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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 03:38 PM
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Just wanted to get opinions on how some locations sound on quality and such, I know about a second sound bar placed upfront but I'm a tall dude and that just won't work lol I know about the kicker panel area but I have 5x7/6x8 speakers so its a little hard to fit those in. My only other idea I could think of was under the front seats which they surprisingly have good room but haven't a clue how that would sound? Anyone have an idea how good that would be or a truck to get my size speaker to fit where the kicker panel is? Open to other suggestion if there is others that i can't think of lol
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 04:15 PM
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I think the kickers would be best
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 04:26 PM
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Mids in the dash tweeters in the window corners is what I plan to do
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 04:41 PM
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This is what I have to work with lol
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Now I know I can turn it till its laying horizontal instead of vertical like the pics but are you guys just mounting like so or enclosing them?
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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5.25" Polk audio



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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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I was thinking there but then I realized behind it was metal then I couldn't figure out if there was anything behind that lol
Did you have any troubles cutting there? Like wires or support stuff, or is it mostly open space?
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 08:52 PM
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I was thinking there but then I realized behind it was metal then I couldn't figure out if there was anything behind that lol
Did you have any troubles cutting there? Like wires or support stuff, or is it mostly open space?
I used a 4" hole saw and it worked very well. Drill a pilot hole where you want the speaker then take out the plastic and the metal sheild and use said hole saw. Same with the glove box, no wires to worry about either.
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 12:34 AM
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They make kick panel speaker pods http://www.qlogicdirect.com/index.ph...56f0efda4ea1b5
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by andrewmp6
My ways costs about $140 less than that.
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Demonoid369
This is what I have to work with lol

Now I know I can turn it till its laying horizontal instead of vertical like the pics but are you guys just mounting like so or enclosing them?
I basically used this location with 5.25" speakers with aluminum housings.
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by liftedjeepxj
I basically used this location with 5.25" speakers with aluminum housings.
what kind of housing? thats something I've realized on this quest to relocate, many talk about putting the speakers in the kick panel area but never really go in depth as to what they are doing to protect the speaker. do most just mount a speaker as bare and use mounting brackets or do they build a enclosure then mount?
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 07:23 PM
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I installed my 5 1/4 speakers in the rear door and put a set of tweeters in the top corner of my windshield


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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 07:33 PM
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On my 92, there's two vent/speaker looking panels on the lower part of my dash. I haven't looked much into it, but were there speakers there, or can I put 5.25 speakers behind there?
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 92XJGuy
On my 92, there's two vent/speaker looking panels on the lower part of my dash. I haven't looked much into it, but were there speakers there, or can I put 5.25 speakers behind there?

The speakers that came out of my doors when I went doorless are mounted there
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 92XJGuy
On my 92, there's two vent/speaker looking panels on the lower part of my dash. I haven't looked much into it, but were there speakers there, or can I put 5.25 speakers behind there?
Yea I have factory Jensen acustsound tweeters in mine. I want to replace them with Mids and put tweeters in up higher
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