need help with mounting issue (mids in door)

[superdooperman 10+ year member]

Alright, I Just finished purchasing a nice pair of boston acoustic rally components. I got them at a really good price and didnt really care to look about the mounting depth. So naturally when I get them, they dont fit in the door when the windows are down. The car is a 1990 honda accord.

What is the best way to fit those suckers in the same spot, cause kickpanels are out of the question. Would just mounting a piece of mdf there work?

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

an MDF spacer ring would work

 

[superdooperman 10+ year member]

an MDF spacer ring would work

where would I find something like this? woudI be looking car audio shops or home hardware stores?

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

you get a piece of wood and cut a ring out of it....

 

[superdooperman 10+ year member]

you get a piece of wood and cut a ring out of it....

LOL! makes sense. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Puggsley456 10+ year member]

But does the ring go under the pannel or over the pannel?

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/silly.gif.3549b64aaa5b6729eb8e865319a3234f.gif under, unless you want to cut a hole in the door, and fiberglass the panel to make it not look like ass.

 

[Puggsley456 10+ year member]

In my car The doors have factory cutout for 5 1/4's in the framing but there arent any holes in the pannel itself.

this is what the framing looks like(not mine but its identical)

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/9/web/489000-489999/489673_33_full.jpg

and I saw a guy who put a set of 5 1/4 kenwood caoxials in there

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/9/web/489000-489999/489673_108_full.jpg

now the knwoods are listed as having a 2 1/16" mounting depth an I am worried that if I order my CDT CL-51's which are 2 1/2" That I wont have enough depth.

So If I do have problems would putting say...A 1/2" mdf spacer between the framing and pannel work? Because I want them mounted the same was as that pic.

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

mounting ring should work, just make sure u seal everything up nicely. anything can be done when u put some work into it. I fit 6.5" IDQ mids with 3" mounting depth into my stock 5 1/4" kick panels....