Cutting the metal on the doors (Pics up)
 

...Can I cut speakers holes in the doors with a standard jigsaw or dremel?

thx

:)

A dremel or rotozip will be much easier than a jig imo, but any of those will work, providing you have the right blade on it.

Dremel worked great for me. Used the diamond cutter bit. Noisy as all hell, but nice clean cuts.

yea use a dremel......with fine teeth bit

I would suggest using the dremel but a jigsaw with the right blade will also work.

whatcha puttin in?

Speakers :p I show you after I put it in.

Anyway, can someone post a pic of the right piece to use for the dremel?

any "bit" style blade for cutting metal. Home Depot usually has them, either under the roto-zip or dremel brand.

Like these?

I used a jigsaw (on my old car) but I'm sure a dremel will work better

everyone puts speakers there, put in a fridge or something ;)

like mystic said, they look like a drill bit. rotozip packs more oomph (5A motor vs. maybe 2A) but both should get the job done. those bits are a frickin rip though, be careful not to break too many. the cost of those bits may be one reason to use a jigsaw.

Fonto, this is the bit you want: http://www.dremel.com/productdisplay...1&Color=CC0000

Your link just went to the main dremel site, so I donno if you found the bit I just linked to or not. But good luck, and be carefull, thats gonna throw a TON of sparks.

I recently purchased Kappa Perfect 6.1 and they didnt fit in my doors, I was warned strongly against cutting the metal in the door as it will rust very quickly.

So get some clearcoat or primer and seal the bare metal...no biggie.

I use a dremel with a cutoff wheel... jig saw or air body saw would work fantastic too

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Perhaps its that I live in Canada, the amount of snow that goes down my door in the winter,just pray your door doesn't rust!

hell, I live in sunny california, ive noticed how easily the door corrodes compared to every other part of the car......

Ok, so this is why I was asking about cutting into the doors...
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I picked up the speakers for $109, and I picked up this JBL BP 180.2 amp for $109 too...

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...The magnets are HUGE on the woofers...I am a little nervous about if I can do this right, and cut the right size holes

:)

check my pics, mike. those are Gabi's doors, we added one inch spacers on top of hte metal, and was able to get the door panel back on just fine, no issues.

And that gave us enough space to fit Kodas in those doors. three inches of depth :)

http://www.calpoly.edu/~sciccare/kodaDD2.JPG
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its teh one on the left. your kickers will fit totally fine :)

Cool, the main thing I am worried about is cutting the metal and getting the whole right. I like the way you did it with cutting the lines and hammering the edges out...it seems to make the most sense it I want to do it easily.

The good thing is that the speaker is only 2" deep...so there is a good chance that I may not even need a spacer :)

youll want one, it makes cutting the hole easier, and matching the speaker up to get a good seal

Thanks WR...I made some spacers today out of 3/4" MDF...however, I won't be able to install the speakers until next week :)

pics of the finished product...pics here

Looks good...

3-way system now?

Yeah, it's a 3-way :)

How does it sound? I take it you don't have the tweeters up in the sail panels anymore

What deck do you have?

Stupid question probably, how did you get the spacer to stay on the panel? Also, nice setup man! I've always installed my own shit, but I've never custom made my own spacers or shit, just used the stock spacers, but I'm looking to get bigger front speakers.

jDoG

I hope yuou took lots of pics, I got WASTED at SQ this weekend for not having enough pictures.... even pictures as stupid as ones of the speakers in place to show that I put four screws into the speaker instead of two.....

good job man

Man, I replied to Megahertz questions a few times and the site kept losing the post...so I gave up :)

thejdog, I drilled holes in the spacer and put a screw strait through it into the sheet metal.

WR, The only pics I took are on my SD webpage...I prolly should have taken more, but I hate taking pictures when installing stuff. I don't know if I am going to enter to many more SQ comps...I wanted to choose after that last comp to do either SQ or SPL...and I just don't have the time, money, and skills to compete seriously in SQ...SPL is a lil easier...but I am always shooting for SQL :)