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01-16-2006, 09:20 AM

Drew

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I have been doing some planning on my system and I just realized that my door panels need approx 1.5-2 inches of extra clearance. I have approx. 2.5 inches of clearance and the driver is approx. 3 5/8 inches deep. Any ideas on how to do this. I was considering glassing the door panel, but from what I have heard, this is not really a permanant thing, as it will crack over time because of the door slamming and temperature change. Any ideas/pictures would be appreciated.

01-16-2006, 02:05 PM

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Are you utilizing the factory spacer?

01-16-2006, 02:28 PM

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I haven't take off my door panel yet, but from talking to some other srt-4/neon owners, they had less than 3 inches of clearance with the window down.

01-16-2006, 05:51 PM

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i have the same problem in my grand am.i was told you can use longer bolts in the window track to space it back 1/2 to 3/4 inch. i have not tried this but you may be able to do soemthing like that in your car

if there is room between the door and the door pannel you could stick a mdf spacer in there. pm me if you need some

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01-16-2006, 10:09 PM

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if done correctly, I don't see any problems with fiberglass cracking over time...

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01-16-2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by SQ Civic:
if done correctly, I don't see any problems with fiberglass cracking over time...

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I also really don't want to deal with texture matching the panel...

01-17-2006, 12:54 PM

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Does anyone know how much depth you can squeeze into the door or a 2000+ neon/srt-4 without cutting or modifying the door panel too much?

01-17-2006, 01:35 PM

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hm, I never measured mine. My midbass dropped in and I never thought twice about it. They are only 2.25" deep though. I can tell you that with the factory spacer in place, a 1/4" abs mounting adaptor, and a few layers of brownbread in there, the woofer snuggles right up behind the panel so forget about adding much for extra spacers there.