Ok, a few have asked me to make them kick-panel-speaker-enclosures like the ones in my Camaro, so I'm looking into doing these.
I want to know if those of you who have stick cars (like mine) are willing to cut the metal behind their kicks so they can be somewhat flush-mounted, allowing more foot-room. This is my plan as even with flat-mounting my Kappa 50.5's (2-1/16" depth) I still don't care for the footwell intrusion. Here is the current set-up, as flat as possible without cutting metal...

 

Another view....

 

If you are interested, PM me...

 

I like to have a kicker panel Pm me when you have some for sale I will buy them from you.

 

me too

 

Hey man!
I like that tweeter mount a little better than the ones you sold to me. Just so you know, I cut out some of the plastic part of the kick panel in the back towards the front of the car to let them have more air. Those Infinity's didn't like it too much in a totally enclosed super-small space because of the high Q on the woofers (I'm guessing cause it's not in the manual).... I still couldn't be happier, and they sound better than ever!

Steve

 

Pictures of mounting and "cut metal" ?

 

Thanks Steve! Good info on the mids, I'll try opening my own!

I don't have photos of this area but the metal behind the kicks has 2 or 3 large openings already (it's not structural) and has about 3-4" of additional depth available for speakers. The only other mod you would need to make is to move the VSS relay behind the D/S panel. As I move on this I'll post pictures...

 

Im interested. I dont mind cutting the sheet metal, but I would like to see the speakers angled towards the passengers a little more. Have you made any more progress on this?

 

Sorry for the lack of progress, mostly due to preparation for an upcoming engine swap. Yes, my current set-up annoys me still and I am looking for another set of kicks for a new set-up. I'm also considering swapping to Boston Acoustics separates as well. I'll update when I've made more progress on this.
For now, it's ZZ4 time!!!

 

I baught a set of kick panels theyre the nicest ones ive seen and i got them for $50cd other people are selling these hidious kick panels for like $300 i dont understand..

 

well, whered you get them?

 

It's because you're Canadian...

 

haha?

 

I baught them on ebay. they look like they came on the car stock and they fit perfectly ill try to get a picture.

 

Mine are angled perfectly out they're almost pointing at your face yet they keep lots of leg room, even by my clutch too.

 

Please get a pic! Thanks

 

Some people say you don't necessarily want the woofers/tweeters pointing at your face.

When you are in your house, do you always sit where every speaker is pointing right at your face? I sure don't... I rely on the off-axis sound reproduction... if you don't have good off-axis... then you have to make sure your head is always in the "sweet spot." It's rather annoying in my friends Ford Ranger with Infinity Kappa Perfect 5.1s where he did that with the tweeters... arg... annoying.