Thoughts & opinions on mounting speakers in front doors?

[Paladin]

So I come up with a couple of nice speakers and enclosures out of my '92' Suburban off the second doors. Have been giving this some thought over the last few days because by doing what I'm considering I have to cut into a perfectly good door panel so there's no going back after that. Just looking for some thoughts and opinions about this. I have been wanting to upgrade the sounds for awhile without spending a lot on it and now I have these, can't hurt to add them somewhere, right? The speakers in the rear cab corners work fine, but I still need to replace the big speaker in the dash. TIA

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This is what I've been thinking. The passengers door panel is shown.

 

[Snoots]

Just mount them. I wouldn't cut anything.

 

[Paladin]

Just mount them. I wouldn't cut anything.

Would be the ideal situation but the speaker magnets project a good 1/2 inch past the bottoms of their enclosures so a circular hole is necessary in the panel.

 

[Vbb199]

I vote no cutting!

 

[CRM]

I put mine in the back of the cab.

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[Rob Goblin]

I put mine in the back of the cab.

That’s a good looking setup! I’d definitely like to hear how it sounds.

 

[Curt]

If you’re gonna do sound,I’d definitely go with 6x9s.Just my opinion.

 

[Snoots]

Would be the ideal situation but the speaker magnets project a good 1/2 inch past the bottoms of their enclosures so a circular hole is necessary in the panel.

Alright.
3/4" plywood spacer with a cutout for the magnet.

 

[WFO]

I pull the pockets off the door panels, and screw them back on down lower on the carpet at the bottom. Then cut a hole in the door panels for the speakers.
When I've sold the trucks, I pulled the speakers, and moved the door pockets back to the original location.

Speaker holes don't show, and neither does the screw holes in the carpet where the pockets were mounted.

 

[Paladin]

I pull the pockets off the door panels, and screw them back on down lower on the carpet at the bottom. Then cut a hole in the door panels for the speakers.
When I've sold the trucks, I pulled the speakers, and moved the door pockets back to the original location.

Speaker holes don't show, and neither does the screw holes in the carpet where the pockets were mounted.

Excellent solution, kind of what I was thinking last night. Just took awhile for the idea to come through the fog. lol

 

[Craig 85]

Here's my 2 Cents. If you have a non-power window set up, definitely 6x9's in the bottom of the doors, a second pair in the rear cab corners with some tweeters high on the door or dash.

In your case, I thought about doing something similar with my '85. I don't have any issues cutting up a new door panel. The only issue I could think of with mounting speakers on the door panel, even with the later model mounts, is there no real structure to hold the speaker. This may cause the speaker to just vibrate and not produce "good" sound. My thought was to add some type of wood spacer ring behind the door panel that is attached to the door frame to create a solid mount that the speaker can screw to.

Lastly, if you choose to add a 6" speaker to the lower section of the door with power windows, it needs to be mounted as far forward as you can in the door due to the lift assembly. On my very first Square (1989) my stereo shop did this.

 

[WFO]

Excellent solution, kind of what I was thinking last night. Just took awhile for the idea to come through the fog. lol

I forgot to to say, I used 4"x 6" plate speakers in the doors, with 6"x 9s" in the back.
Some speakers might be too deep.