Any car audio experts on the list? (ie, installers, designers, competitors)

[nettlesre at gmail.com (Rob)]

I never took any pictures but I think I have video of it (I might try to put
a clip or two up) but in my 84 I took the entire plastic tray off the bottom
of the door panels. Cut 3/4 MDF in the general shape of the plastic tray. I
added enough on the front end where the speakers mount to fit a 6x9. Cut the
hole for the 6x8 and covered in carpet. Attached the panel to the door with
screws from the back. The fit was pretty good. I did have to cut the door
panel for the speaker magnet to clear.  I even routed the top edge if the
MDF so when installed it only sat 1/4 in higher than the door panel.

In the hatch I did the same with and MDF sheet cut the size of the original
cover. Covered in carpet. Recess mounted the 6x9s and made a removable grill
covered in grill cloth so looking in from outside the car it looked like one
piece (an no speakers unless you got too close).

Overall it sounded good (to me) but there were 1/2 tweeters mounted behind
the rear view mirror (old trick to add sound imaging) and a 15 in sub in the
hatch. The front 6x9s could have used a bass blocker to stop the really low
frequencies as there was no volume in the door panel to get a tight
response. Luckily the 15 overpowered that so it wasn't too noticeable.

Rob


On 10/18/06, Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What sort of things have people done for door speakers?  My old,
> falling apart doorcards somehow had 5.25's in there,the p.o. had
> rigged the installation.
> Currently I have infiniti 4x6's.  They're *OK*
> I'd be interested if people have made custom enclosures for 6.5 rounds
> or even 6x9's?
> Or just curious what people have done for their door speakers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> GP
>
> On 10/18/06, Brian Spinney <vw_85roccoZ400@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Another good place to looks for Car Audio and other electronics is
> > www.etronics.com
> > I am probably going to be buying my head unit from them once I pick
> which on
> > I like.
> >
> > -Brian
> > 85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "raveracer77" <raveracer77@yahoo.ca>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "John C. Worden" <johncworden@verizon.net
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: Any car audio experts on the list? (ie, installers,
> > designers,competitors)
> >
> >
> >
> >     Hey John
> >
> >         I just thought I'd update you on some Audio stuff.  I've been
> > looking for a Kenwood Deck as I told you before because I hate the
> Alpine
> > that came in my GLI.  I was looking specifically for the KDC-X590.  It's
> > basically a Deck that does MP3/WMA off of a disc but also has a USB jack
> for
> > a jump drive and will read music off of that.  It has one added feature
> that
> > made me think of what we were talking about before, it's able to tune
> each
> > different set of speakers to a frequency group, so you can tune your
> front
> > smaller speakers to a higher frequency where they perform better and
> your
> > subs in the rear to the low frequencies where they perform at their
> peak.  I
> > have no idea how well it does this but it's better then nothing.  Well
> the
> > point I'm trying to make is that I know you said you were into Pioneer
> or
> > Panasonic I can't remember which, but I've bought this deck at an
> amazing
> > deal and I should put it in my car as soon as it gets here.  I'll let
> you
> > know how it works out.  Usually this deck is around 240 to 260 at normal
> > retail and I found it for 140 before 15 shipping, so about $100 off
> brand
> > new.  I've never dealt with the company I'm buying it from before so I
> can't
> > vouch for them and I've never had an "Excelon" deck before.  It's
> basically
> > the upscale Kenwood stuff.  It's worth a look and I won't be offended if
> you
> > decide on this or not, I just thought that it's what we were talking
> about
> > and what I want for sure and almost half off.
> >
> > no Affiliation:
> > http://www.salectronics.com/detail.asp?product_id=KDCX590
> >
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