I found this write up on installing front door speakers and tweeters on *********.com. Hopefully posting this link here doesn't evoke any forum rivalry Now I know most people think kicks or pods or better, but regardless this was the best set of pictures I've been able to find that really showed me what was going on in my door.

http://www.*********.com/zwiki/Front...r_Installation

 

Humm looks like there is already some rivalry between this site and three fifty zee tech dot com.

 

lol tahts funny that it gets blotted out..

i still will still to my opinion that not only is the lower door midbass location pretty bad, the sailpanel tweeter location, espeically with the infinities he uses, will get you pretty harsh highs and completely lopsided imaging

 

If the stock tweeter location causes the highs to be to "harsh" why not just reduce the volume of the highs at the cross over, or even the head unit?

Eric

 

here you go http://link-protector.com/375840/

 

It doesn’t make sense buying expensive components and then defeat the sound by turning down the highs. Your goal is letting the highs come through loud and clear, but staging the sound properly to get the best result. You want to create the effect of sound coming from a position in front and towards both seats in your car.

I think Bing’s point (and hopefully he corrects me if I have this wrong) is the sail panel is not the best position for a high-quality tweeter because of staging restrictions using this placement.

Bing also mentions a problem when installing the component midrange in the stock door location. I have my midrange in the stock door location, and truthfully, the midrange is somewhat muffled by the poor contour of the door and its thick grill. I chose this mount only because I didn’t see how I could make pods (door or kicks) work for my specific requirements. So, my midrange mount is a compromise.

I mounted the tweeters in the A-Pillar (pointed towards the front windshield and bounced back toward the center of the car’s interior), and this setup works just great. The sound coming from the tweeters is really good since it comes from the front and points towards the middle of the car’s interior.

Bing likes pods for the versatility; I doubt anyone would argue this. Using pods allows the best staging, and of course the result is the best sound.

--Spike

 

Nice tutorial.

Any thoughts on using the stock location, but:
- moving it up an 1-2 inches to avoid the muffle + doing the <dremel speaker cover> mod. Some of the metal would have to be cut to fit the speakers.
- creating a spacer that tilts the speaker towards the driver a bit - like the nazer pods

I know this sounds like more work than just getting the pods, but I'd rather hide the speakers from potential thieves. Also, the speakers I bought didn't come with speaker grills and the grills would have to be modified (braxials).