That took it down to 2.9...
I put in an 8" Pioneer in it's place and got back to 6.9 but I had to remove the plastic facia to clear the grillecloth.
What I really need is the paper ring to glue down over the surround edge...the basket edge is fairly wide for an 8" because of that but these will do even though the treble is quite bright on axis with your ears and the woofers are more like mid-woofers with this crossover...
NO, it IS installed correctly, any other doesn't work but I think that's okay because I decided to use them as monitors or to fill in sections of a room. They will work well that way and they actually do wonders for country
So they are ugly inside right now but I have something worked out to my satisfaction.