Speaker fitment - In a quandry about cutting holes

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Diesel Dick

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Hi folks,

After a week with the old girl i've decided to fit a decent stereo as she's my daily driver. I've sourced a Kenwood CD played with a motorised flip front so when the ignition is off the front rotates itself and all thats visible is a plain black panel, thus making the whole caboodle look acceptable.

However, i'm in a quandry as to where I should mount the 4 x 5 1/2" speakers. I want to keep the cutting of the cars interior to a minimum, but i'll do it if I absolutely have to. Does anyone have any ideas, tips or cunning solutions the the originailty vs speaker fitment conundrum?

Thanks in advance,

DD.
 
Now then...

PLEASE do not cut the doors!!!

I used a couple of large 'Pod' type speakers containing bass and tweeters wedged under the front seats and facing rearwards. The sound was acceptable and I was pushing around 80 watts through them.

I have also seen speakers mounted under the front shelf although if you are rather large it can be a problem on the driver's side for leg clearance.
 
There is no need to cut any metal in the doors. I have a set of 2 way splits in the front of the Blue car and they fitted very nicely into the holes that are already in the door metal. I was making new door cards anyway so I incorperated new speaker mounts into the cards.
I have one 6" slimline speaker at the bottom of each front door with the tweeter in the hole that the quarterlight winder used to be in. At the rear I have a pair of 6X9 3 ways on the parcel shelf. This is all driven by a 4 channel amp mounted in the boot. With this setup I get crystal clear sound and lots of it!
If you remove the front door cards (carefully!)) you will see the holes that I mentioned, just be sure that when you mount the speakers they are not touching the metal or you will get the most horrible buzzing noise. (Guess how I found that one out).
I really cant see any point in fitting speakers in the rear doors at all, so go with the parcel shelf, the rear window does a great job of projecting the sound forward throughout the car.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Guy. :)
 
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