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<blockquote data-quote="Gary S" data-source="post: 3273665" data-attributes="member: 568291">That looks like a cutlass or monte carlo, I forget which.Probably takes 3.5&quot; or 4X6 in the dash, firing at the windshield... not good.Only room in the bottom of the doors for 4&quot; in the carpeted area.If you would be willing to do that much work on a custom install, 5.25&quot; or 6.5&quot; components in the kick panels would be the best way to go.The problem with putting the speakers where you suggest... though it would be much better overall sound than 3.5&quot; in the dash (just about anything would be better), the speakers on the side you will be sitting are so much closer than the distance the speakers are apart from each other... it&#039;s a bad ratio, you won&#039;t get a good phantom center image and good balance for two people like you would with kick panels. And if you measure, even the tweeters will be closer yet than the mids.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gary S, post: 3273665, member: 568291"] That looks like a cutlass or monte carlo, I forget which. Probably takes 3.5" or 4X6 in the dash, firing at the windshield... not good. Only room in the bottom of the doors for 4" in the carpeted area. If you would be willing to do that much work on a custom install, 5.25" or 6.5" components in the kick panels would be the best way to go. The problem with putting the speakers where you suggest... though it would be much better overall sound than 3.5" in the dash (just about anything would be better), the speakers on the side you will be sitting are so much closer than the distance the speakers are apart from each other... it's a bad ratio, you won't get a good phantom center image and good balance for two people like you would with kick panels. And if you measure, even the tweeters will be closer yet than the mids. [/QUOTE]

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