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    I was curious what was involved in getting a set of 6.5's in the doors. Im thinking about putting some 6w3v3 woofers in the door. They have 4 3/16 mounting depth and I would need at least another inch or so to make some kind of fiberglass enclosure.

    I have no interest in making any modification to the door or door panel itself, I was thinking of building a baffle and fiberglassing a pocket with it. I dont know how long I am keeping this car due to the rust on the rear strut towers. So I need it to be unmodified so I can return the stock components when I trade it in. Which sucks cause I really like this car, Its my second one. Stupid rust.
     

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    Well an eas way I think of doing it may be to use the foam baffles that Crutchfield sells and use that as a mold. As for the inch of clearance, I used 1-1/8th" piece and made spacer. Worked out really well. I'll try to dig up a pic if you want.
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    make a spacer from mdf, mine is about an inch thick, and works great with my soundstream comps
     

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    pics would be awesome. I figured I would have to make some spacers, my biggest worry was being able to fit such a large speaker in the door (depth wise) and be able to make a fiberglass enclosure on top of that.
     

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    I don't care for putting enclosures in the doors, ones I have heard always buzz a little, just seal the door, and use it as the enclosure (dynamat will seal it)
     

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    problem is the speakers are not open air and require only .15 cf of space so its not gonna be a huge enclosure.

    Kicker has some open air woofers but I just dont feel like I would get what I am looking for with open air.
     

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    honestly unless you are going for a deeper bass, you probably won't hear a ton of difference if the whole door is sealed compared to a small enclosure, and if you want deep bass, kicker separates aren't really the right product
     

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    Here is the write up with picture for the front doors

    http://www.grandprixforums.net/front_speaker.php
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