8-inch door speakers Options

[pepsiman]

I was thinking about putting some 8-inch subs in my doors but i just read that it will rattle the doors real bad...what can i do to prevent this? I have never opened up the guts of my door can u put plenty of sound deading in there? Will that stop the rattles? Also does the subs in the door have to be shallow mount to fit? What is a good 8 inch sub? pionneer has no 8's on their site but primeir does but they are alittle pricey for me i dont need anything crazy just wantin to add some bass but it dont have to be crazy

[soven]

Look into speakers instead of subs. as for rattles. if it is door rods, either wrap them in foam or use rubber bands perpendicular to movement.

sound deadening..... separated to outer skin and inner skin. outer skin is the surface where your car exterior is while inner trim is where the speaker mounts onto.

Use sound deadening on the outer skin to reduce panel flexing, vibration.

use sound deadening on the inner skin to slow down the backwave of the speaker from interfering with the front.(better bass,clarity etc) and also for road noise.

Get Dynamat extreme if budget allows.

anyway, good option is just to get a 4 channel amp. A set of front 2way component set. add in a sub in future.

edit./ therefore.... you can fit any speaker upto 8inch in size with 80mm~depth(with a mdf spacer). if you had a 6.5" speaker, you just need to make spacers. I did a bit of a writeup a while ago, should be able to search it.

This post has been edited by soven: Feb 6, 2007 - 10:28 PM

[azian_advanced]

Look into speakers instead of subs. as for rattles. if it is door rods, either wrap them in foam or use rubber bands perpendicular to movement.

i have major rattle problems with my sub in my door... i've been too busy to get around it but it seems the little white round plastic piece joining the two rods for the handle or lock is what's making all the rattle. then there is the outer door handle doing some little rattle as well. i like your idea and perhaps will try it in the near future when i find time to do it..