeters without the crossovers though.

[@gregs1027]

Did the lower door speakers hook up to the factory wiring connectors?

[@thegravytrain1129]

No. You need an adapter.

[@ifyouare2]

if you buy from crutchfield they should auto add the adapter to your cart. so long as you input your vehicle information before ordering

[@thegravytrain1129]

No, but there are adapters from crutchfield.

[@Cativa0]

The way you went about the battery is not recommended, the proper way is by removing the negative pole and by removing the negative battery cable you are disconnecting the battery from the chassis of your vehicle. If you begin to remove the positive side before the negative and your wrench would make contact with any part of the vehicle, then you could cause a short in the system.

[@thegravytrain1129]

I appreciate it.

[@shepherdoffire9263]

Hey man whats up, seen you completely replaced the system with some better ones, hows it sounding and functioning? Im afraid to take my sport to any installer i dont want my mechanisms and audio to mess up since mine is 2019 pretty new they might not know how to install in this car

[@thegravytrain1129]

Good sound and the car went back together very well - no sign that I took it apart. I need to add an aftermarket amp to get GREAT sound from the speakers though - they're underpowered and not as clear as I'd like.

[@shepherdoffire9263]

the GRAVYTRAIN awesome, gonna be upgrading my system really soon i absolutely hate the stock it ruins the entire music experience, congrats on the setup man! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@thegravytrain1129]

Hope it goes well for you!

[@thegravytrain1129]

By the way, here are the wiring instructions. Left front door speaker/woofer positive (+): pink, negative (-): gray Right front door speaker/woofer positive (+): red, negative (-): black Left front door tweeter positive (+): pink or yellow, negative (-): gray or green Right front door tweeter positive (+): red or blue, negative (-): black or white Center dash speaker positive (+): light green, negative (-): white Left rear deck speaker/woofer positive (+): blue or pink, negative (-): white Right rear deck speaker/woofer positive (+): yellow, negative (-): brown Left rear deck tweeter positive (+): pink, negative (-): light blue Right rear deck tweeter positive (+): blue, negative (-): light green Center deck subwoofer positive (+): red, negative (-): black

[@jeffd3802]

I know this is old but highly recommend kicker key amps. They have built in dsp as well. You just download 2 tones and run them through the headunit and it cleans signal and adds missing bass tones etc...

[@Honda_life_2020_]

What sub model? And it’s really a 2018 right?

[@thegravytrain1129]

Polk MM1042 DVC. It's a 2019.

[@PaulTovar]

Dang I got the sport and I went on crutchfield and ordered some speakers and now I want these but I read that the touring has the bigger amp I got for the front jbl club 6250 and jbl stadium tweeter I got jbl 6500c for the rear deck comes with tweeters pioneer tsa sub for the trunk with a 5 channel amp dang hope the jbl front sound close to the focal once power is put to it

[@thegravytrain1129]

I'll be curious to see what you think of the JBL's! Good that you got an amp - the stock amp on the sport model is to small to do much with high quality speakers. Crutchfield has a great return policy if you don't like them. Good luck!

[@PaulTovar]

the GRAVYTRAIN joe much did the iss 165 cost you there on sale for 139 right now really thinking about calling them and making the swap

[@thegravytrain1129]

I think I paid something close to that - they were on sale when I bought them as well.

[@PaulTovar]

the GRAVYTRAIN well I made the trade sent the jbl back and got the focals Iss 165 it’s all your fault

[@MYRQPRODUCTIONS]

Paul Tovar how did you like the new speakers? I have a 2019 2.0 sport manual I’m trying to upgrade the speakers on. Any suggestions?

[@getbent1738]

Installing the exact same speakers in my 21 EX-L but curious if anyone here has a wire color diagram they could email me? Or even just post here... Thanks in advance guys.

[@getbent1738]

Just found them here...thanks GRAVYTRAIN.

[@ULSB1969]

You didn’t need to cut out the stock tweeter plugs, you could have just stripped the new tweeter wire far enough and slid it into the plug, then tape it to hold it in place.

[@nino_805]

did you cut any wires for the front speakers?

[@thegravytrain1129]

I did on one speaker (without thinking). I still can't believe I did that. I even had the adapters in hand. I guess my mind was elsewhere. There are wire harness adapters available - definitely get them and use them so you don't have to cut wires.

[@raiden72]

@@thegravytrain1129 can you post link to this adapter for the tweeter at 6:10 ? I assume the sub and 6.5 are using the regular metra 72-7800 harness

[@davidpreciado156]

You were able to use the same factory amp from the HU to power everything??

[@thegravytrain1129]

Yes - I have the EXL model and it comes with a 450 watt factory amp (peak). It does the job, but im only putting about 30 rms to each of the speakers so I need to add an aftermarket amp. I believe the EX and sport models only come with a 180 watt factory amp so they would need an additional amp as well.

[@sungminhong9673]

@@thegravytrain1129hello, I have 2020 touring with factory amp. Is after market amp required? I hope to just replace the door speakers

[@thegravytrain1129]

@sungminhong9673 not required, but the speakers will likely be severely underpowered and wont sound very good.

[@johnbasterson7938]

Don't reconnect your battery until you can drive the car immediately. It will cause you a headache that is easily fixed but frazzles your nerves none the less.

[@thegravytrain1129]

Good to know - thanks!

[@jeremyvillegas572]

What do you mean?

[@apput2842]

@@jeremyvillegas572 I know this is an old comment but when u disconnect the battery the system has to relearn what changed so you will see a lot of error codes saying see your dealer takes a while of driving to go away.

[@ULSB1969]

Those are the very low end Focal, not so good in my opinion, I have the 3 way Focal Flax custom installed. The center dash only has one speaker, not two.

[@sungminhong9673]

Stock radio can only push speakers with so much power

[@ULSB1969]

@@sungminhong9673 stock radio barely has power, and the signal quality is the poorest. If you want to improve on a stock system you need a DSP and aftermarket amplifiers, it will sound better but not good, only way is with an aftermarket stereo, but you lose all the stock stereo features.

[@markwys]

Take the time to make an install video but failed to video the install. I am 0% smarter concerning the install process.

[@dominickarango1010]

I can’t hear crap there junk 😂

[@JQin931]

2017-2019 car speakers suck balls

[@thegravytrain1129]

Seriously

[@verticalbitewing]

didn’t show the install……poor video