why does my car have no bass?

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ok so i have a1991 toyota 4runner and i just bought some new  6 inch kicker ks60 speakers  which are a major improvment from what i have that was all rusty and shitty because of the previous owner.but besides the clearer sound the kickers  have very little bass  which sucks and when  i play the music  the 2 subwoofers that are build into the car dont play anything so what should i do go buy new ones or what cause i dont wanna spend too much money.

alisha · Accepted Answer

could be your head unit is it a stock cd player or aftermarket and you might just need to check your settings on the head unit or make sure they are connected and they might even be dry-rotted id check the settings and wires before i did anything else cause the speakers might be fine just not wired.. and as for the kicker 6 inchers get a small amp maybe 150-250 watt amp to push them that will increase the bass

Douglas · Answer

Well, it could be a couple things.  1...that is a large vehicle with small speakers.  I think it has like 3" in the front and 5 1/4 in the doors so in a vehicle that large with small speakers you're not gonna get much bass.  The only other thing I can think of is that one of the speakers could be wired out of phase.  If you hooked up + to - and - to + on one of the speakers that would cause the bass from each speaker to cancel the other which would give you no bass.  Although I'm not a fan of Kicker stuff, their coaxials are pretty bassy so I don't think there is a different speaker you could get that would give you a big improvement bass-wise if a speaker being out-of-phase isn't your issue.

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