Tearing your car up to do installs...

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I see alot of people cutting into their door panels to put speakers there (mids, tweets, etc). I also see several other installs where a person screws, cuts, glues, etc into the existing OEM part. I will never do that myself because I'm constantly thinking of making sure my car stays as close to excellent inside as it can (trade-in). I'm curious as to why alot of you out there decide to cut into your car's interior if you're not into heavy modification (ie: 4-way setup in the doors for competition)? I've considered cutting into the door for tweeter placement, but decided against it. I suppose I could always ordered new panels later, but that'd be a whole lotta extra $$$ and I don't want to go tearing my car apart. I hope noone takes offense to this post. I'm just curious why you chose to do the install the way you did.

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[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

generally speaking factory speaker placement is not always optimal so some adjust ments need to be made

 

[WantedIsHere]

you can usually get any type of replacment pannels rather cheap on ebay or your vehicle specific forums... and you can sometimes sell modified pannels and parts to other people looking to modify the same way so it really isnt a big deal most of the time...and as stated in the post above me the factory positions are usually less then optimal....

 

[96civ 10+ year member]

Because we march to the beat of our own drummers.

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

you can usually get any type of replacment pannels rather cheap on ebay or your vehicle specific forums... and you can sometimes sell modified pannels and parts to other people looking to modify the same way so it really isnt a big deal most of the time...and as stated in the post above me the factory positions are usually less then optimal....

very true especially on vehicle specific forums where people are parting out entire cars

 

[nickf rom ROE 10+ year member]

because 4x6 speakers are too small and its just too tempting to put memphis multi sync 8s in the doors of a cavalier

 

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

Because it's necessary/needed most the time when you're upgrading.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

because modifying the interior of a doorpanel to accept soemthing better is not a big deal at all. if you did sell the car, you could put the factory headunit back in, and buy some $50 pioneers on ebay, and make some MDF spacers to put them in and then tell the buyers that you have aftermarket pioneers in the doors. *shrug*

and you can get a little crossover and hook it to the mid and get a shitty tweeter to put in the place you put your good tweeters in. say you upgraded the system and **** //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

its not hard to cover up modified stuff, and usually people will agree that an upgraded stereo is a good thing in a vehicle that would not "degrade" the value of the car as long as it looks professional.

 

[ajm 10+ year member]

Each to their own but personally I have done it because its paid off and once i get a new car here in about a month the truck is just going to become a project so theres no worry in having to resell etc.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

just because

 

[docutech 10+ year member]

Thats exactly why I chose NOT to put a system in the Benz. It would hurt the resale value as well.

 

[LinxuS 10+ year member]

I regret doing all this too my truck until I start blaring my music lol. Then it makes it worth it.

 

[Frankensuby 10+ year member]

I think of ways to fit stuff in without compromising the 'outside' look of my car. I managed a 3.5" mounting depth in my front doors with some spacers, Made an MDF false floor, so no drilling into the baby.

I manage to mod without showing it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I see alot of people cutting into their door panels to put speakers there (mids, tweets, etc). I also see several other installs where a person screws, cuts, glues, etc into the existing OEM part. I will never do that myself because I'm constantly thinking of making sure my car stays as close to excellent inside as it can (trade-in). I'm curious as to why alot of you out there decide to cut into your car's interior if you're not into heavy modification (ie: 4-way setup in the doors for competition)? I've considered cutting into the door for tweeter placement, but decided against it. I suppose I could always ordered new panels later, but that'd be a whole lotta extra $$$ and I don't want to go tearing my car apart. I hope noone takes offense to this post. I'm just curious why you chose to do the install the way you did.

Go to a junk yard, pick up panels... hell completely different color if you want.

Keep your originals... go to town.

nG

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Because I can go to a junkyard and snag all the parts I've cut for a few bucks.