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<blockquote data-quote="Gary S" data-source="post: 2902422" data-attributes="member: 568291">It&#039;s true that you should first find out from the specs/manufacturer the recommended box type and size.1st though, you would have to make the box waterproof... doors are not water proof... in fact, chances are you have drain holes in the bottom of your door.If you can cover those first two problems, in a lot of cases, a box would probably sound better... even infinite baffle, a car door is too big in most cases to give the response a smaller box could... plus, you can line the inside of a box with insulation to cancel standing waves... it&#039;s hard to do that in a door (can&#039;t put anything on the window, and insulation in the door might get moldy). Finally, power handling will probably go up, and the speaker would be protected from the elements.A Kick panel install would solve those problems and be a better location anyway if you could do it in your vehicle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gary S, post: 2902422, member: 568291"] It's true that you should first find out from the specs/manufacturer the recommended box type and size. 1st though, you would have to make the box waterproof... doors are not water proof... in fact, chances are you have drain holes in the bottom of your door. If you can cover those first two problems, in a lot of cases, a box would probably sound better... even infinite baffle, a car door is too big in most cases to give the response a smaller box could... plus, you can line the inside of a box with insulation to cancel standing waves... it's hard to do that in a door (can't put anything on the window, and insulation in the door might get moldy). Finally, power handling will probably go up, and the speaker would be protected from the elements. A Kick panel install would solve those problems and be a better location anyway if you could do it in your vehicle. [/QUOTE]

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