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<blockquote data-quote="trumpet" data-source="post: 7584343" data-attributes="member: 628688">I can see right away a major problem with those kick panels. That&#039;s the worst possible angle for the tweeters. They&#039;re firing straight into the bottom of the dashboard, and on the driver&#039;s side the parking brake lever is also causing problems with reflections. The best solution would be to put those kick panel enclosures in the trash and make new ones after experimenting with aiming of the mids and tweeters.I don&#039;t know how the off-axis performance of those Focals sounds but you might be ok leaving them where they are, but again not in those kick panels. Re-aiming them with a towel behind them would be better than assuming this orientation is ok. Try moving your head so your face is close to directly in line with the phase plug.I could suggest a product that would easily raise your sound stage, but I think it&#039;s better to get your value out of those Focals by improving the install first.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trumpet, post: 7584343, member: 628688"] I can see right away a major problem with those kick panels. That's the worst possible angle for the tweeters. They're firing straight into the bottom of the dashboard, and on the driver's side the parking brake lever is also causing problems with reflections. The best solution would be to put those kick panel enclosures in the trash and make new ones after experimenting with aiming of the mids and tweeters. I don't know how the off-axis performance of those Focals sounds but you might be ok leaving them where they are, but again not in those kick panels. Re-aiming them with a towel behind them would be better than assuming this orientation is ok. Try moving your head so your face is close to directly in line with the phase plug. I could suggest a product that would easily raise your sound stage, but I think it's better to get your value out of those Focals by improving the install first. [/QUOTE]

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