New Kicker Front Door Speakers

[Ozarkbeard]

Door panel removal was easy. The Kickers came with a wiring harness that was plug n play and a speaker adapter that matched the door panel speaker mounting holes. Buy from Crutchfield.

Thanks (PowerBass source noted).

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[Johnny maverick]

Just an FYI. If you're going to replace the front speakers buy some Dyna mat or something and do the doors. It makes a huge difference. I did the whole truck. Especially the back bed panel. I doubled up on that and upholstered with a feux suede before I installed the amp rack.

 

[GotKT]

I'm thinking of opening the front passenger door panel, just to try & find a rattle. How difficult is it to remove/replace the panel?

Also, I may replace the door speakers. Might as well, while I have the panel removed. Were the speakers plug & play? I've built home speakers, but never installed or replaced any automotive speakers.

Removing the panel is the easy part. Much harder to put it back; start at the top.
The rattle is in the passenger side door panel.
Stuff something under the plastic joints. I used paper towels. You can also use packing peanuts which are in the speaker packaging from Crutchfield.

 

[ValenciaOrange]

Did you put the speaker grill on or leave them off?

I left mine off.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Removing the panel is the easy part. Much harder to put it back; start at the top.
The rattle is in the passenger side door panel.
Stuff something under the plastic joints. I used paper towels. You can also use packing peanuts which are in the speaker packaging from Crutchfield.

Thanks. I plan to use some small pieces of dynamat a friend gave me.

I wouldn't recommend using the packing peanuts that Crutchfield uses for this. Last time I ordered from them, they were using biodegradable/compost-able packing peanuts made from plant material - corn, I believe. They break down and fall apart - especially when they get wet. Tons of youtubes about it.

 

[colinl]

Do this at a minimum. I'm considering getting back in there and adding another layer. If you don't have the factory cloth damper, definitely add some in that location as well.

This is Amazon basics. I would do a second layer with another product like killmat or siless.

 

[Decayed]

All I did was my front speakers, too. It was easy. My hearing isn't good enough to justify any more. It made a noticeable difference over the stock ones and that was good enough for me.

 

[wax87]

Do this at a minimum. I'm considering getting back in there and adding another layer. If you don't have the factory cloth damper, definitely add some in that location as well.

This is Amazon basics. I would do a second layer with another product like killmat or siless.

I also added O rings to the little white inserts to keep them from rattling.

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