Frt Door speaker test

[Lars1776]

EZ to verify how bad the front door speakers are (or aren't).
Spend 7 min, removing one door panel per PT DIY instructions , leaving speaker connected yet.
Sit in middle of car, with ignition on, and radio (or tape/CD of your choice) playing.
Move full balance to the door that has the panel in place and give a lissen.
Now move full balance to door with NO PANEL ON and likewise lissen.
There is no comparison. Between 1 the speaker low and firing at your ankles 2 the deadening effect of the heavy panel plastic
and 3 the small hole for sound to come from the speaker, and you have one bottleneck for sound.

Solution is not to spend big bucks on speakers that are still mislocated, but to buy a pair of like 6 x 8 grilles and cut out an opening in door panel so they can work!!!!!

Now U can afford some other mod..................................

[KatsKruizin]

THANKS Lars!! I always thought they were pretty good, mine give off a lot of bass! Now I know how to get even MORE out of them!

[daaper]

They are decent speakers until you have the windows down. This situation is what eventually drove me to buy new speakers. I just needed more power.

[at58]

They aren't the best but don't sound too bad to me.

[Lars1776]

Stay tuned, I cut the openings in the door panels today!!!!!
Where IS that sabre saw?????

[KatsKruizin]

Originally posted by Lars1776
Stay tuned, I cut the openings in the door panels today!!!!!
Where IS that sabre saw?????

PICS PLEASE!!!!

[Lars1776]

I hope

www://members.aol.com:/larspaintr/PTKROOZER/spkrOPENING.jpg

[Lars1776]

hopefully....

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U can jump to above URL too if you wish.

[Lars1776]

I have another pic but no need to post.
Takes three tries for me to get ONE pic let alone dubble up on a page!!!!
Will run the car with the small 5" opening cut, NOTE YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT REMOVING THE DOOR PANEL!!!!!!!!!

HOWEVER

You risk the chance of cutting the OE speaker itself at the front corner, where the curve of the lower storage pocket/spkr blocker sits. I was lucky, only sliced the black overlay a couple inches.

Gotta still realize we have still cut the effective area of that stock speaker in half (do the pi R squared trick), my gut says in a wek I will have a much larger hole cut see templetes.

Good Luck, IMHO this is a no brainer.

PS- a heavy utility knife edge works better than a file to smooth edges of your newly cut opening. ALso angle the saw in slightly towards the CL of the speaker to avoid chopping into all that heavy tubelike thing they have cast in. My cut was made at the groove between the fake speaker grille and the textured body of the lower area. Save in case U want to silicone them back in place later....

[Lars1776]

After a short day with the revised door speakers its like a new stereo!!!!!!!