Kick Panel Speakers - anyone have them? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

BraveDave · 09-04-2003, 12:18 AM

One of the suppliers on the site has new kick panels with built-in speakers. Does anyone have these? I would like to know how they sound. Thanks!

Brave Dave

Piper71c10 · 09-04-2003, 01:01 AM

I dunno, but I priced out a set of panels with out the speakers, and adding two 6.5 kenwoods that can push 160w. It works out about $20 cheaper to go that way than buy the panels with the speakers, and you get an extra 20w of power.

Piper

Hotrod70C10 · 09-04-2003, 02:58 AM

I have them, I love them actually but then again, I had a pair of kenwood house speakers laying on the trans hump before I installed them.

PureChevy · 09-04-2003, 10:24 AM

does anybody have any pictures of them installed??

Lobo'74 · 09-04-2003, 12:01 PM

I wish the previous owner had gotten them. Instead he just cut out an oval in each door for a 6X9. Ugh.

adamls · 09-04-2003, 12:06 PM

whos the supplier?

Piper71c10 · 09-04-2003, 12:12 PM

www.truckandcarshop.com, Page 56 $69 for the pair

**Classic Heartbeat** · 09-04-2003, 12:55 PM

We have them on our website.

Here is a link:
http://www.classicheartbeat.com/stereos.htm
WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

73stepside · 09-04-2003, 01:09 PM

i got those. they sound pretty good but can't handle alotta power

gr8scott51 · 09-04-2003, 01:25 PM

Yeah, they're designed to work with the custom auto sound radios. I have them and the dual voice coil 5 x 7 in the dash. It's kind of tinny sounding, but I don't have an amp yet or any sound deadening.

good luck, Scott

Hotrod70C10 · 09-04-2003, 01:37 PM

I think every vendor on the site has them, I purchased mine from gmc paul without speakers. Here's a pic of them installed.

nate68 · 09-04-2003, 04:49 PM

i got mine from rod doors and put my own speakers in cuz what they give you sounds like crap. i used to have pictures. i have em somewhere

gman · 09-04-2003, 04:54 PM

How do they install? Do you drill into the kick panel and screw them in? Or do they attach some other way?

greasemonkey · 09-04-2003, 05:09 PM

I have them. I bought the pods from Wes and put in a pair of 6 1/2" Pioneers. They supposedly are held in by the weatherstripping, but I drilled two holes underneath the weatherstripping (that way you can't see the screws) and one right behind the speaker. I didn't want them flapping around when I turn corners.

junkyardjohn · 09-04-2003, 05:35 PM

I BOUGHT THE BARE KICK PANELS FROM THE TRUCK SHOP, & SPEAKERS OFF EBAY. THERE NOT INSTALLED YET THOUGH.

lukecp · 09-04-2003, 06:01 PM

I bought them with the custom autosound speakers in them. I wasn't too impressed with the quality of either. The speakers sounded like crap...i ripped them out after a week and put on some Xplod 6.5" speakers and they sound much better.

However, i have the dual Kenwood underdash speakers and i am pretty impressed with them. They sound really good for how small they are.

Anyway, if i were to do it agian i would just cut holes in the doors. $70 for two sheets of cheap plastic w/o speakers or $120 w/speakers is a rip off IMO. But if you really don't want to cut your doors, they will work pretty good.

nate68 · 09-05-2003, 05:21 PM

the pods are about 40 i think from rod doors.
i really gotta find those pictures

nate68 · 09-05-2003, 05:26 PM

pic

09-04-2003, 12:18 AM	#1
BraveDave Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Magnolia, Texas Posts: 336	Kick Panel Speakers - anyone have them? One of the suppliers on the site has new kick panels with built-in speakers. Does anyone have these? I would like to know how they sound. Thanks! Brave Dave __________________ '72 Chevy Cheyenne Super, '56 Chevy Bel Air,'56 Chevy Nomad, '61 Chevy Impala, '64 Cadillac Fleetwood, 1966 Thunderbird Convertible

09-04-2003, 02:58 AM	#3
Hotrod70C10 Low & Slow Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,047	I have them, I love them actually but then again, I had a pair of kenwood house speakers laying on the trans hump before I installed them. __________________ 70' C-10 LWB Fleetside 4.5/6 drop

