Double stick tape in the doors

 

I as well support the use of zip ties over any type of adhesive. Adhesive will degrade over time. The adhesive quality of velcro strips (the sticky side) as well as double sided sticky will slowly deteriorate, especially with exposure to heat / moisture. A zip tie, screw, or other mechanical fastener is definitely the way to go.

 

double-sided tape under passenger dash
quite secure......

 

I attach them to my tounge to add to my hard hit hitting midd-bass and treble... Nothing quite like the feel of electricity on your tounge!

... I catually have the driver side one zip tied under the steering wheel... and I ran out of zip ties for the passenger one, so it sits in the netting right by the center column... Has been there for several months now ... wonder If I'll ever get around to mounting it ...

-- Robert

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by shaner
[B]Mike,

 

I have the same set of separates. There is a large pocket area inside the door panel. You can cut this seemingly useless plastic basket and mount the crossover in there. It happens to be the perfect size.

 

That pocket is definitely a good place to put a crossover (except I removed mine and covered the area wit Dynamat)...

But, depending whether you put all your speakers in the door or elsewhere, you might have more than one set of wires going into and out of the door... the more wires you have to run through the rubber door boot the more of a pain in the butt it becomes...

 

I put mine in the black pocket in the door. Screw and screw nuts with a small layer of standard auto carpet to keep it from humming. Now that I think about it, automotive double sided tape would have worked just as well.

The reason I wanted the crossovers in the door is I had a bad experience with an installation I had on my Civic. My roommate hit my door right in the hinge points. The body shop had to pull the door off to install new hinges (among other things). They couldn't figure out what the two wires were to, so the CUT them. I had to refish the wires. Not fun. I decided to keep all of the speaker components in the door. The only part that crosses over is the hinge area is the signal to the crossover. There is are spade connectors at the factory harness disconnect.

 

I'm not a big fan of putting X-overs in doors. From a theoretical standpoint the constant change of climate and temperature may have a detrimental effect on the parts over time. I put my X-overs under/behind the pasenger seat using velcro. My amp is under that seat so it worked well for me. I wanted thicker gauge speaker wire going to the drivers anyways.

 

The little pocket in the back of the door unscrews. I mounted my cross overs to a thin board and mounted the board to the predrilled holes for the pocket thingy.