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[danielevison93]

I am going to put some small subs under the back seats. I have a pair of 6.5'' speakers at the minute and want to move them up front somewhere. I don't know where though?

[maggies_minder]

pods on the kick panels or in the door pockets.

[freshairmini]

Have a look at this project thread, best place for speakers to be put...

http://www.theminifo...dpost&p=2261521

[danielevison93]

Not overly keen on having them by your feet, not sure I like the way it looks either. I think door cards could be a possibility. Is there no where anyone has tried which makes them a little more discreet?
Thanks

[Ruckus]

Doors can work well.

if not the door and you really want to have them flush/out of the way:

Use low profile comps (focal make some)

or

Cut the kick wells and use stainless bowl or weld in boxes.

or

Go for a center dial dash and mount them either-side of the dash.

[A362 TTU]

Not overly keen on having them by your feet, not sure I like the way it looks either. I think door cards could be a possibility. Is there no where anyone has tried which makes them a little more discreet?
Thanks

Putting them in the doors works fine - particularly if you have a tweet up on the dash.

For discreet - there's not much hope whilst still keeping optimal positioning

If your speakers were smaller you could go behind the air vents - this would be discrete - but it don't work for what you have.

One idea I have is to have them in the same location as mine (linked thread) but recessed back as ruckus's are (look in the build section - son of ruckus).

These would be fully out of the way - and you could cover them in a special carpet (designed for speakers) to make them near invisible - this would be true stealth - but a lot of work

Edit - you beat me to it ruckus!

Edited by howgudami, 23 November 2011 - 05:04 PM.

[danielevison93]

Okay cheers. Think I could get rid of the 17cm's they aren't great anyway. I think I may have some smaller ones lying around somewhere, so the air vents could be an option. If not I think the doors may be a cheaper solution. Thanks for the help.

[Ruckus]

Not cheap but slim options...

http://caraudiosecur...ts_id/2779.html

Cheaper

http://www.vibeshop....By=FeaturedDesc

[maggies_minder]

Not cheap but slim options...

http://caraudiosecur...ts_id/2779.html

Cheaper

http://www.vibeshop....By=FeaturedDesc

when you said not cheap i expected £60-£70
oh dear

[Ruckus]

Haha it could be a lot worst...

http://caraudiosecur...ts_id/3999.html

BOOM!

[danielevison93]

Haha it could be a lot worst...

http://caraudiosecur...ts_id/3999.html

BOOM!

Definately don't have that much money haha!

Edited by danielevison93, 24 November 2011 - 08:40 AM.

[Ruckus]

Not sure anyone has for a set of car speakers!!

[Brams96]

How would you explain that to the insurance company.

You - "Yes my agreed value for the car is £2000"
Insurer - "The value of any stereo equipment Sir?"
You - "Actually, yes, my stereo is worth £10,000"
Insurer - "Thanks for your call Sir, have a nice day"
You - "Hello? . . . Hello? . . . "

[Ruckus]

Welcome to my world...

I'm actually just doing a case study with Adrian Flux on ICE insurance it should be in there inFlux magazine thing in a few months.

But this thing is do do those speakers justices the rest of the system needs to be on par... otherwise the extra 10% they give over say £600 to £1000 set is lost.

So that would be something like.
Headunit, processor and CD changer: Alpine #F1 or Pioneer ODR ... 10k
4 (fully active) Amps: Audio Wave, Genesis or Sinfoni .... 10k
Sub: Focal, JLW7 or Morel ...... £500
Cables connectors and the 'Install'.......... $5000+

So with the speakers lets call it a nice round £30k....

[Brams96]

It's like you say though, it's not what you got, it's where you put it.

My system cost me under £600 (incl wiring etc) & as you know Ruckus, I got 2nd equal at SMD'11. I'm just starting work on my shell so have ripped it all out, so expect it to be bigger & better next time you see it.