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So I got this idea a few days ago thinking about my fiberglass kick panels I'm going to make. Im going to use my existing stock honda kicks and fiberglass an enclosure out of them.

I've read a lot of DIYs on kick panels and it seems that the prefered way to mount the speakers is using plumbers tape. I see a couple of problems using this method. First, plumbers tape is extremely malleable and will bend under the weight. Granted, you can double it up and make it more ridged.

Second, after mounting the speaker to the plumbers tape I forsee it being difficult to get good speaker positioning for the best sound quality. Since the plumbers tape is malleable, what is going to stop the speakers from shifting when you are trying to position them?

Here is my idea... which I will test out this weekend and probably during the week. -- Instead of using plumbers tape, us the wall/ceiling speaker mounting kits that can be found at Radio Shack, Best Buy or Circuit City. They sell short ones, around 3"-4", which looks like it work perfectly for my setup at least. I will screw the mount to the actual stock kick panel (or could be mounted to the sheet metal behind to save more space??) and attach the speaker that way.

What I find to be the best feature is the ability to easily rotate and angle the speakers to get the fullest sound. After I get the best positioning, I will still use the wood dowels to completely stop all speaker movement and then finish up with fiberglassing and paint.

Let me know what you guys think about this idea. It will cost more than using the plumbers tape, but I think making something easier and less frustration is worth the extra $$

 
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Backstrapping is not frustrating at all to work with. It works incredibly well. What stops the speaker from moving is the fact that you have already made your bezel and the bezel is backstrapped to the back piece. If you wan't to experiment with different tweeter positions and angles, you can also use towels very effectively to aim your speakers. Also, I would considering vinyling your kicks when you are done rather than paint.

 
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u guys know that crutchfield.com sells them for out cars if u want jus buy them frm there and bondo them and paint them 1.2.3. boom your done

 
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and do you know that they are not sealed. They are 1/8 " thick plastitic. They are generally aimed for a general type of speaker. THey don't accomodat anything over 5.25 for the most part w/ some exception. And IMO not the best looking because of the ugly tweeter pod.