I have a base model Pursuit - the one without the MP3 factory deck.

I was wondering if it would be worth it to change the factory speakers... I find the fronts sound fine, but the rear factory 6 x 9's sound a little muddy and distort very easily.

if I change out the factory rear speakers and keep everything else stock... will there be a noticeable difference?

 

maybe a little, i think most of the quality comes from the cd player itself rather than the speakers, change the deck you should notice a bigger difference then just tchanging speakers

 

No. Speakers make a much bigger difference than the head unit. You won't get any good sound out of them crappy ass paper speakers with a better head unit. To the OP, yes if you replace your speakers it will sound much better.

 

the speaker is were the sound comes' from, so changing the speaker defenitly will make for a better sound. the head only sends the sound, not makes the sound.

 

"the head only sends the sound, not makes the sound"

I'm just going to assume you were tired when you wrote that

 

Sh*t in -> Sh*t out.
Changing either won't make a worthwhile difference. New deck may give you the option to play MP3s and a nicker look/feel, but It will most likely not improve the sound quality.
Changing the speakers on the other hand won't make a significant difference either because the signal produced by the deck is heavily equalized and fairly weak; not acceptable for any decent speaker.

The whole thing is really a package, deck, amp and good components is the only way to

 

thanks for the info everyone...

my deck ended up showing signs of the ERR message and the cd getting stuck and the time starting to change on it's own.

I ended up getting the whole deck replaced under warranty, but ended up just getting another exact replacement and not the up model one as others have posted in other posts.

I was wondering, is the deck warranties under the bumper to bumper warranty or is the deck on a shorter warranty period? I'm a little worried I will run into the same ERR issues again and I do want to get it covered under warranty if it happens again... any ideas?

 

update - I just got the deck replaced because of the ERR issues and guess what.. 2 days later again the cd gets stuck and I get the ERR message again!

I'm gonna take the car in again and see if I can get them to give me an upgrade to the mid level stereo....