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The Focal is a good kit, but without the top-dash midrange drivers you get a boom/tizz presentation without essential vocal clarity. It's far better than the stock speakers but still not communicative enough. Bass and treble fill out the frequency range but without good midrange you have a hole-in-the-middle effect. I know from my 'big rig' at home that midrange clarity is the most essential component for communicating music. Substituting the 3.5" midrange drivers in the top-dash position allows me to revert to an almost flat curve on the equaliser settings. They also do treble pretty well so the balance is ideal. For comparison, my big hi-fi system is totally flat - there are no equalisers or tone controls at all. Reproduction has amazing clarity and power. There is a mantra in hi-fi circles: without good midrange, any other attributes of a system are wasted as you will never have great music reproduction.

No, every search comes up on eBay US. It never bothers me where they come from, I just order and wait [emoji3] It could be that no UK model of BRZ/86 ever had them. Sent from my LG-Q6 using Tapatalk

BRZ-123- The wiring doesnt exist for the dash speakers on a UK car but it is easy to wire a set in. Took about 30 minutes to route the wires behind the dash and down the centre console. If you have an after market stereo then you can just run the wires behind the dash and wire them directly to the H/U as they normally have enough connections to do this. If like me you are keeping the OEM stereo then it wont be powerful enough to run those as well as the tweeters and 6.5" doors speakers, so its best to fact in an amp. Just adding that midrange makes a massive difference and you find that you dont need to have the volume up so high to hear the music.

Here's a pair for sale, exactly like mine. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2019-SUBARU-BRZ-FRS-86-OEM-REAR-SPEAKERS-SPEAKER-SET-RH-LH-1K/113843899467?hash=item1a81a00c4b:g:dUcAAOSwpOpdSDFl They're titled rear speakers but they're a dash pair - in fact, the same drivers are used for dash and rears except the latter are on extended brackets. Another pair... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-Subaru-Brz-Left-Right-Dashboard-Dash-Speaker-Tweeter-Pair-Factory-Oem-950/143398772104?epid=16035934049&hash=item21633b9d88:g:VIkAAOSwRl9dg6M~

I could have kept the tweeters as there is physical space but I would have had to rig a Y cable and didn't have the connectors unless I soldered everything in place. It's do-able but tricky. As it stands, there is plenty of treble from both the mid-range drivers and the Focals and the balance is to my liking. I see you can get the mid-range drivers on eBay still. Make sure you get a L/R pair and be prepared for soldering whether or not you keep the tweeters. Sent from my LG-Q6 using Tapatalk

Also don't forget with TEINS you can have the benefit of EDFC Active-Pro. Even better. I've had mine on for about 100K miles. They were serviced two years ago when they'd done 50K miles. No issues at all with the dampers, only thing was I needed a new top mount as the thread had pulled on it. The EDFC has been faultless in 100K miles too.