Kick Panels... :sigh:

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

http://www.soundillusions.net/sites/ss3079/Misc/KickPanels/

That's what I have to work with...please excuse the picture quality in some of the pictures, I was in a hurry and don't have steady hands.

Would like to keep the kicks to the outside, closest to the door, as possible...but there is VERY little room as you can tell....very little room for them to work.

Any brilliant suggestions? Remember, I really dont want these things to look out of place (and we're doing nothing to my doors )

- Steve

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[mattj 5,000+ posts]

looks like you can create a pillar-type kick panel with the speaker firing either horizontally or you can even do a little bit of work and fire them towards the face of the driver.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

How would you go about that on the drivers side, without relocating the e-brake?

I think they are a no go.

- Steve

 

[mattj 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by ss3079 How would you go about that on the drivers side, without relocating the e-brake?

 

I think they are a no go.

 

- Steve

hmm dunno what to tell you without haveing anything really bulky or out of place...

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by mattj hmm dunno what to tell you without haveing anything really bulky or out of place...

Yeah, I know...

Guess I'll just have to live with the 4x6's in the dash:furious:

- Steve

 

[mattj 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by ss3079 Yeah, I know...

 

Guess I'll just have to live with the 4x6's in the dash:furious:

 

- Steve

what a kick in the nuts! OWNED!

 

[spyd3r 10+ year member]

Did you look under the carpet to see whats forming your dead pedal area.

Usually its just some sheet metal, with a little patience you could prpobably cut them out...and get rewarded with a wider soundstage, by having the kicks even further away from you.

I suspect that you got alot of room under the deadpedal.

Maybe you could snap a couple of pics with the carpet removed......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

When my wife gets home, sure...no prob...I'll pull it up and have a look.

Though I really dont want to be doing any sort of cutting...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

- Steve

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by ss3079 When my wife gets home, sure...no prob...I'll pull it up and have a look.

 

Though I really dont want to be doing any sort of cutting...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

- Steve

dang man just wait! i know you have room under that e-brake if it's the same model as my jimmy is. like i said i've got q-logic kicks that are gonna be resined and sealed very soon

adam

 

[BDIDDY 10+ year member]

Originally posted by bumpin_blazer dang man just wait! i know you have room under that e-brake if it's the same model as my jimmy is. like i said i've got q-logic kicks that are gonna be resined and sealed very soon

 

adam

Yeah just get some q-logic kicks.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Pre-fab kick panels? In my vehicle? Hell no..."custom everything guy" here.

No fiberglass door panels...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif No modifications to the door allowed.

- Steve

 

[spyd3r 10+ year member]

As long as we're cutting metal and fiberglassing new doorpanels //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif , might as well go buy your self a pair of 8" woofers and a matchin 3 way component set.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

What kind of automobile is it there steve ? I think I see enough room. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by ramos What kind of automobile is it there steve ? I think I see enough room. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

91' S-10 Blazer 4dr 4x4...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I'm gonna go outside after, tape off a little area...throw a 6.5" speaker there and see if anything is possible...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

- Steve

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

I have done 5 1/4's and tweets in the same vehicle. The only hard part was getting the aiming right. It took a little playing around. But I finally got it right. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

I was hoping to go with 6.5's...

How exactly did you go about it? Did you build the kick's off of the flat plastic piece there? I dont get how that works either...especially with the e-brake and such.

- Steve

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

I was hoping to go with 6.5's...
How exactly did you go about it? Did you build the kick's off of the flat plastic piece there? I dont get how that works either...especially with the e-brake and such.

- Steve

Today's pictures...

http://www.soundillusions.net/sites/ss3079/Misc/KickPanels/Planning2/

Little room. Thats a 6.5".

- Steve

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Today's pictures...
http://www.soundillusions.net/sites/ss3079/Misc/KickPanels/Planning2/

Little room. Thats a 6.5".

- Steve

Let's see here. In the first install I did. I believe I moved the e-brake lever. I then realized what a pain that was. So on the next go around. I decided to make the kicks tear drop shaped. Thin at the top and fat at the bottom. It worked but made the e brake hard to depress. That's when we decided to go to the 5 1/4's. They worked perfectly and left room for the e brake pedal. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Let's see here. In the first install I did. I believe I moved the e-brake lever. I then realized what a pain that was. So on the next go around. I decided to make the kicks tear drop shaped. Thin at the top and fat at the bottom. It worked but made the e brake hard to depress. That's when we decided to go to the 5 1/4's. They worked perfectly and left room for the e brake pedal. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Hmmm....I may have to go with 5.25's then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

If you look at pic #460...I could build the kicks just tall enough for the mid, then put the tweeter in the top right hand corner there (where the duct tape meets and form's a corner).

It's either that...or go for some really crappy imaging and build off the flat piece there and just fire the mid toward my foot, and build the tweet out so it fires towards my head...same thing on the passengers side...if you see what I'm saying.

- Steve

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Hmmm....I may have to go with 5.25's then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
If you look at pic #460...I could build the kicks just tall enough for the mid, then put the tweeter in the top right hand corner there (where the duct tape meets and form's a corner).

It's either that...or go for some really crappy imaging and build off the flat piece there and just fire the mid toward my foot, and build the tweet out so it fires towards my head...same thing on the passengers side...if you see what I'm saying.

- Steve

Why not just make a couple of brackets and mount the tweeters over top of the mids. It works quite well. And you wouldn't have to sacrifice your imaging. Get what I'm saying ? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif