Speaker placement?

OlSmokie · Jul 11, 2024

I was given an older, but never used pair of 5 1/4" Clarion speakers that I would like to put in my doors.
This is the spot that I would like to put them. The lower pocket limits how far down I can go, and it looks to be the perfect spot, but is there something structural in the door that will prevent me from putting them there?

Drunkcanuk · Jul 11, 2024

OlSmokie said:
I was given an older, but never used pair of 5 1/4" Clarion speakers that I would like to put in my doors.
This is the spot that I would like to put them. The lower pocket limits how far down I can go, and it looks to be the perfect spot, but is there something structural in the door that will prevent me from putting them there?

A lot of people have put speakers there, it's just a Google image search away.
But to be safe, just pop your panel off and take a boo.....has to come off anyway to run your wiring. Just break a tape measure out and make sure the magnet won't interfere with your window travel up and down. And if it does, just add a spacer between the panel and speaker.

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RichLo · Jul 11, 2024

Yea, the window track goes almost all of the way down to the bottom of the door and those look pretty thick.

DerekTheGreat · Jul 12, 2024

They'd look like doo-doo there. Even if their depth wasn't an issue, the sound quality wouldn't be good for anything other than low frequency duty as they're firing right into your shins.

Drunkcanuk · Jul 12, 2024

DerekTheGreat said:
They'd look like doo-doo there. Even if their depth wasn't an issue, the sound quality wouldn't be good for anything other than low frequency duty as they're firing right into your shins.

I agree, definitely not an ideal location, especially for a component speaker.
I made pods for mine years ago that went down at the kick panel. Sounded pretty darn good, imaging was good, looks not so much. When I redo my system, I wanna get some junkyard kicks and break out the fiberglass and do it "right" this time.

95burban · Jul 12, 2024

Please don’t do that.

OlSmokie · Jul 12, 2024

They're in and sound great. I'll probably get some trim paint and match the grills to the interior.

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AK49BWL · Jul 12, 2024

DerekTheGreat said:
They'd look like doo-doo there. Even if their depth wasn't an issue, the sound quality wouldn't be good for anything other than low frequency duty as they're firing right into your shins.

You say that like the 95+ didn't come that way from the factory :rofl:

DerekTheGreat · Jul 15, 2024

..Didn't the '95+ interior have the woofers in the door and then tweeters above them ahead of the door lock buttons & what not?

HotWheelsBurban · Jul 15, 2024

DerekTheGreat said:
..Didn't the '95+ interior have the woofers in the door and then tweeters above them ahead of the door lock buttons & what not?

Yes the deluxe (Silverado/Sierra SLE) interior does.

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