speaker box

[tim21391]

i skinned my doors due to rust and i dont wanna cut a speaker hole in the door like they had previously.. so i looked on the internet and found a small box to fit my 6x9 inch speaker.. im thinking they will fit under the seat they are a bit angled so if i face them forward they wont touch the ground.. would this sound good?

[grs]

I put speakers under the seat, and faced them upward. They sounded terrible.
The seat muffled the sound. I could not face them forward, because they would hit the bottom of the seat. If I sat on the seat it was worse. I put mine in the doors.

[CheyLadd]

I bought a couple of box speakers on ebay that are only about 4 inches tall and about 10 inches wide. They are 3 way and were pretty reasonable. They sound pretty good and no holes cut. Even decent bass. Having yours tilted up on an angle might make a difference. Tough to test without actually doing it because a speaker sitting on the floor sounds totally different than when it is mounted in a box. Good luck.

[68 c10 ls2]

You can buy plastic kick panels with speaker mounts in them (down were your vents are buy your foot) I got a pair in my truck and they have i think 6.5" not 6x9's in them. There are a few places that sell them.

[D-Rat]

I made a set of low profile 6x9 boxes out of aluminum and used the two door panel screws to mount along the top, and some adhesive on the bottom.

[TheSeeker]

I wouldnt exactly call those low profile, just cut the doors.

[D-Rat]

They're low profile compared to the wooden carpeted ones. They're just deep enough to clear the magnet on the 6x9s.

[tim21391]

im just thinking what to do cuz i dont want any speaker on my doors.. im a guy who likes factory looks.. even tho my dash was cut for a modern radio but i can deal with that

[TheSeeker]

I wasnt dogging on you about your speaker boxes, sorry if it came off that way. I think the idea of using door panel screws is awesome. very intuitve box there. I just cut the doors on mine because the speakers I have are really shallow and are flush mounted.. you can always do what my grandfathers shophands did back in the 80s ans wire the speakers in and just drop them between the seat and cab corner space LOL.

[48richard]

When I bought my truck it had a pair of computer speakers mounted to the shoulder seat belt holes. I had to move them because I installed shoulder belts and also they were ugly, so I just hung them off the bottom of the seat, facing forward. Surprisingly they sound pretty decent. I don't know where I will end up, but for now - not too bad.

[tim21391]

seeker i didnt think it that way trust me i didnt.. i dont take things negative.. i had a post up asking opinions and you helped me out. i appreciate it.. but i think ill just cut my doors.. it sounded pretty good when they were in the doors

[wzuke]

I had speakers under seat angled forward and upward - they didn't sound very good. I now have the LMC kick panel mounted speakers - they sound much better. For an even better sound, use more expensive speakers with a couple of tweeters under the dash.

[hilandr452]

I was installing some speakers designed to hang in the top cab corner and tossed them on the dash between the defrost holes in the center where the old radio speaker slots are. They looked and sounded ok so I left em there.

[TheSeeker]

IS there anyone out there who sells the kick panel speakerbox, without a preinstalled speaker? Id like to use a pair of speakers i got as a gife, but dont want to spend the money on them if they already have speakers in em

[Classic Heartbeat]

We have the speaker kick panels for the 6" or 6 1/2" speakers without speakers installed. $79.95 per pair. WES

[Beatcoaster]

Those little 6x9" speaker boxes never sound good and allow no extension of the cone hindering any low end you would get from them - for free I wouldn't even take them. Even the 6x9's that I have in the doors are muffled a bit due to their low placement and with the soundwaves getting absorbed immediately in the carpet pile. To counter this I put 5-1/4's in the dash with seperate tweets and with the combo of both, it sounds great.





To fill in the low end is a couple 8's

[JimmyFloyd]

One option, which still will require some cutting would be to get a set of door speakers from a 2004-6 GTO. I picked this set up for a guy who ended up not needing them, and am considering using them in my truck. They stick out some, but also offer some direction to the speaker, not just flat.

[Piece of Work]

I didn't cut my doors. Made custom panels with fiberglass speaker pods.

[johnechi]

Damn! Those turned out really nice!

[D-Rat]

Originally Posted by TheSeeker

I wasnt dogging on you about your speaker boxes, sorry if it came off that way. I think the idea of using door panel screws is awesome. very intuitve box there. I just cut the doors on mine because the speakers I have are really shallow and are flush mounted.. you can always do what my grandfathers shophands did back in the 80s ans wire the speakers in and just drop them between the seat and cab corner space LOL.

No offense taken. They are intrusive with the doors open, but when in the cab with the door shut, you don't notice them and they're actually tucked out of the way.

Beatcoaster, nice install work with the subs there!

[AceX]

The best thing to do would be to get new speakers in some proper kick panels.. You can move the 6x9's to the cab corners that will make them more "effective."