If you run an equalizer you can avoid distortion issues,also having a deck with a good eq built in. I'd go with the fosgates.Whats the amp you are running?

I am running the 4 main speakers directly from the Kenwood which is this one http://www.crutchfield.com/S-fQ340VTKvui/p_613KDC255U/Kenwood-KDC-255U.html
I've had it in my work truck but they just gave me a brand new truck so I pulled it out.
The amp is an old junk 300 Watt Kenwood that is driving a 10" Sony Xplode sub. The sub has been retro fit into the rear passenger compartment box that many Cherokee owners do. There is hardly any volume back there so it doesn't sound the best but since this is a 25 year old romper, I don't need much. I toyed with the idea of building a huge sub in the back but since I don't have a good roof rack and the tires are larger than stock, the only place for the spare to go is in the back right now. I drive it maybe twice a month so I just want an alright system, nothing too crazy.
What sucks is the wiring was redone so I had to take a multi meter on the wires and check each wire for polarity since the guy before me just put in whatever color he wanted.

You should  be alright with any of those that you pick.

After A LOT of extensive research, I have narrowed it down to the Rockford Fosgates and the Kickers.
http://www.crutchfield.co...ate-Prime-R1525X2.html
I did check out some infinity's and a few other brands but I kept going back to these two.
 
The Kickers seem to have better specs but for about $15 bucks more, I can get 4 of the Rockford Fosgates to match them all up and have 2 in the hatch as well. The hatch ones now are fine but it would be cool if they were timbre matched. Of course, I probably won't notice those speakers way in the back that much anyway. Not sure what to do. Not like it's that much money but I like to make the right decision the first time...

Well, the kickers have a higher wattage rating, so it might actually be better to go with fosgates.You will be closer to the rms of them without an amp.

agent8
After A LOT of extensive research, I have narrowed it down to the Rockford Fosgates and the Kickers.
http://www.crutchfield.co...ate-Prime-R1525X2.html
I did check out some infinity's and a few other brands but I kept going back to these two.
 
The Kickers seem to have better specs but for about $15 bucks more, I can get 4 of the Rockford Fosgates to match them all up and have 2 in the hatch as well. The hatch ones now are fine but it would be cool if they were timbre matched. Of course, I probably won't notice those speakers way in the back that much anyway. Not sure what to do. Not like it's that much money but I like to make the right decision the first time...

The NVX speakers are better than anything in it's price range. Before my NVX speakers, I had Rockford Prime series stuff all around, it's garbage compared to stuff in it's price range. Kicker's prices are a little inflated as well, their clarity isn't as nice and I would suggest going Pioneer over Kicker.
 
NVX is truly the company to go with. Their X series components are basically re-branded ARC audio black series components for a third of the price, that stuff is really high end.

Ok, RainStryke, if it was almost any other forum member, I would blow your recommendation off. You have "street cred" in here and I know you are pretty knowledgeable so why not. I can't find too much info on these speakers because they are new but the people that do have them, love them so when I get home, I will pull the trigger.
 
But, I am warning you, If I spend $50 on these speakers and If they suck, I am going to log on to Evga, find this thread and send you a big thumbs down GIF, and maybe I will throw in an angry emoticon while I'm at it.
Thanks

agent8
Ok, RainStryke, if it was almost any other forum member, I would blow your recommendation off. You have "street cred" in here and I know you are pretty knowledgeable so why not. I can't find too much info on these speakers because they are new but the people that do have them, love them so when I get home, I will pull the trigger.
 
But, I am warning you, If I spend $50 on these speakers and If they suck, I am going to log on to Evga, find this thread and send you a big thumbs down GIF, and maybe I will throw in an angry emoticon while I'm at it.
Thanks

lol I loved mine...
 
Looks like they just went on sale too... for 15% off.

I've used both RF "Prime" speakers and the Kicker "DS" series on some other people's installs recently and was not at all impressed at all with either of them.  To me it seems like both of those brands have come out with some really low level stuff with high markup to peddle off at the big box stores whereas the "power" and "KS" lines are much better but cost much more and have even more markup.  I would go as far as to compare them with the $15 flea market special junk...  I recently installed some Infinity Reference speakers in the wife's car last month and have been very happy with those - except the highs on Infinity always seem on the harsh side.
 
I've read great things about the NVX speakers - and have been planning on getting a set of 5.25 components or 6x8s for my old beater truck - just haven't gotten around to it.  I've been stuck between Polk and NVX - as I really like my Polk home audio stuff.  I'd be very interested to see how you like them before I grab a set. 

I have been out of the game for some years, but I can tell you find the amp with the largest RMS power, lowest THD, and don't worry about the wattage of the speaker.  I have pushed 4K through a single tweeter for a short while.  My point is a speaker will handle tremendous power, as long as its clean power.  I saw someone mentioned clipping.  That is basically when your speaker output (as seen on an Oscilloscope) looks like square waves, instead of clean sine waves.