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

[applejax]

'verts are tough.

Free-air doesn't mean you can get away without seperating the backwave from the frontwave. You'll need to make sure there are no leaks in the door that will let that backpressure out. You'll also need to deaden like crazy to supress the flexing and vibrations of the door.

I still say subs in the doors aren't the answer, though. You would be much better off, as soven said, by putting a nice pair of components up there instead.

I'd focus on fixing some of the other deficiencies in your system before you mess with a center channel - but hey, if it suits you, then that's what counts.

[sh0x]

'verts are tough.

Free-air doesn't mean you can get away without seperating the backwave from the frontwave. You'll need to make sure there are no leaks in the door that will let that backpressure out. You'll also need to deaden like crazy to supress the flexing and vibrations of the door.

I still say subs in the doors aren't the answer, though. You would be much better off, as soven said, by putting a nice pair of components up there instead.

I'd focus on fixing some of the other deficiencies in your system before you mess with a center channel - but hey, if it suits you, then that's what counts.

I don't think sealing the door is a good idea, because when water gets in it needs a way to get out. Plus wouldn't that make the door vibration much worse? Finally, I'm not even sure sealing the door is possible because of the window seal at the top. What would you do there?

What do you think about putting baffles in to seal the sub instead of trying to seal the door? Should I use soft foam or harder plastic? I am for sure going to try my hardest to make this work before I just give up and put 3-ways in the door. I just don't want to scrap what seems to me like a good idea that just has a lot of challenges.

I really think it does suit me, because I really liked it when I installed one sub in one door, just need to tighten it up a bit and do the other side once I get it figured out. Thanks for your input!