09-04-2003, 10:24 AM	#4
PureChevy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hickory, North Carolina Posts: 340	does anybody have any pictures of them installed?? __________________ 1972 k10 4x4 LWB (Sold in 2005)

09-04-2003, 12:01 PM	#5
Lobo'74 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 404	Doors cut I wish the previous owner had gotten them. Instead he just cut out an oval in each door for a 6X9. Ugh. __________________ "Truck" '67 small window '79 350 .030 over, LT1 "clone"

09-04-2003, 12:06 PM	#6
adamls Gotta Startem Early Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Amarillo, TX, USA Posts: 364	whos the supplier? __________________ 67 SWB In Progress, one piece at a time, maybe 3 years I will be finished

09-04-2003, 01:01 AM	#2
Piper71c10 Unending Project Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sequim, WA Posts: 337	I dunno, but I priced out a set of panels with out the speakers, and adding two 6.5 kenwoods that can push 160w. It works out about $20 cheaper to go that way than buy the panels with the speakers, and you get an extra 20w of power. Piper

09-04-2003, 12:12 PM	#7
Piper71c10 Unending Project Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sequim, WA Posts: 337	www.truckandcarshop.com, Page 56 $69 for the pair

09-04-2003, 12:55 PM	#8
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	We have them on our website. Here is a link: http://www.classicheartbeat.com/stereos.htm WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

09-04-2003, 01:09 PM	#9
73stepside Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Moore OK 73160 Posts: 974	i got those. they sound pretty good but can't handle alotta power __________________ 04 GMC Sierra RCSS 70 CST LWB 04 HD Sportster 1200 Custom

09-04-2003, 01:25 PM	#10
gr8scott51 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 1,839	custom auto sound Yeah, they're designed to work with the custom auto sound radios. I have them and the dual voice coil 5 x 7 in the dash. It's kind of tinny sounding, but I don't have an amp yet or any sound deadening. good luck, Scott __________________ Silence is golden, duct tape is silver. - Scott

09-04-2003, 01:37 PM	#11
Hotrod70C10 Low & Slow Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,047	I think every vendor on the site has them, I purchased mine from gmc paul without speakers. Here's a pic of them installed. __________________ 70' C-10 LWB Fleetside 4.5/6 drop

09-04-2003, 04:49 PM	#12
nate68 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: ca Posts: 1,110	i got mine from rod doors and put my own speakers in cuz what they give you sounds like crap. i used to have pictures. i have em somewhere __________________ 68 short step, 406/700r4, 9" w/discs.

09-04-2003, 04:54 PM	#13
gman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Ogden, Utah Posts: 290	How do they install? Do you drill into the kick panel and screw them in? Or do they attach some other way? __________________ 72 Chevy SWB Custom Deluxe K10, 350/SM465, PS, PB, Fact. Air 2000 Harley...Wide Glide

09-04-2003, 05:09 PM	#14
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	I have them. I bought the pods from Wes and put in a pair of 6 1/2" Pioneers. They supposedly are held in by the weatherstripping, but I drilled two holes underneath the weatherstripping (that way you can't see the screws) and one right behind the speaker. I didn't want them flapping around when I turn corners. __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

09-04-2003, 05:35 PM	#15
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,427	I BOUGHT THE BARE KICK PANELS FROM THE TRUCK SHOP, & SPEAKERS OFF EBAY. THERE NOT INSTALLED YET THOUGH. __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST



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09-04-2003, 06:01 PM	#16
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	I bought them with the custom autosound speakers in them. I wasn't too impressed with the quality of either. The speakers sounded like crap...i ripped them out after a week and put on some Xplod 6.5" speakers and they sound much better. However, i have the dual Kenwood underdash speakers and i am pretty impressed with them. They sound really good for how small they are. Anyway, if i were to do it agian i would just cut holes in the doors. $70 for two sheets of cheap plastic w/o speakers or $120 w/speakers is a rip off IMO. But if you really don't want to cut your doors, they will work pretty good. __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

09-05-2003, 05:21 PM	#17
nate68 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: ca Posts: 1,110	the pods are about 40 i think from rod doors. i really gotta find those pictures __________________ 68 short step, 406/700r4, 9" w/discs.

09-05-2003, 05:26 PM	#18
nate68 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: ca Posts: 1,110	pic Attached Images __________________ 68 short step, 406/700r4, 9" w/discs.

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