I'm soon to install my Type X splits in my front doors and am after a bit of advice. I have attached some pics from a Type R install which I think I will be using as a guide.

Basically a mdf ring and backing plate is attached to where the original 4inch speaker was mounted and then the new speaker is attached to the mdf ring. I'll try and get some sound deadening in there whiles the door skins are off also.

The main reason I looked at this was I dont really want to screw the speaker straight into the door panel, and on the other hand I dont want to chop my door/change the lines of the door.

Any advice/ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Jason

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I have recently done very similar to one side (yet to to the other) of my GF's supra.

I installed Peerless HDS phase lug 6inch mids though.

First was to strip the door down, ie door card, undo the power window motor, and some of the arm rest brackets so they are out of the way. Remove the plastic sheet also.

Then cleaned inside the door skin (outer) with presol and applied Dynamat Exteme panels to all I could get to.

After this I then made templates to fill the two larger holes, one towards the rear of the car and the one that the power window motor/cables feed into also. Both from 6mm MDF

Then I set about the large/front speaker panel. Using 6mm MDF I made a panel to cover and 'seal' as much of the larger opening as seen in your pictures. I had a couple of 6.5inch mid rings made from 18mm MDF that I fastened to this panel with a single screw for starters, and trial fitted the card back over the door to make sure the MDF ring was centred on the speaker hole in the door card. Once happy I screwed and glued it through the back of the 6mm MDF and cut out the inner shape of the ring from the 6mm MDF to create a cavity.

I then followed the tute on this forum about sound deadening doors and layed a matrix of duct tape over the holes totally sealing them(or as best I could) before inserting the MDF panels and again sealing over the top of them with Duct tape. Once happy with the seal I put more dynamat extreme over the whole inner door panel and sealed the newly placed panels with the deadener sheets.

Once I was happy I had most of the door sealed I ran some speakers wires to the speaker and poked them out the speaker hole, put some closed cell foam sealing tape on the MDF speaker ring and then put the door back together and fitted the door card.

Once all together I put the speaker OVER the door card and actually clamped the door card air-tightly to the closed cell foamed MDF ring with screws. This looks very neat and tidy, and once I change the screws for black ones will be a very smooth looking install. I am not using grills for the moment, but will look into making some custom 'rod' grills at a later date to stop VEY stray kness peircing themselves on the phase lugs

I'll try and get a bit of a picture diary together when I do the drivers side

There's a DIY on Supraforums...

This could help:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/suprasoniq/.../attachment.pdf

Wow thanks for the info

Hi I pulled the skins off my doors today (1st time I have had some spare time) and have encountered a couple of problems. The previous owner has removed the factory enclousure and simply screwed some ply to the the door wherever he felt necessary.

Now since the factory enclosure is gone, there is nothing to seal the speaker of from the rest of the door. I am using the template that XHELL kindly supplied, so mounting isnt an issue. What are you recommendations to form some sort of an enclosure in the back?