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Put the speakers in my door panels but you'd have a hard time finding um.

Started by 70charginglizard, January 14, 2006, 09:15:45 PM

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70charginglizard

Well I went back and forth as to where I was going to place my front speakers in the lizard. at one point I was going to put um in the kick panels but found clearance to be just way too much of an issue. I tried squeezing them into the vents but that proposed other problems. Like getting air. So after much deliberation I settled with chopping the inside of the door panels as I've seen a lot of other people do. But I did it to where the speakers are inset into the doors and the door panels have slit cuts in them to allow the sound thru but the vinyl has not been disturbed.
A lot of work. Took me about 6 hours to do both sides but you'd never know I have door speakers by the looks of things.

Doesn't sound to bad either. The sound actually penetrates the vinyl pretty well.

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Nice! Very clean install. I was considering putting a set of speakers in the doors but I think Im probably going to end up fiberglassing a set into the kick-panels...
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General_01

That is pretty cool. I would have never thought of that. Thanks for the idea. :2thumbs:
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   Ingenious!  (How I'm gonna do mine now!  That and the two under rear headliner, one in rear deck, and the 3-speaker dash should sound GREAT...  I think I will go for a 2-way door speaker though...  Did you trim ANY metal at all on the door frame?

70charginglizard

Quote from: Charger Aficionado on January 14, 2006, 10:05:47 PM
   Ingenious!  (How I'm gonna do mine now!  That and the two under rear headliner, one in rear deck, and the 3-speaker dash should sound GREAT...  I think I will go for a 2-way door speaker though...  Did you trim ANY metal at all on the door frame?

Yeah, I had to cut away about 1/2 inch uppper and lower so I could get the speakers in. I mounted them inside so they could be flush and not push on the door panels. I am very happy with the results and would recommend the process for someone looking for a hidden system.
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69charger2002

i also think you did a killer job. that's hwo i'm gonna do mine. i ended up putting baby tweeters with stick on tape in the upper corners of my pillar posts. hate it. i'm going to do what you did now. excellent job, and thanks for sharing that.
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Great , wish I had thought of that I cut holes out of door panels for mine  :rotz:
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I was considering doing same with mine but sound still would not be as clean behind vinyl
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tick68charger

I think ill go with the dual voice coil dash speaker I hear it sounds like you have both speakers instead of one. It has a left and right hook up mounts right where the old mono speaker mounts. No cutting
which is a plus for me.

70charginglizard

Quote from: CB on January 15, 2006, 05:16:17 AM
cool dude!
How you managed not to cut in the vinyl?
There is a mesh material between the cardboard and the vinyl. As your cutting the cardbord you can feel it after the last ply of carboard is cut. From there you are very careful not to cut too deep. Kind of nearve racking but if your careful it can be done. A very good zacto knife and patience is a must!!!
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Quote from: tick68charger on January 15, 2006, 11:45:37 AM
I think ill go with the dual voice coil dash speaker I hear it sounds like you have both speakers instead of one. It has a left and right hook up mounts right where the old mono speaker mounts. No cutting
which is a plus for me.

Thats what I did in my car from www.customautosound.com


Kelly you did a great job!    :cheers:

What are you going to use to cover the wire through the door for appearance/weatherproofing?
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CB

Quote from: 70charginglizard on January 15, 2006, 12:29:57 PM
Quote from: CB on January 15, 2006, 05:16:17 AM
cool dude!
How you managed not to cut in the vinyl?
There is a mesh material between the cardboard and the vinyl. As your cutting the cardbord you can feel it after the last ply of carboard is cut. From there you are very careful not to cut too deep. Kind of nearve racking but if your careful it can be done. A very good zacto knife and patience is a must!!!

thanks for the tip ! :)
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FastbackJon

Exellent job!

I went about it the same way on my '66 and '67. I mounted a pair of 6x9's to the back of the trunk divider, and they can't be seen from the interior of the car, but they sure can be heard!

I would like to mount some more speakers up front, but it seems like drilling the holes for the speaker wires to run through to get to the inside of the door would be a PITA, and I'd end up having to take the whole door off to drill them.
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haueter66

haven't tried it yet, but I was thinking maybe a right angle drill?

eSJayDee

/QUOTEI think ill go with the dual voice coil dash speaker I hear it sounds like you have both speakers instead of one./QUOTE

I'd recommend against those by Custom AutoSound.  Yes, it's remarkable how they manage to replicate the surround aspects of 2 speakers w/ just one centrally located one, but I was/am somewhat disappointed w/ the sound quality.
Someone makes 2 small separate speakers that are mounted in a frame that goes in the std 4x10 mount.  Although I don't have personal experience w/ them, I'd suggest giving them a try rather than the DVC types.
I did a review of my sound system maybe 6 months ago if you want to dig up the thread.

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