Stereo & Electronics - 8in speakers in sail panels?

I know this has been asked b4....Ive asked it too....but i cant find it int he search.......

How can I fit 8 inch speakers in the sail panels with a still stock look???
To lessen confusion im talkin about right above the rear seats....

Your talking about the B-pillars. Stock is a 6 3/4, with some cutting an 8 should fit. Check your depth

yea.....Someone sent me a pic b4 how they did it about a year ago but i cant find it anywehre

remove plastic sail panel and cut the metal, depth is a huge issue here though

have u heard any fbody with 8's in there? Is there enough space back there for it to hit right ?

I have them in my car. 8" CDT EF-8 cast carbonfiber subwoofers. Depth is a small issue but cutting your sail panels is a bigger one. I used a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade and it worked ok.
For the record...I would NOT recommend this mod. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't have. It works and sounds great but I could have acheived the same results by using a high end 6.5" midwoofer like the CDT M-6+ or the ES-06+. Both of these have significant excursion (12mm and 14mm) and perform very well. Coupled with the right amp you may not need a standard 10" sub depending on what your bass needs are.

no matter what you do, 6 or 8, dont forget the dynamat and make sure the cavity is sealed and dampened and youll actually get more bass out of that area

I have them in my car. 8" CDT EF-8 cast carbonfiber subwoofers. Depth is a small issue but cutting your sail panels is a bigger one. I used a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade and it worked ok.
For the record...I would NOT recommend this mod. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't have. It works and sounds great but I could have acheived the same results by using a high end 6.5" midwoofer like the CDT M-6+ or the ES-06+. Both of these have significant excursion (12mm and 14mm) and perform very well. Coupled with the right amp you may not need a standard 10" sub depending on what your bass needs are.


Well either wayI have two JL audio crossfire 8in speakers....they've been sitting around for a couple years and are pretty much still new

do the holes for the 8 in speakers have to be perfectly round??? U said a jigsaw.....do u mean a sawzall?? Im scared of messing it up lol....

Do u got pics of what urs looks like

do the holes for the 8 in speakers have to be perfectly round???

perfect? not really, just be sure you can get all the screws tight.. cut the circle slightly smaller than measured and keep test fitting the speaker until it sits flush.

cut with whatever you have that is capable of cutting sheet metal - there are jigsaw blades capable of cutting sheet sheet metal up to 10 gauge thick

I aggree with kee audio.

I've seen a 6.5 subwoofer kicker for 100 bils im sure you'd get some great bass out of there.

I don't think it's worth cutting sheetmetal out of a car for a pair of speakers you already have...instead I'd say sell them or try to trade them or something for something that will fit without cutting the sheetmetal...

jigsaw IMO but yeah id sell em for some 6.5s

A jigsaw ...aka scrollsaw...this allowed me to make the curves. I would not use a sawzall as it is to difficult to control. Of course like I said I wouldn't do it again period when you can get a 6.5" subwoofer that looks like this that has peak xmax of 15mm:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i13/walking-dead/ES-06.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i13/walking-dead/ES-06-1.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i13/walking-dead/ES-062.jpg

A jigsaw ...aka scrollsaw...this allowed me to make the curves. I would not use a sawzall as it is to difficult to control. Of course like I said I wouldn't do it again period when you can get a 6.5" subwoofer that looks like this that has peak xmax of 15mm:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i13/walking-dead/ES-06.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i13/walking-dead/ES-06-1.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i13/walking-dead/ES-062.jpg

These speakers look awesome. These same speakers on your site, the pictures there don't do them justice as these pictures do.

and there is no cutting required for 6.5's?

none at all