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what speakers to use in kick panels/doors, stereo recs |
yellowFV |
Oct 7 2004, 08:22 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 19-July 04 From: Philadelphia, PA Member No.: 2,372 |
Is there any speakers that fit optimal in the stock 914 kickpanel speaker boxes?
Autobahn has a pair of 4" x 6" 2 way that look like they might fit. I already have "cut door panles with old 6" speakers so I was looking at placing speakers in the door panels and in the kick panels or picking up those custom kick panels that hold a larger speaker...6 " I think. There's gotta be someone out there who has done this so I don't have to engineer the project from the ground up. rob |
bondo |
Oct 7 2004, 08:27 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Don't put speakers in the doors, it's a terrible environment for speakers. Morpenspectra sells nice speaker boxes that take round speakers in the stock location. They come without a hole, so they'll fit any speaker around that size. You can also get them with a blaupunkt speaker installed if you don't want to cut a hole. They're fiberglass.
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type47fan |
Oct 7 2004, 08:29 PM
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It Looks Better In Person. . . Group: Members Posts: 860 Joined: 17-September 03 From: Carlsbad, CA Member No.: 1,170 Region Association: Southern California |
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jim912928 |
Oct 7 2004, 08:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,485 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I got a pair of those customer kick panels made by one of our own in here...put 6" blaupunkts in them. They are very very very cool speaker enclosures, perfect fit...look like the ones that should have been put in by the factory.
GET A PAIR OF THOSE!!!!!!!YOU WON'T REGRET IT |
JmuRiz |
Oct 7 2004, 08:36 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,434 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Get the 6.5" panels made in the 914 products section on this site. I might go that route and I have Infinity Kappa 4x6" plates now (about the best you could do w/o cutting up your doors before morphenspectra)
Morphenspectra's stuff |
CCLAY |
Oct 7 2004, 11:29 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 3-October 04 From: Lake Havasu City, AZ Member No.: 2,878 |
But.....he already does have 'cut up' door panels.
The door a terrible environment for speakers??? Properly prepared, and since he does already have holes cut in, doors are a PERFECT place for speakers. The bass response from the door enclosure wll blow away anything you could ever get from the kick panels, ergo the reason for the sub unit that is sold with Morphenspectra stuff. Rob, if you really want to use 4 speakers, you should consider doing separates and using the door panels as bass enclosures and the kickpanels for mid/hi range speakers. Anything that goes into that kick panel should be crossed at no less than 150 MHz. That's why in the Morphenspectra kit the sub enclosure goes in the center of the car interior. The worst thing I think you could do is put 4 identical speakers in there and expect it to sound good. Chris |
bondo |
Oct 7 2004, 11:42 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(CCLAY @ Oct 7 2004, 10:29 PM) But.....he already does have 'cut up' door panels. The door a terrible environment for speakers??? Properly prepared, and since he does already have holes cut in, doors are a PERFECT place for speakers. The bass response from the door enclosure wll blow away anything you could ever get from the kick panels, ergo the reason for the sub unit that is sold with Morphenspectra stuff. Rob, if you really want to use 4 speakers, you should consider doing separates and using the door panels as bass enclosures and the kickpanels for mid/hi range speakers. Anything that goes into that kick panel should be crossed at no less than 150 MHz. That's why in the Morphenspectra kit the sub enclosure goes in the center of the car interior. The worst thing I think you could do is put 4 identical speakers in there and expect it to sound good. Chris Reasons I don't like door speakers: 1. Water gets back there, no matter how good your seals are 2. Way too many things in a door to rattle 3. The enclosed volume is to large for the size of speaker you can fit 4. You'll never get the enclosed volume sealed well Of course this is just my opinion, you can do watever you like. |
MattR |
Oct 8 2004, 02:00 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,279 Joined: 23-January 04 From: SF Bay Area Member No.: 1,589 Region Association: Northern California |
Well if you want another pair of hacked door panels, Ive got some <_< .
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ninefourteener |
Oct 8 2004, 09:41 AM
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Perfectly Normal Guy :) Group: Members Posts: 1,216 Joined: 3-June 03 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 779 |
Agreed, I spent a FORTUNE on top of the line Infinity's in the stock speaker grills on my last teener.
It sounded like shit. Now, I bought the aftermarket speaker panels. I installed a set of Infinity Kappa 5.25 Component speakers. The grill to the speaker is 6.5 inches, so it loks 100% PERFECT. Plus, I installed the 1-inch tweeters in the doors, but they are surface mounted, so the only holes are for the wire, and the screws to secure the tweeters..... no hole for the speakers. I mounted the crossovers under the glovebox using some heavy duty double sided tape. Just my suggestion.. I'm happy with it. |
charlesmac |
Oct 8 2004, 11:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 27-June 04 From: Richland, MS Member No.: 2,264 |
Even though you can't seal a door very well, most 6.5 speakers are designed to be used in a large open area. If you go with door speakers, use x-mat or dyna-mat or any of the sound deadening materials available and cover the entire side of the door behind the door panel. Wrap all the moving parts(the rods that open and lock/unlock the doors etc.) with a plastic bag or something to allow them not to stick to the adhesive. It helps tremendously with the bass response, and to keep things from rattling.
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