Greetings all.

I have myself a pair of Eclipse 3 way, 6.5" speakers to be installed in a barina. I nice 1.5" up on the standard 5" farters.
Now, after getting sick of the visual eyesore and complete lack of bass (I bought these and originally installed for an extreme treble bias), I'm now going for more bass, and a better install.

I've got myself Fibreglass, self-expanding foam, and some cardboard to build the pods and reinforce 'em on my door panels. Now, the question comes in to you folks, what is the best way to maximize bass and midbass response from these?
I'll be powering them thru an amp for that extra bit of clarity...
Should I look at building a 'tube' shaped, fully enclosed speaker cavity? As in, running the wires from speaker out, and then totally sealing behind it to give a completely sealed tube, or should I leave the back open, seal off majority of the area with sound deadening/foam/tape within the door cavity, and leave a single port open a little way along to allow for th ebass frequency to bounce around and develop, before blowing out in a decent size wave?

Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Properly sealed and sound deadened doors should do the trick. Mind you, you wont be able to get much if any sub bass from those speakers, if that is what you are expecting.

Of course not, I don't expect to get any sort of sub bass or GOOD bass response. I'm not after kick, just the actual bass guitar frequencies (I listen to rock and am a bassist).
So, don't seal the pods, leave open, but make sure door is sealed and deadened?

Yes, youi must let the speakers 'vent' into the door cavity for maximum proformance. This artical should help explain http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/content.php?contentID=19