The Camaro Club (UK)

I have a 4rth generation Z28 (convertable) and am condsidering upgrading the head unit/speakers.

I used to have a 2003 C5 corvette and the head unit looked exactly the same and the speakers had BOSE written on the speaker grilles in the door. The system sounded fantastic a lot lot better then the Camaro. Although the head unit looked the same, was it the same Head unit? Can I just upgrade the speakers and get fantastic sound? I have heard about a Monsoon system, do I have that already, how do I know?

Can anyone recommend a good speaker that will fit? If I want to upgrade the head unit can anyone recommend one that will replace the standard one? Is there a limit on the depth of the speaker that I can fit in, I believe the speakers to be 6.5"?

Any advice greatly appreciated

Cheers

Howie,
Hope you are well, lets start with speakers 4th generation and convertible. worst case scenario
being a older of the 4th generation (1993?) that makes the speakers in the car 16 years old.
convertible means they may have been subject to moisture at a time in thier lives. With that in mind
Speakers are manufactered by all sorts of manufacterers the rule of thumb the more that you pay
the better quality you SHOULD be getting. As long as you are considering replacing Speakers It wont hurt to remove one in order to Identify its configuration , 6x5 6x9 ...etc. then to consider the depth of the hole the speaker fits so that you may consider magnet size (too large a magnet may interfere
with the doors inner workings. (check with the window down if its in the door!) It is usually customary to replace speakers with the same OHM rating I understand that 8 OHM is a standard in the industry.
be sure to check what you remove. Considering what you encountered with the vette you had ,It was a Bose system and i belive it may have incorporated its own amplifier so before you "axe" the
factory system see what it sounds like with new speakers, You may be pleasantly surprised !!
good luck with that !!!!!
Regards
Dave

thanks Dave for that, I am going to try to replace the ones in the back first as i believe it is a pig to get to the ones in the front. The rear ones are easy with the roof down. She's a 98 and the systems sounds ok but I know it can sound better especially after the Vet.

Thanks again
Howie