Kickpanel ?

[96civ 10+ year member]

OK I have my glass molds of the body of the car (for kickpanels, of course), made the baffles for the 6.5" and tweeters, and got everything ready up to this point: aligning the baffles for sound imaging, wrapping fleece around the mold, etc... but I've ran into a question I had about the proj.... When wrapping the fleece around the baffles, should I make it so the tweeter and 6.5 have their own separate air space? If I do give them each a separate air space, how much volume should I include for the 6.5 and tweeter or does it make a huge difference?

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[theothermike 10+ year member]

not really neccessary tweets need little to no air space. sooo really the woof would hog it all .

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

the tweet is sealed. it does not need air space...

 

[theothermike 10+ year member]

o maybe thats what people mean by no air space is required. thx i learned something 4 today azbass

 

[96civ 10+ year member]

I didn't know that either, makes perfect sense though. Thanks az.

 

[96civ 10+ year member]

OK I'm attempting to aim the speakers... should I go for the middle of the headrest, or try to?

 

[blue93corsica 10+ year member]

ya that will work, i either go for the headrest area or aim both at the dome light right in the center

 

[96civ 10+ year member]

OK cuz I dont think I will be able to experience the imaging at the current setting because the dowel rod supports won't speaker and baffle, and I would hate to aim them incorrectly and have horrible quality.

 

[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

OK cuz I dont think I will be able to experience the imaging at the current setting because the dowel rod supports won't speaker and baffle, and I would hate to aim them incorrectly and have horrible quality.

That'll get you somewhat close.... The best way is trial and error, but that takes alot of time and know how... If youre just going for decent then shoot for the domelight or the headrest on the other side.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

A lot of people actually start by aiming the speakers at the rear of the headunit, where the speakers are essentially firing straight across the car at each other. Reason for this is that each speaker will be more equally off axis to both listeners, thus creating better frequency response and equalizing intensity differences from both speakers at the listening position.

But really, there's no one best technique, and it's really vehicle and speaker dependent to begin with. Main thing to do is get them hooked up in the car and start playing with the aiming. To really aim them to the best possible position, it takes a lot of time just sitting in the car and listening to them aimed to different positions.

 

[96civ 10+ year member]

Main thing to do is get them hooked up in the car and start playing with the aiming. To really aim them to the best possible position, it takes a lot of time just sitting in the car and listening to them aimed to different positions.

How would I go about listening to the speakers without imposing them into free-air? Wrap them in fleece or a t-shirt like you would before you glass them or is there another tricky way of doing so?

 

[squeak12 10+ year member]

Place a pillow type filling or poly fil behind them.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

How would I go about listening to the speakers without imposing them into free-air? Wrap them in fleece or a t-shirt like you would before you glass them or is there another tricky way of doing so?

Most people just stuff a lot of towels around the speakers.

Main thing to do is try to keep the rearwave from interacting with the frontwave.

 

[96civ 10+ year member]

OK I have a lot of towels at this place so I'll use that method instead of polyfil, for I have no polyfil at the moment.

How will I be able to tell which alignment (as in direction) for the speakers is optimum for imaging, like what kind of songs/tracks should I be listening to in order to setup the stage?

 

[96civ 10+ year member]

Last question I hope... would I be alright if I ran speaker wire down the same side of the car that I have the RCA cables, or do you think it would accumulate noise?