Questions about rear speakers in a coupe.

[Fett]

Basic setup, in-dash cd/mp3 player, door speakers, dash speakers, 6x8s in the rear decklid, and 1 10" in the trunk.

I have been having an issue with the 10" and air space. The woofer is designed to be in a small, sealed, box...which it is. But there is a noticeable difference in the bass with the trunk open and the trunk closed. I have it sounding pretty much the way I want it, but when I open the trunk the bass hits HARD. Obviously I can't go drilling holes in my trunk...so I thought about putting ports on the rear decklid itself...where the rear speakers mount. So lately I have been driving around with the fade all the way to the front, so I am listening to my radio through the 4 front speakers and the woofer only. Doesn't sound too bad, but I would like to have some of the mid-range back. Which leads me to my real question....

Has anybody put speakers in the rear 1/4 panels? It looks like I could fit a 5" door speaker in the rear panel, but I am not sure. I figure I can put a set of mid-range speakers...maybe 2 or 3 ways, in the rear 1/4 panels by mounting them and using the rear speaker connectors. Then remove the two rear 6x8s and use those speaker holes for my air space for the woofer.

Before I remove my trim panels, has anybody already tried this?

 

[Fett]

Anyone?

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Do you mean inside the interior molding? You can pretty much put speakers anywhere YOU can put them...if that's what you mean. It might be better if you dynamat the insides under the interior panel...it would probably help the sound a lot that way.






Oh yeah, i've got some old school '80s Pioneer 6x9s in the back of my coupe

 

[Fett]

Yea, I want to mount them in the rear quarter trim panel, right above the molded arm rest.

I haven't pulled the panels and measured yet, so I don't know what size speaker would possibly fit...depth wise.