Rockford Fosgate speakers

[Dannothemanno]

Do yourself a HUGE favor and use a 4" round speaker and a 4x6 to 4" speaker adapter . I swear I have used every brand 4x6 on the market and none hold up or even really sound that good. Something about a small oval speaker just sounds horrible. Amazingly a 4" round makes more bass and sounds alot clearer. I started with I finity reference 6.5 components up front and reference 4" in the rear locations. It's a real PITA to put rear ones in, so most of the time I actually cut out the factory grille and surface mount the 4x6 with it's own grille ( just cause when u cook one it's easy to replace ), but when I put my reference 4" in I out it behind factory grille. I originally intended on a stealth install, but now am adding a second set of pioneer pro 6.5" in doors and a pioneer pro 4" tweeter ( instead of a 3.5" one currently in there now). Gonna have to build pods now I'm sure but gotta have my music!

Ah, as usual I'm a day late and a dollar short! Atleast u used a good name brand speaker and off of the 18watts they r getting from your headunit they will be fine. I'd set your hpf on your headunit to 120hz ( if ur headunit doesn't have a hpf setting I'd get sum bass blockers cause any real bass will kill those little speakers).

So far I'm I haven't decided if I should go for the rf because thinking back to when I had some kicker KS series speakers in my s10 they had good sound and a good amount of bass I'm not sure who has better sound between the two but until then I need to get my truck running first

 

[Ehall8702]

So far I'm I haven't decided if I should go for the rf because thinking back to when I had some kicker KS series speakers in my s10 they had good sound and a good amount of bass I'm not sure who has better sound between the two but until then I need to get my truck running first

In all honesty, if they are close to same price between the big brands the sound is gonna be about the same. I'd prefer RF over kicker but that's just personal opinion. Each ear has its own sound

 

[df2x4]

I'd go with the Kickers over the Fosgates, no competition. They're better speakers on paper in every way. The Kickers have better build materials (silk dome tweeters vs the PEI domes of the Fosgates), better power handling, better sensitivity, better frequency response range and better crossover adjustment on the 6.75" components. A quick side by side comparison shows all that.

RF P165SI:
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_575P165SI/Rockford-Fosgate-P165-SI.html

Kicker 44KSS6704:
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_206KSS6704/Kicker-44KSS6704.html?tp=106

 

[Bondovw]

I put these in my doors and it was a easy fit . They sound good off the stock deck. A amp would be better. I will add one when I get time. Just put this on ebay
SAVARD Speakers 10-200-Watt RAP 6.5"inch Component Set

 

[Bondovw]

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[885speed]

In all honesty, if they are close to same price between the big brands the sound is gonna be about the same. I'd prefer RF over kicker but that's just personal opinion. Each ear has its own sound

I fully agree, everyone has their own particular taste in sound, different expectations and different experiences they base their opinions on.
As a perfect example, I've never heard a Kicker set up that I liked. IMO they tend to be louder, but to me they sound distorted at any regular listening volume or louder. But again, to each their own.

If you're on the fence, I'd say maybe consult a car audio shop near you and see if they have any kind of demo speakers set up in their shop?
I know there was a nicer shop where I used to live that had the kind of thing you'd see in Best Buy, but in actual boxes and not a plastic display that way you could get a more real world sound out of the demo set up.

 

[Grubersky]

Wanted to introduce myself first properly before start posting here, but this seems important information, so here's my experience with RF speakers:

I put RF T2652-S 6.5" speakers in the front of my 1995 K1500 ext. Cab and they do sound great for my taste. In the back, I planed to put RF T1462 speakers and they did not fit. I would have had to make the cutout bigger so the basket of the speaker would fit. I didn't do it at the end because I don't really care about the rear speakers enough to cut sheet metal. Was a bit annoyed though, since it's a pain in the but to get there.
I'm not sure if the cutouts on the 1997 ext. Cabs are the same but I would assume so? Your truck is two years younger and with a 3rd door and you're planing to go for the P1462 and not the T1462 like I did, so take this information for what it is. Just wanted to give in my two cents.