Shaving Kick Panels?
 

I used the search and it looks like no real reason to not fill the kick panel vents. Factory AC cab that I'll be putting a vintage Air sure fit kit into soon. Working on interior welding this week and figured I'd seal those up while I am in there.

In my reading it looks the only real reason not to do it is A. Fresh air (which I am not worried about), B. trash in the bottom of the panel to rot. I figure I can fix this in two easy steps, put a window in the bottom of the panel on the outside of the cab so that it just dumps onto the fender and blows away, and putting a screen over the cowl area to keep trash out to begin with.

Am I missing something, or is it that easy? Seems nice to clean up the area and give some extra room for speaker mounting.

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Interested....
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I used the hole to mount 6x9 speakers , an blocked it off from the cowl side an closed up the rest.

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That triggered a thought. If I seal it at the top and do a better job sealing the bottom no reason I can't just mount speakers straight into the kick panel instead of making protruding fiberglass panels.

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Very true, but the nice part about still building the panels that way is that they'll direct the speakers towards your ears and not your legs for a better sound.

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Good point. Thinking about it more, I think I'll shave it clean (and seal the top) for now and then before final paint I'll make a mounting ring that pushes it out a bit towards cabin and inset the rest.