help with door speakers

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Hey, I ran into a little problem putting in my door speakers. They're going in a 1999 honda Civic 4dr.

It's hard to explain, but i has pics! Anyways, with this honda the speaker doesn't mount directly to the door, but to the door panel....nvm just ckech the pics out:

As you can see, the holes where the door panel screws in is blocking how i would otherwise mount the speaker to the door and bring out of the door with MDF rings (need to come out about an 1").

Any suggestions? It seems like I'd have to cut off two of the three mounting place for screws to fit the speaker, but i'm hesitant to do that lol

Edited May 26, 2009 by FF5

[KU40 173]

I say cut them. Even if you have to put the stock speakers back in to sell it at some point, you can just mount the stockies to the MDF then. They don't have to go back into the original place. In fact, with the grill over it nobody would know whether they were mounted on the door panel or metal.

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Ya I don't see a way around it, but I've never really dealt with door speaker stuff before. the problem with cutting it is that i'll lose two of the three places that the door panel screws into the the door.

[KU40 173]

Can you make new places for it to screw in?

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i think so. I'm working on some more MDF rings....lost the first ones

What should i use to mount the speaker + MDF rings to the door? just screws, or is there a better way?

edit: could i use the butyl rope to seal of where the MDF ring mounts to the door?

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...showtopic=28020

Edited May 27, 2009 by FF5

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Progress

I just cut them off.

Still not sure how to seal them off though....

[SpeakerBoy 64]

If you can find the "Sound deadener showdown" thread, and follow the link to the site, it is stated that you can use butyl rope to make seals. His example was with the trunk seal, but i am fairly sure it will work for you.

Extruded Butyl "Rope"

Uses

Edited May 28, 2009 by DeepSubBoy

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Sweet! Haha i actually asked that in the post above my last one lol.

Edited May 28, 2009 by FF5

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Glad i could help!