front door speaker questions

ok folks i just bouch of JL audio c6250 componoent kit. from the front doors of my 01 z71.
im running an alpine 9887 deck. ive got a 300watt pioneer amp to a pioneer 10inch sub. the sub is in a custom box under the back seat. im happy with one 10 so im trying to get rid of my double box. for a single box so i can put the amps under the seat also. now my question is this where are some of yall mounting the crossovers for the componoent kits.

i love the way they sound so far ive not gotten my amp yet. but im looking into the alpine mf 300 4 channel amp. on the test stand at the audio store i heard the speakers powerd by this amp. and they sounded amazing.

I hide them in the pillars or the kick panels normally.

i have both amps hidden behind the rear seat on my ecsb, just got crossovers for my front component speakers. i was gonna try and put them next to the amps. to keep everyhing hidden, but not sure its a good idea having them so far from the speakers.

i was kind of curious about hiding them with the amps but wasnt sure if it whould be a good idea. on having them so far away. also lechez how did you mount them on the back panel behind the seat. anything special i need to do where it wont leak or something

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Originally Posted by CD82

i was kind of curious about hiding them with the amps but wasnt sure if it whould be a good idea. on having them so far away. also lechez how did you mount them on the back panel behind the seat. anything special i need to do where it wont leak or something

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i got a piece of left over wood from the sub box i made, and screwed the amps to it. on the back side of the board i stuck some velcro tape on both wood and back wall of the truck and stuck great. didnt have to drill any holes on the truck. its a clean install and hard for the thiefs to get to. i have to remove the back seat to get them out or to adjust the settings.

how much velcro tape? im guessing pressure of the seat help keeps them attached? when ya hit bumps it does not slide or anything?

I did the same thing using a piece of MDF and velcro behind the seat. I did the seat mod, so I can fold it down to access the amps though.

I have my crossovers for the fronts mounted inside the center console. If you have the full center console there is a lot of room under the front part.

seat mod? not sure what that is could you please explain ?

You trim the tabs that hold the back of the seat, so that when you are folding it up it can slip out and fold down if you want. Let me see if I can find a link to the how-to.

OK here is the link to the thread on another forum:
http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92691

Note that your back wall isn't going to be trimmed out like the one in the picture, that is something you would have to do if you want it to look like that.

thanks for the link nice truck btw

my rear seat folds up fine without any rubbing or pressure on the amps.

I'm a little late to the party and off back to the topic of crossover placement, but here goes. I know I may get some flack for this but I always put mine inside the door with a piece of 3m emblem tape on each edge that will touch the door(most crossovers are flat and most doors are curved), just make sure you don't have leaky doors. It's how I was taught and it's how I continue to do it. Installation is simple, and they are hidden.

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I'm a little late to the party and off back to the topic of crossover placement, but here goes. I know I may get some flack for this but I always put mine inside the door with a piece of 3m emblem tape on each edge that will touch the door(most crossovers are flat and most doors are curved), just make sure you don't have leaky doors. It's how I was taught and it's how I continue to do it. Installation is simple, and they are hidden.

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I've done it there as well. You wont catch any flack from me for that. I did it on my 69 because I that was the only place to hide them.

Well as long as im not the only one. I do know that ive had mine in my doors for a year and some change, just had the panel of last week and they are nice and stuck and moisture free. Also, i pulled a customer's out after 3 years and had no rust.

looks like i may have to do this cause no suitable place to mount anywhere else. maybe i will figure someting out soon

i hear mixed stories of no issues and issues of doing this. some poeple say put them in a towel some people say use ziplog bags. and others have said just mount the things in the door some where.
ill look around an see what i can do in the door that whould be a good mount. if not i thought about mounting them under the back seati an running xtra wire but really dont wanna do that to much of a headache.

are you gonna put a 4 channel amp for the speakers? if so your gonna have to rewire it so it wouldnt be to bad.

naw im putting a two channel amp to the front door speakers decided to go wit ha two channel for them. ditching the back speakers in the rear doors installing a jl audio xd200/2. ill post pics of the amp tonight when i get off of work.
ive got to pick up some good strong 3m double sided tape for my crossovers. and ive got to take a dremmel and cut out a space in the door for the tweeters. the ones i have are too big for the stock location.

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I did the same thing using a piece of MDF and velcro behind the seat. I did the seat mod, so I can fold it down to access the amps though.

I have my crossovers for the fronts mounted inside the center console. If you have the full center console there is a lot of room under the front part.

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Where is the room in the console? I looked under the cup holder part and there is a huge Bose amp. that goes almost all the way to the back. In front of the amp. all the way to the very front is some kind of enclosure for a Bose speaker, I asume it is a sub it has 2 2wire conections on it 1 on each side. Am I looking in the wrong place?

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Where is the room in the console? I looked under the cup holder part and there is a huge Bose amp. that goes almost all the way to the back. In front of the amp. all the way to the very front is some kind of enclosure for a Bose speaker, I asume it is a sub it has 2 2wire conections on it 1 on each side. Am I looking in the wrong place?

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Ah, yeah mine is different. 2001 didn't have BOSE and mine has a Denali console which is slightly different.

Oh OK. Thanks

so these came with my memphis speakers i used in the front doors
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/...0f90aabe_b.jpg
35891_1523879499697_1315913837_1447235_7658588_n by eyebyte, on Flickr
i put them in the door too, and had a problem with rolling the window all the way down... took it apart again and moved them so they would clear. and the post about about the door being curved is correct for me, i had to compensate for the roll in the plastic of the door so they would stay put..