I now have 6.5" Sony X-plodes in the front doors and 6x9" Sony X-plodes in the hatch. They all fit and sound great. Didn't use the fancy speaker covers that came with them. I like the fit and finish with it all behind the stock covers.

 

Ya you can definately get those 6's in the doors. And no the factory connecters dont work. i just cut mine off and crimped spade connectors on the ends, then put em on the terminals for the new speakers. I was able to get 6.5's in my front doors and they sound great.



As for Bowtie's question... if you really like those 5X9's, you could do what i did and box the speakers in the back and extend the wiring from the rear hatch back through your trim panels to into behind the back seats. Thats what i did for my 6X9's kuz i didnt feel like cutting the holes. Mind you, i do have the sound bar up top but it wouldnt be much different to run the wires back through the hatch into the trim panels. you could even skip running the speaker wires back from the hatch and cut em off where they go into the hatch and run em down through the trim from there. Its kinda hard to explain but as a 17 year old who knew nothing about speakers or wiring, i was able to do it in my XJ :P

Good luck!

 

heck i just put 5.25's in the rear hatch and they rattle all crazy, they are cheapos from walmart so its onto putting in some nice sounding pioneer 6x9's in there and getting rid of the rattle as for the doors, i got a pair of cheapos for them too, 6.5's but they should be ok for now.
hey bowtie, where you getting your speakers without grills?

 

Ive got 96 2 door xj and im thinkin about putting 6.5s in the doors. These will fit as long as the magnet dosent touch the backside of the door right? Ive also got the sound bar on the roof in the back. If its just wood under the headliner on the sound bar couldnt I just cut the holes out to fit 6x9s? Ive only had the jeep for a few days and I havent noticed if it has speakers in the back hatch or not. should it? What size could I fit in there?

 

Best Buy... The 3 and 4-way Alpines I was eyeballing don't come with grills, I think they were more meant to be a stock replacement on things with 6x9's in it already, like an under shelf install. I think there was a set of 6"-ers w/o grills also.

 

All the speakers I've ever bought have been pictured on the box and any literature yo might read about with a grill. In all reality the grille is usually not attached when you get them and is an option when you install.

 

I know that... These do not come with grilles. I know it, the sales rep knows it, the Alpine rep knows it. Making grilles isn't a problem, it's just a little time with a bead roller and some stainless mesh. Anyways, I'm still waiting for someone to pop up pics of the 6x9 install in the rear hatch...
Also, anyone with the last gen XJ's ever use a crossover network to split the main rear line to the sound bar and custom 6x9's in the hatch?

 

I've got Pioneer 3 way speakers all around. Stock replacement size, no amp yet, but they sound great. The treble on them kicks butt combined with my sub. Next sound mod is an amp to power them up a bit (150watts each). Get stock size, because the rest is overkill in such a small cabin. You're wheelin...not catching a concert

 

<~ old musician... I'm down with having a concert EVERYWHERE I go.. lol

 

I just finished installing my stereo for now, I've been riding around for 2 weeks humming to myself, I got Pioneer 3 way 6x9s in the rear hatch and soundstream 2 way 5 1/4s in the front doors and Soundstream tweeters going in the headliner, and a Clarion CD/MP3 deck, For now