I put Advent 10"'s in the front door bottom.  Built a box that fills
the footwell.  These, plus Infinity CS-5", tweeter, 3 amps and
active crossover sound pretty good.

Jpg's on request.

- Frank

 >At 10:57 AM 3/18/1996 -0600, Porter_Fred%PAX9@mr.nawcad.navy.mil wrote:
 >>Has anybody else put larger door speakers in the v-gon doors?  I don't 
 >>really want to move them down further for fear of kicking them.
 >
 >Actually, my installer claims that the best place to install speakers is in
 >the kick panels, down in the bottom outside corners.  This comes closest to
 >equalizing the speaker->listener distance.
 >
 >>One further question:  what kind of aftermarket sound systems have list 
 >>members installed in the v-gon?  I was thinking 5.25 mid/tweeter separates 
 >>in the doors, a 3 way amp driving them and an 8" woofer in the board under 
 >>the rear bench.  Then at a later date, adding another 2 way amp driving 
 >>6x9's in the airconditioning unit where the rear 4" speakers are.
 >
 >Great topic for discussion, since I'm slowly upgrading the sound in my van.
 >I got a PPI 4x25 amp installed recently, as well as a Sony CDX600 head unit.
 >The speakers that I want are the next (and very expensive) step, one I
 >probably won't make this year, with Inuvik on the horizon.
 >
 >Can you fit 6x9 speakers in the air conditioning unit?
 >
 >One problem I keep trying to figure out is how to install speakers so that
 >the sound is great from both the driving and the sleeping positions.  I
 >think it's near impossible without a HUGE budget.
 >
 >Ron
 >
 >P.S.  Remember Inuvik!  http://www.chaco.com/~coyote/trek/
 >--                                       
 >Ron 'Coyote' Lussier         /\_/\      ____             Chaco Communications
 >(408) 865-0657              (     )     \ _/__        10164 Parkwood Drive #8
 >coyote@chaco.com             \   /       \X  /       Cupertino, CA 95014-1533
 >(1990 VW Westfalia Camper)    \_/          \/    http://www.chaco.com/~coyote
 >

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