Focal 165AC 6.5" Coaxial Kit

Focal make great speakers. I put these in the rear doors of my daughter’s car and the same series in front doors with treaters in the pillars. Make sure you sound mat inside the doors and inclose the door with mat. These middle of the road line from Focal sound good. I have the K2’s, other than power handling, they sound just as good.

I was looking for the highest line of speakers that I would be able to fit into the door panels of my Kia Forte without any obstructions and originally I bought the ICU165 for the front doors mainly for the hybrid polyglass cone material and short mounting depth. Then after I little measuring and some further research I discovered that with the Metra (82-7303) 1.1" height mounting bracket I could increase the clearance of the magnet behind the cone to about 30mm. This meant I could move up to the Focal Access line (165AC) and shorten the distance to 10mm and still not make contact with the sliding power windows, even with upgraded 14awg speaker wire and custom terminals. Consequently, I moved the ICU165s to the rear doors with the same brackets. And finally, I obtained some XTC slim-line foam speaker baffles for all 4 speakers for mid-bass gains, cut out a small hole for the terminals, and it all barely managed to fit with just 2mm to spare. Needless to say it was all put together and blended perfectly with my previous sound deadening and sound absorption efforts all around the car. I have to say the fiberglass cones make a dramatic difference in sound quality, especially across the midrange, over most polypropylene cones even the polyglass ones that Focal makes when paired with a modest amplifier imo.

I got these impulsively, hoping to upgrade the sound in my truck. I knew beforehand that Focal is a higher end audio company but didn't have much more expectations than that. First thing I noticed when I unboxed them was the weight and quality of the speakers. Way higher quality than the older set they were going to quickly replace! Installed pretty smoothly (one thing to note is the grills kinda sandwich between the speaker and mounting plate/bracket so there must be some space to install them properly otherwise you'll need to loosen the mounting screws like I did to install correctly). Turned on my Alpine stereo and was pleasantly surprised at how good they sounded! I was debating on installing a subwoofer, but now I don't think I need to. Highly recommend!

Focal has been and always will be my speaker of choice for the quality that they give.

The title says it all. When I first installed these I was expecting “life changing” sound, but honestly I had another fairly high end speaker I replaced so when I turned the system on first time after installation I wasn’t blown away. In fact I almost had buyers remorse. But then I removed the filters from previous speakers and cranked it and was amazed that these speakers handle frequencies the previous brand couldn’t at high volume without distorting. Then I fine tuned EQ settings to these Focals. And all I have to say is wow. I’ve never heard their high end speakers but if this is their low end I can’t even fathom the experience.

The media could not be loaded. Sound quality is perfect imo, reproduction is phenomenal. Video does no justice, Would highly recommend for the price but as for an oem replacement this is way overkill

Can’t go wrong with Focal! Hands down best sound quality.

I have these running off an 80w per channel amp, purchased to replace some cheap Kenwoods. Honestly not very impressed by the sound, construction is very nice, was able to mount them easy enough, but are so much quieter than my rockford components which are the same size, and hardly any deep mistakes. Out of the box they don't even sound like an upgrade... I will update review if I notice a significant difference after break in period.