Starting to look for speaker lids for my 17 RGS. See some real shady stuff available but always worried about quality..what brands is everyone running? Is it better to have them painted when you buy them or have painted locally? Also I see that you can get them for 5x7 or 6x9. Are there pro and con's to both? Thanks for any input!

 

Alright so which ones have u already looked at? And what pros and cons are u seeing? Also, which speaker size do u prefer to go with?

 

I have seen Harley, Bad Dad baggers, hogtunes and some brands I have never heard of. As far as speakers what are the advantages of the 6x9 over the 5x7 if any?

 

I have Hogtunes and have no complaints. Ordered a different brand that came with an adapter, that would have mounted my speaker too deep.

 

You will get different sound from the 5x7 vs 6x9. But if your bags are always full and you want sound, you probably won't notice a difference between the two. If the bags are empty, 6x9's will have the better sound as they will create better bass. As always, rolling down the highway they will both sound the same. I've wanted to add speakers to my bags for a bit now, but I actually use my bags to carry stuff and don't want to give up a ton of space. I ordered a 17 Laguna Orange and if I do speakers in the bags, I will probably just buy the painted ones from Harley. Mainly because I don't need 6 x 9's and I want the paint to match exactly.

 

Curious if I you can use any 6x9 in the Harley lids? I do not want to use HD speakers..and like you I want the paint to match perfect..

 

There are other companies that make 5x7's. They are not exclusive to Harley. BT makes one.

 

I know other companies make 5x7's. I was just pointing out if I buy Harley lids I am not buying there speakers. Though I did read that Harley lids will only accept 5x7 and will not confirm if other brand speakers will fit.

 

As far as paint match goes my last 2 street glides have been tricoat colors, crimson red sunglow and blackened cayenne. I have had custom parts, bags, fenders and lids painted by a local painter. The trick to matching the paint is to use the HD paint and a painter that knows what they are doing. My paint matches perfectly and saved a bunch over buying the prepainted parts from HD.

 

http://www.thefactorymatch.com is an excellent source to get stuff painted to match. They have the hogtunes lids with or without speakers or you can call them and arrange other items. Recently I was pricing out a fender on their site and randomly tried 10OFF for a coupon code and it took 10% off my cart. I didn't place the order so not sure if they would honor it or not.