samo

I used to have 6.5" in my doors. I took a sheet of 1/8" Lexan and cut it to about a half-inch bigger than the door opening, cut a 6.5" hole for the speaker to mount in, and drilled like mad. It worked pretty well - Lexan is hella strong, and if you put a layer of sound deadener on the back, it wouldn't shake at all. Plus, the thickness of the Lexan helps keep the magnet away from the window.

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sethwas

Hey,
I don't know if you already soundproofed your floors, but, thats primarily where all road noise comes from. Yes soundproofing your doors will dampen out some sound (you said about half) but if you really want to quiet the car, tear out the carpeting and go nutz with the soundproofing on the floor. Then you have youself a little vault. If only I had the $600 to do it myself...

Seth

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Sethticlees

Thanks for the input Samo. I like your idea, but I found something that looks like it might work.

Believe it or not! I hit up the pvc pipe section at Home Depot and found some pretty nice flange rings just about the size I need.
I'll put a little work into these puppies and that should do the trick.
Funny, I called Car Toys this morning to ask if they got any converter kits for the speakers. The dude said, "hell no, just make one out of ABS or wood…" good advice!


Sethwas-
You're right about sound proofing the floor. In fact it's my next project, in due time...

Hey, with just a gallon bucket of Cascade Audio VB-1, I bet you could get a lot of floor coverage. For only about 50 bucks a gallon you might as well get two and do the whole car.

Oh, and take your time...do it yourself...and do it right!

You'll be happy you did.

Binger

I like what you are doing so far. I am currently in the planning stages of installing the system in my Sentra. I'm glad I came across this so I know of any small problems to expect when I sounddeaden my own car. I have one suggestion that you might want to try if you decide against the mounting adapters. I used to own a Saturn SC2 and it had those strange 5 1/4 inch square mount ring speakers, I put my six inch JL Audio speakers in the opening and filled the small (less than quarter inch) gap with molding clay that I got from my little sister. Granted you don't have a total seal around the speaker, but it worked untill I was able to build my trim rings. Good luck on the rest of your car

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