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thats my next venture, 3 way components up front. i'm thinking about just keeping the 6.5" in the stock location and the 1" tweet in the sail panel (stock location), but that 4" mid is tricky. a pillar looks to be the best spot for it, but i'm still unsure.
anyone else have 3 way components?

 
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I saw someone do that in a mag...and it looked kinda cool, but i dunno how it would sound

 
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I don't think it would sound all that great with all the speakers spread out like that.

I would put all the speakers in the bottom of the door and kick panel to keep the distances of all the speakers on each side as close as possible, and work on manipulating the position of them to fire towards the center of your dash. You'll likely get better SQ that way than having speakers all over the place

 
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i'd go for a kick panel instead

 
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the tweet and mid would be close together, and the midbass in the door, well, its only playing 200hz and under anyways, how off can it sound?
the other thing i can do is use a hex 4" mid and 1" tweet as front hi and the 6.5" as front low (my headunit has 2 set of pre outs for the front). in this case, i would have to get a 4 channel amp for power (or another 2 channel).
i really dont want to do kicks again, its no fun when you have no room to stretch your legs.
my headunit also has time alignment, that might help a bit i guess.

 
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Time alignment helps

Are you looking to build for competition or just for personal amusement?

I think it will sound more than good enough for daily driving, but for competition you will probably want to look at putting your speakers close together.

 
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no, not for comps, i just like messing with my setup from time to time for the heck of it.

 
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Then by all means go for it

 
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i think i will, damn car audio, has a supernatural hold on me, i cant stop upgrading my stuff

oh well, it will sound good atleast, thats a plus

 
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Car audio is a drug... expensive, addicting and harmful to your health

 
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so are women, but we cant live without them can we?

 
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not without arthritis in the wrist and shoulder

 
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i love my car audio i have 8 highs 2 tweets and 2 subs the mids i would put in the kick panel and on the rear side panels.

 
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Well considerign the distances of the rear side panels the rear deck might be a better choice for rear fill if you even want rear fill at all

 
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maybe putting the tweet and the mid in the pillar would work well. a couple inches apart and pointing fairly central sounds good in theory.