whats thebest way to install speakers in there trucks?

[mbc9ie]

i like to listen to my music loud some times.. but i dont see an option of putting any subs in, unless i take out the gas tank. Does any one who has isntalled a full stereo in these great trucks, give me some ideas?

jason

[pissonNOS]

if you havent already put some good midrange speakers in the door. as for putting ina sub i just did this not too long ago. Depending on the air space required it is easy. Mine was a rockford 8 and i mad the box as low as i could get it and as long as i could get it then just slid it righ under the passenger seat i had to put some risers under the seat of course and for the first day it was hard to get used too but after that its no prob. poast a reply of what kind of sub you got and what the airspace is required give me the min and max and i can figure out the dimensions for you. and for a deck i wanted to cut out the old radio but was persuaded not too so where i got my deck installed put an under dash kit in for me it looks great and if i ever sell the truck there isnt a gappig hole in the dash

[Riles72]

I agree with the midrange speakers, the sub, and definitely get a high quality head unit! I personally have two tweeters mounted right by the swivel mechanism of the sun-visors...adds a completely different definition to the sound! You can buy pillar covers from Rod Doors now, which isn't a bad idea to mount some tweets to. If you didn't want to mount the midrange speakers in the doors, get those expensive, not too great quality speaker kick panel sets...

good luck!

Riley

[pissonNOS]

ya I have a rockford fosgate RFX 9100 deck the only problem with mounting tweeters close to ur head i found u only get to listen to one side more prodominantely

[krazy_texan]

this is an experiment in the works right now but i have a non a/c truck and i bought some a/c ball housings and am putting some small speakers in them and then mount them as if there where an a/c in your truck, if i make them well enough i will see what you guys think and try to sell them, what do yall think

[pissonNOS]

well i certainly cant say they wouldnt work but im sure people will figure it out how to do it and make their own well me anyways since u told what ur doing but anyways ya itd be pretty trick

[Edmond]

Originally posted by krazy_texan
this is an experiment in the works right now but i have a non a/c truck and i bought some a/c ball housings and am putting some small speakers in them and then mount them as if there where an a/c in your truck, if i make them well enough i will see what you guys think and try to sell them, what do yall think

You mean something like this.....

Cya,
Edmond

[Reumster]

Kick panel enclosers. Replace the speakers with high quality ones.

[Mike C]

I listened to all of the arguments, and this is my solution: Components in the door PANELS, and not the doors. Returning to stock is as easy as new door panels. You do have to cut a corresponding hole int the inner door frame, but noone will know. 4's are about as big as you can go because of depth. Flush mount tweeters with the crossoverbox on firewall. 10" free air sub in an "enclosure" under passenger side of seat. This is a box with no back, so effectively an infinite baffle for "free-air" installation.

[mbc9ie]

kool thanks mike that helped a little, i wasnt sure how much clearence i would have.....

looks good...

jason

[Phillip Johnson]

Put the sub under the driver side. That way it will "feel good" while driving down the highway>

[Big69C20 Toy]

if you check out my sig it'll give you some idea. basically i've got 2 10" subs that are specially designed to be low volume enclosure (only thing we've got under the seat) they dont "hit" very well but they get the noise level up and you can feel them decently. Regarding other speakers as said earlier, either doors or door panels work. the idea for speakers near the visors is somthign i'm going to make coming up. Also if you're into it JC whitney (dont plonk me too bad) makes a headliner-type unit with 4 speakers and room for a single DIN unit. I'd think based on position and if you used upgraded speakers(since i'm assuming the JC ones arent good) it'd be quite nice with an amp pushign some juice. Good luck on your project and let us know.
Greg

[pphatbasstard]

this is how i went bout my speakers.

[pphatbasstard]

u can kinda c it down there

[pissonNOS]

a girl in my town had her dad build her a truck im pretty jelaous he put the speakers in the door as flush as he could then he upholsthered the door panel u cant even see them its pretty trick except in the box of the truck he cheaped out and put plywod

[Ackattack]

I have a pair of 3.5 inchers in the kickpanels, and 51/2 inches in the "b pillar" (the previous owner cut these holes). I have bucket seats with a center console housing a 10" sub. The amp is mounted on the back of the console, and even has a flip top to throw crap in. The sub fires into the floor so it gets dispersed (or so I'm told). It actually sits above the floor about an inch to let the air and sound move out from under it.

I talked to a local audio shop and they told me this was a pretty good set up for a small passenger area.

[70jimmy4x4]

These are the posts that make me thankful that I chose to build a Jimmy !
All kinds of room !!!

Will post some pics when I finish my back seat/speaker box combo.

That is IF it works worth a S&%# !!!!!

[Mike C]

Yea, lots easier to do a stereo in the Jimmy. I have same kind of installation in the Jimmy door, but a 4 1/2" coaxial because the rollcage blocks where the tweeter needs to mount. Then 6 1/2's in my custom side panels, and a 12" sub in a small enclosure in the rear. Just barely see it on the right side of the photo. Notice the vinyl covered board in between the wheelwells. Mounted that with 4 stainless screws, then attached all of my other hardware to it. Over the years I have changed # of amps, size of amps, crossovers, etc. and have never had to drill any more holes in the truck.

[Chip327]

I have actually installed subs in my truck two different ways now. Before the interior was re upholstered I had one in a box I made custom to fit under the little seat in the centre of the cab ( I have bench seats in mine. I didnt have to adjsut anything except take out the tool tray underneath and replace it with the new sub box.

Second I have now installed a sub in a box that I actually was able to get to fit beside the gas tank behind the passenger seat. It was a sub that I bought specifically for the fact that it required little air space to work in. It was another custom build but with the right taper to it, it fits in beautifully although I had to take the seats out to get it it initially. Oh and by the way it sounds great and has a good thump to it.

Measure the room you have and see what you can find out. The guy at our local stereo place was a big help and helped me find something that would work.

[orange72350]

i took my 2 six by nines and built custom boxs. ne sits under neath the drives seat with the front pointed out toward the pedals, but safe from feet. the passenger side is a 6x9 stuffed in the space between the gas takn and the outside wall. i had a 10'" sub under the seat, but a "bigger"friend sat on the passenger side and crushed the cone. so watch yer clearances. oh yeah, i mounted my head unit in underneath my dash. its a biotch 2 get 2, but it doenst have my dash looking like crap if i sell the truck. theres my 2 cents

[garthdader]

What I did was a combination of everything with a twist. If you want a nice system then I would consider relocating the gas tank. JAZ makes cells that fit perfect under the bed available in JEGS. I put in a 10 in sub and 2 6x9 behind the seat and a 6 1/2 fits perfect in the door under the skins. The extra area at the bottom of the skins then was covered with replacment carpet to help with the sound. My 400 watt amp is under the driver seat. I cut my dash.......but it just make things easier. Since you dont see it, I would also recommend carpet of dynomat behind the seat for better sound....you dont ever see it anyway.

[Tracy Focht]

you can see how we put the speakers in the door of our Bronco...no, look at the speakers...

[HotRod929]

Tracy Focht - Where did you get those metal door panels? They look sweet. Thanks

HotRod

[Tracy Focht]

They are just a sheet of aluminum, and polished, cut to the molding needed...pretty simple, yet cool looking.

[Hotrod70C10]

What speakers? I don't see any speakers!!