Subs in kick panel?

[roundhouse]

This is my 16 yr old sons pickup ,

The PO chopped
Holes in the kick panels

I assume for speakers
Might as well use em

Should we put subs in here?

Or
Normal speakers?
We'd like to use the stock 1982 delco
For the old school look

We have leftover from another project Vehicle
Two Rockford amps and this other one
And a set of 3.5" speakers with some kind of crossovers perfect for the dash



Not going to put speakers in the corners behind the seat
His lacrosse stick will fit behind the seat  with no speakers




Should we get marine grade in case they get wet from the cowl Vent ?

Or use the waterproof foam
Liners ?

Holes are 5 1/4 across and 2 1/2 deep.

[DesertK20]

Those are nice speakers.  If it were me and I was faced with what you have, I'd probably purchase a set of nice kick-panel speaker enclosures, POR15 the entire area behind the kick panel and use dynamat or equivalent in that compartment.  If you're set on putting some speakers in the current location, once again I'd POR15 that entire area, make sure there were no water leaks in the fender compartment and once again dynamat or equivalent. 

I think either way those MB Quart's will sound awesome.

[sphinx]

Probably not enough air space in the kick panel for a sub to sound right.  Subs like a controlled air cushion behind them; either a sealed area of specific volume or a tuned enclosure with a port.  I have used both marine and regular automotive speakers in doors with similar results, you got to keep both from getting the moving coils wet.  Marine are not water proof; but they have built in design to help keep the moisture out.  Regular automotive door speakers from a reputable manufacture with moisture shields should work fine.  If you want bass, put a then mount sub under the seat if you can't give up any room behind the seat.

Like DesertK20 said, seal up the kick panels and put those MB Quarts in.  Should sound good.

[Da67goatman]

I would go with a decent 6.5 midbass in the kick panel and you can utilize your 3.5 in the factory location for the highs, use a decent 4 channel and set your crossovers right and you could have real nice sound without a huge box or subwoofer anywhere.