Simple door speaker question

[drbrown 10+ year member]

Im putting 6.5 components in my OEM door mounts and I read the sound deadenning sticky in the speakers forum. My application is a little different than most. Unlike most people on this forum Im not just seaking an amazing system or anything competition worthy BUT I am big on clarity. My car is more gauged towards being fast and performing and adding all the material some people do to deaden the doors would add 30-40 pounds to my car and I just cant have that. So before I buy a component am I wasting my time since I dont intent on wrapping/sealing up the inner door??

I was thinking maybe glue/tape some of that eggshell foam in the door and maybe shove cotton in the open areas and that could help just a little and isnt overly expensive. Any thoughts? You guys usually give great advice so hopefully you can tell me whether Im wasting time and money.

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[Hayabusa 10+ year member]

You might want to go with a soild light weight door deadning kit like Dynomat Xtreme. It one of the best light weight kits out there.

 

[Darth Audio 10+ year member]

Replacing your stocks with comps would never be a waste of time. However you can deaden your doors without having to add that much weight. You don't have to go to the same lengths that some of us have. Any deadening that you do will help. I've seen people use duct tape to cover holes in doors. Is it the best way? No, but it helps. However cotton wouldn't do anything. So get put em in there and do as much deadening as you feel comfortable with. It will sound better than what you have currently have I'm sure. I hope this helps.

 

[drbrown 10+ year member]

I was thinking about something, I saw the car in the sticky about sound deadening and he had put that eggsheel foam in the outside of the door, wouldnt that absorb moisture and water from really rainy days and cause the doors to rust out from the inside??

But anyway I think what Im going to do is try the speakers plain first. Then Im going to cover those open holes in the middle frame piece with duct tape just to start. Then I will go from there and get it as good as I can. Thanks for the info so far!