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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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is there a reason why i cannot mount my cross over inside the actual door shell? is it due to moisture?

i searched thru the forum and saw that people are either mounting the cross over in the rear with their amps, or somewhere tucked into the interior panels.
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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Mine are "mounted" in the door (read thrown in and not secured down).
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Mine are "mounted" in the door (read thrown in and not secured down).
lol for how long? do you dd your car? any issues?
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 09:31 PM
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lol for how long? do you dd your car? any issues?
DD, was fine in my Camaro for a few months and has been fine in my Trans Am for a month or so. Camaro was a Vert, WS6 T-top.
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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I ALWAYS tuck them under the dash although a friend had them in an fbody for years wrapped up in a zip lock back hanging in the doors
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 10:17 AM
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Seal all seams on them with silicone or epoxy or something and spray battery terminal sealer on the connections and you will probably be fine. I still don't recommend it because I don't see a reason to do this.

If you are thinking about this so that you can use the stock speaker wires, though, then rethink it. That's half-assed. It is very easy to run wires through the channel on the door. It took me all of a few minutes per side to do on my Camaro.
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 05:13 PM
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Seal all seams on them with silicone or epoxy or something and spray battery terminal sealer on the connections and you will probably be fine. I still don't recommend it because I don't see a reason to do this.

If you are thinking about this so that you can use the stock speaker wires, though, then rethink it. That's half-assed. It is very easy to run wires through the channel on the door. It took me all of a few minutes per side to do on my Camaro.
i have my wideband controller under the driver dash, i don't want any interference from stereo equipment messing with my tuning.

i'll have to find somewhere else then.
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Most crossovers are pretty small and you should have little trouble sticking them under the dash somewhere, and some people have fit them behind the stock kick panels.
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I kinda prefer securing them inside the glovebox.
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mounted it in the rear along with the rest of the ****.

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