Holy crap, I need a smoke.

I just came in from attempting to put these things in my door. Had nice little adapter plates made out of 3/8th inch plywood(only thing we had around here), well, get it all together, sticks out to far and the door panel wont fit on
Then I was like, well, do I really need the adapter plate things. So I tried to mount a woofer in the stock hole, trimmed a very minor amount, and the speaker grille adapter was big enough to cover the stock hole up to isolate the front of the speaker from the back. Well, only 2 screw holes would work, and I didnt feal like having my woofers held it with only 2 dinky screws. Plus, where I THOUGHT I would mount the tweeter, right by the woofer, wouldnt work either. There is ***** right behind where the tweet would go, and I cant mount the tweeter infront of the metal either, because its to deep and hits the door panel again.

So, the conclusions Ive came to is....






FYCK IT....

Buy some kick panels.

And thats the last thing I wanted to do because I KNOW some moron will kick it and ruin something.

Wow, anyone who's done this have any pics, or ideas?
Thanks

So after 2.5 hours I put my Pioneer 5x7's in and called it a day.

 

hey man this is where i got the idea
http://www.fordf150.net/howto/spkadp.php

 

Dammit I just had a big post and my internet went retarded and I lost it all.

Anyway to sum it up, I think if I just switch to a thinner material, like 1/8th inch plastic the woofer should fit. The plate I had made up will work perfect, just to thick.
The tweeter will have to go elsewhere, Im thinking maybe on the back edge of the stock kick panels or something.

Those plates that you linked to just wont work since 6.5 inch woofers are wider than the stock speakers.

I dunno Ill have to mess with it more.

 

let me know how that goes bartak b/c I will be in your position thurs. I'll be tryin to get my 6.5's in with those adapters also.

 

did you guys get them in yet

 

Well, I got one side in after about 3ish hours. The other side should go in in about an hour since I got everything figured out now.

The adapter plate thingys are made out of some 3/16th inch stuff I found. It seems like realy really dense cardboard, or it might be fiberboard if there is such thing as 3/16th fiberboard. Its a 7x9 inch rectangle with one corner choped off a little(there was an electrical plug that was in the way so I had to cut off that corner) Unfortianatley I didnt get to use the grille that came with the speaker like I wanted to because it just barely hit the door panel. I could have left it on w/o hurting anything but I decided to leave it off. Even if I wouldnt have trimmed a little of the speaker hole yesterday I would have had to today. But just barely, maybe 1/2 or a whole centimeter on the rear side, between the top and bottom screws on the back side.

I mounted the tweeter in the door pocket right below the woofer. Out of the way and not really noticeable, which I like. Not the best place, but it works, and probably better than behind the door panel,plus it keeps it close to the woofer, which I think sounds better than having it far away, like mounted in the A pillar shooting into the windsheild etc. Its mounted as high as it can be in the pocket so the inside of the pocket wont block the sound really, and my tweeter is swivel type mount so I can point it up and out of the pocket also.

The crossover is mounted under the dash, kinda where your feet go.

Hopefully I can get ahold of a digital camera and get some pics.

If you want I could make a little template thingy for the woofer mount that you could print out and trace on to your matterial.

Ill let you know if I can get a camera, and if you got any questions ask away.

 

I think he's refering to the installation dept. They usually will sell you something you need from there that isn't out on the main sales floor.

 

Alrighty, got em all in and hooked to the amp.

I have to keep my gains all the way down otherwise the surround will still hit the door panel.

 

hey is there any rattle in the door panel now that everything is hooked up.

I just got my amp today and i will be putting it in thurs.

I will let you know if I got any ? then.
thanks

 

I didnt notice any rattles, but Im sure over time stuff might kinda come loose and start to rattle.

I think my next project will be to get rid of all the rattles from my subs and do some stuff to the doors to help with the sound of the mids a little.

What did you get for an amp?

 

hey, the speaker hits the door panel, i also have a set of re comps waiting to be installed, and on the other site that i visit allot everyone is using 1/2" mdf with no probs

 

1Bdf-150,
Are they using RE comps? They are probably using other speakers that dont have as much excursion or something. Or else they listen to their music very very quiet

But yes, they can still hit the door panel. I think its more that huge azz dustcap that sticks out instead of the surround now, that thing is massive. But with my gains all the way down i can turn my Pioneer deck to around 52 out of 62 i think before it hits. Which is plenty loud with the subs goin'.

However I have 75 watts going to them and it gets them moving pretty good.

How are they using 1/2 inch mdf when there is only about an inch between the door panel and metal on the door?

Let me know if you have more questions. Also do you have a link to any pics of someone using 1/2 inch wood? Id like to see it.

 

i got a kenwood kac-6201 for my alpine components

 

ok, if i can find some pics i will post, did you get any pics of your set up yet

 

No, not yet, still waiting to get ahold of a digi camera. HOPEFULLY by saturday