kick panel enclosure question

[kenwood guy]

im looking to add component speakers to my sound system but my door speakers on hold full range speakers (one on each side) im thinking about getting these for the silverado what do you guys think?????http://www.crutchfield.com/S-JELPT2n...0&I=044K101219 there about 150 for the set is it worth it???

[sportin83]

Originally Posted by kenwood guy

im looking to add component speakers to my sound system but my door speakers on hold full range speakers (one on each side) im thinking about getting these for the silverado what do you guys think?????http://www.crutchfield.com/S-JELPT2n...0&I=044K101219 there about 150 for the set is it worth it???

ive installed a couple of pairs of these and they look good, but you lose alot of foot room and also i duno how the parking brake will work becasue this will block that.

[kenwood guy]

Originally Posted by sportin83

ive installed a couple of pairs of these and they look good, but you lose alot of foot room and also i duno how the parking brake will work becasue this will block that.

then maybe I should i just upgrade the speakers and not add them is it possable to use parts from another silverado door panel?? like yours??

[sportin83]

Originally Posted by kenwood guy

then maybe I should i just upgrade the speakers and not add them is it possable to use parts from another silverado door panel?? like yours??

just see if you can find new door panels , any tahoe suburban silverado should work. the escalade should to i think. or you could just install the 61/2 components and cut a hole for the tweeter and flush mount it in the door.

[kenwood guy]

Originally Posted by sportin83

just see if you can find new door panels , any tahoe suburban silverado should work. the escalade should to i think. or you could just install the 61/2 components and cut a hole for the tweeter and flush mount it in the door.

how would I go about doing that??

[sportin83]

Originally Posted by kenwood guy

how would I go about doing that??

for the door panels i would check a junk yard, and to flush mount the tweeters you will have to remove the door panels and find a spot that is flat and has some room behind it and then get a hole saw bit and put in a drill and drill the hole the size of the tweeter and then install it.

[kenwood guy]

Originally Posted by sportin83

for the door panels i would check a junk yard, and to flush mount the tweeters you will have to remove the door panels and find a spot that is flat and has some room behind it and then get a hole saw bit and put in a drill and drill the hole the size of the tweeter and then install it.

so then they are the same type of door panal you have right?? i got to do some hunting around the problem I have is that my truck has manual doors and windows so the switch controls would not be hooked up thats why i asked from the begining if i can get the part of the door panel i need and swap the rest of the pieces i could be wrong

[sportin83]

you might be able to get manual doors, but i duno the other doors speaker grill might be in the way for the crank to work and the switch panels will have switches unless you can find replacement ones.

[kenwood guy]

Originally Posted by sportin83

you might be able to get manual doors, but i duno the other doors speaker grill might be in the way for the crank to work and the switch panels will have switches unless you can find replacement ones.

I think it might be more easy of i just got the kick panel boxes do i lose a hell lot of leg room??? and on the link it said the e brake has to be bent 1in and a half did you do that???

[sportin83]

Originally Posted by kenwood guy

I think it might be more easy of i just got the kick panel boxes do i lose a hell lot of leg room??? and on the link it said the e brake has to be bent 1in and a half did you do that???

i didnt ever hear about bending anything. i put some in and the people just didnt use the brake anymore and for me i didnt like the lost room, but i am also 6'5" so i need more room than most.

[kenwood guy]

Originally Posted by sportin83

i didnt ever hear about bending anything. i put some in and the people just didnt use the brake anymore and for me i didnt like the lost room, but i am also 6'5" so i need more room than most.

yea you do!!! im a little under 6'0 but if you look at the bottom of the link it says the brake has to be bent do you know of any other sites that sell these items???

[01silverado03z400]

I say just upgrade your 6 1/2 and cut out the holes for the tweeters like sportin83 said. Cheapest and easiest way

[sportin83]

i dont know of any off top of my head without searching around. if you can work with wood and fiberglass you could build some kickpanels. i found this link 1 time and has a pretty basic step by step process. http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/kickpanels/index.htmhttp://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/kickpanels/index.htm

[kenwood guy]

seems like alot of work for something so small but maybe worth a try??

[kenwood guy]

has anyone here work with fiberglass????