In addition to the Dynamatt in my front doors, I pop riveted a 4 layer laminate of Gugeon Bros. epoxy and carbon fiber cloth, (8 or 10 oz. cloth I'm pretty sure)some leftovers I had from a whitewater boat I built many years ago. Fairly thin, but added tremedous stiffness to the mounting area of the 6.5" mid bass drivers I put in there DM&FS . At 08:52 PM 11/28/2004, Dennis wrote: >Check out the stereo link on this page: > >http://my.tbaytel.net/guskers/vanagon.html > >I mounted speakers in the lower door panels. The stock location houses a >high range speaker, the lower door, a mid bass driver. The passive >crossover is mounted in a bad spot and gets booted every now and then. The >mid bass driver is fine where it is. The map pocket needed a slight (but >invisible) trim. I had intended to fab up a custom panel that would house >the crossover and never got to it. > >If you're sending some power to the door speakers, take some time and >dynomat (or equivalent) the door sheet metal. I find that when the system >(700 watts or so) is cranked, the door flaps a bit. The carat type bumper >extension trim on the lower doors is another source of vibration (makes a >racket outside the van), and is resolved by remounting with some >isolation. |
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