Sedan Door Panel Deadening

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NTH,

For your boot, why don't you order the cover from one of the vendors on Yarisworld? I know that Ken over at sparks Toyota will do whatever he can to help.

You could also get the foam cut well enough to cover the deadening. The nice thing is that the foam is stretchy. It cuts easily but doesn't cut straight because of the give...if that makes sense.

As for the wheel arch, my biggest concern at this moment is the floor pan (including the firewall) and the trunk. After those it'll be the back deck, the roof, and then the dash. By that time I should have the component set. I'll be concentrating on the door panels after modding them with my little install trick. The panels will be HEAVY no doubt. After all this, the system will be in the car and I'll see (or rather hear) how all the resonances reveal themselves with all that power going to the component set. Technically I'll have more power available to the components than the subwoofers (with the way I'll have the woofers loaded). I'm actually a bit anxious to move into the pro categories so that I can have the Exile guys modify the amplifiers...I've seen what they've done to the old PG ZPA and Ti amplifiers...

I'm sure I'll see something interesting when I take out the carpet in the front. I'm really interested to see that dead-pedal removed to see what the driver's side kick looks like overall, the room behind and around the panel are going to be VERY important. I really don't want to go down to the 3" midrange due to the extent of weight and construction time it would add to me putting it up in the a-pillar with the tweeter. It will also add a LOT of weight that the airbag would have to push out of the way if it ever needed to deploy. This midrange is THE focal point of the three way set...seeing as this speaker will be playing the most sensitive range of music that the human ear perceives.

Be ready to take notes on the kick when it happens. This is THE make or break part of the entire install speakerwise.

This whole project is taking up all my free thoughts. All I want to do is work on it, day in and day out. It's a sickness...