sjv13 10+ year member
StayStrange
So I have a feeling my doors are severely limiting the midbass output from my front door woofers. Even with the HPF set to 50hz, I have very little midbass. My mom's stock system (no factory amp or anything) in her Toyota Avalon puts out way more bass than I can with a set of $300 6.5" Focals and a Polk PA660 4 channel (75x4). I've included some pictures of my doors, and I'm pretty sure the problem is that since there is such a small amount of airspace that the woofer is sitting in, it essentially gives it the smallest enclosure known to man and makes it roll of at a pretty high frequency. For example, snare drums sound incredible, but anything below that frequency is very subtle. I have my components and sub xover'd at 80hz.
I also went to the somewhat local car audio/custom shop, and they said they could cut out the layer of metal right behind the speaker's magnet and install a wooden baffle (far superior to my closed cell foam baffle, lol) to try to give the speaker a bit larger of an enclosure and use the rest of the door's airspace. They said they'd do both front doors for $130.
So I'm here to ask you guys, do you think this will solve my midbass problem? Or is the guy just saying that it will help because he wants to make a quick buck? I don't really feel comfortable cutting my doors myself.
You might notice the layer of fluffy stuff, but it's just a really thin layer and the metal piece is right underneath it.
Photo gallery:
Door speakers - Imgur
I also went to the somewhat local car audio/custom shop, and they said they could cut out the layer of metal right behind the speaker's magnet and install a wooden baffle (far superior to my closed cell foam baffle, lol) to try to give the speaker a bit larger of an enclosure and use the rest of the door's airspace. They said they'd do both front doors for $130.
So I'm here to ask you guys, do you think this will solve my midbass problem? Or is the guy just saying that it will help because he wants to make a quick buck? I don't really feel comfortable cutting my doors myself.
You might notice the layer of fluffy stuff, but it's just a really thin layer and the metal piece is right underneath it.
Photo gallery:
Door speakers - Imgur