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If I remember correctly, they had a 3" mounting depth. Using 1/5" MDF will increase the Tour's 2.75" mounting depth to 3.25" leaving just enough depth.

You'll have to make a baffle anyways for the speaker to fit in the 6x8" opening.

I'm lookin into this and as an audio newbie I'm wondering something. on your component system where does the midrange sound come from? the tweeters? What I'm considering is either a setup with the woofer, tweeters and Xover in the front and just the woofer and Xover in the back or the whole thing w/tweeters and all in the back too.

Topgunz,

The crossovers listed cross over at 4000Hz. The tweeters will play down to there, and roll off below that. A good 5.25 or 6.5" driver will play just fine from 40Hz to 5000Hz.

The idea of just using 4 mids and 1 set of tweeters is something I play to do as well and should work just fine. If you don't like how it sounds after you install just the midranges, you can always add the rest later.

Aaron

Having overpowering rears will mess up your front soundstage.

I'd personally never put another set of tweeters behind me. In fact, I'm thinking of disconnecting the rears altogether to really anchor the front soundstage. IMO, "rear fill" sounds like crap unless you've got a DSP to create actual surround sound for the rear speakers to generate.

But, everyone's got their own tastes. These components are cheap enough to experiment with, so why not give both ways a try? Find out what suits your own personal tastes best.

Alot of IASCA guys use rear fill using a midrange speaker running like 3000-8000hz and thats it. Its a nice touch for the soundstage, but people riding in the rear are bored with it very quickly.

actually, the IASCA guys usually will run from about 2-300 hz up to 5-8000hz. 3-8khz would best be acheived with a tweeter only.

I ordered a pair of pioneer TSA6865's from autotoys, I'm probably going to run them in the front and stock in the back, then later maybe build one of these component sets for the rears.

I am about to order the componet set up do I need anything else?

You'll just need some speaker wire and some 1/2" MDF to make an adapter/baffle to mount the woofers in the doors. You'll also need a very small flathead screwdriver to tighten down the screws in the crossover as they're very recessed and small.

I'd also consider using some dynamat (or cheap dynamat alternative such as ice guard) on the doors. It will help to deaden any vibrations and improve bass response.

Are you planning on using an amp? I'm very pleased with the components especially when pushing them with the $80 3ch amp I picked up from Crutchfield (37x2 and 75x1). Pick up a cheap, efficient suf and you're system is complete!