Quick, Cheap, Speaker and Sound Deadening Upgrade

I just did my doors this weekend with SS Damp Pro.

Door panels were heck to get off without tool, snaps are viciously tight, but doable. Get a tool! Put hassock under door panel so when I lifted it up so it rested on it. Unclipped courtesy light only, and popped off the door handle wires. They are simple to do, let door rest on hassock, plenty of room to work.

Plastic vapor barrier easy to slowly peel back to allow access through the big hole at rear of door and another closer to speaker. Just go slow, and try not to get much/any of the black butyl on you/gloves/upholstery. Fold it back and stick it to itself so you have easy access. Some strips I put in were 20" x 7" so plenty of room, most pieces were small though to fit. Lots of empty smooth area towards front of door, long reach but easy to do. No need to remove speaker. I didn't touch the bolts and styrofoam, I figured it was some kind of thingy for the power window. And taking it off would only expose a small area.

When finished just put the plastic back, it had plenty of sticky to seal back up fine, no worries. Door went back on easy also. Found a couple of wires and plastic that might rattle so put some foam there.

FYI snaps are same as ones on footwell panel. Add evil to vicious.

 

For us visual learners, pics would sure be nice. I can't believe that no one that did the upgrade didn't take any pictures!

 

Its interesting, since doing the speakers, the FM reception appears to have gotten worse. Has this been the case with you?

 

Maybe I can just HEAR the static now!

 

It's like when you sober up and see who you brought home with you last night.

 

Hey Rev,

How was the install on the rear speakers - did you run into any problems that you didn't encounter with the front?

Also, did you have to take out the top tweeter, and now only use the lower speaker space?

 

Thanks for the reference - if I tackle the speakers in my own vehicle I can definitely use this!!

 

shhhh...be vewy vewy quiet...Thai might be listening.

 

Not sure, but do the rear doors also have sperate tweeters ? I think I've never opened the rear door so far

Answer my own question: Yes, it's a component system.

 

I did not want to comment in your thread...but, this is just plain ridiculous to say, given your "credentials"! Come on, you openly admitted that you ONLY heard the JBL system on a testdrive while using FM radio! That is analyzing??!! You're making me lose respect in your opinion, Revhigh!! Geez, all that talk in the other thread about your audio experience just turned to crap....

And NO, a poor source makes any system sounds bad. A bad system can cover up a bad source because it lacks detail and image. But a good system will bring out the faults in a bad source.

Wow, if that is what "analyzing" is about, then i can really critic your current system and tell you about all the inherent flaws in it and why it is really not worth $325! My old Corolla system would put your system to shame...and my Corolla's system was not very good IMO!

 

Real power? Improper imaging and placement makes "clean" power sounds like crap. Frequency overlapping results in poor sound. Clean power is only a small part of the equation, ESPECIALLY IN A CAR!! That is where your past audio experience is clouding your judgement in car audio.

 

I only had the time to do my front doors this evening. I put 6sqft of Dynamat Extreme in the door before installing the Pioneer speaker. Talk about a night and day difference. I took a video to show the difference that the dynamat made; it really is something! I can't wait to get to the rear doors sometime this week. The new speakers really sound great too!

 

Kudos for sharing this info! I just finished my install which consists of 6 speakers and 2 rolls of Peel and Seal. This stuff definitely reduces noise by changing how the sheet metal panels resonate. I used 2 rolls which weighed about 4 lbs each to cover 4 door and trunk floor. Took about 6-8 hours.