The front speakers are mounted in a baffle/enclosure that I made out of 1/2" mdf, tupperware and some second skin damplifier pro. The enclosure is mounted to the baffle with staples and then sealed with a bead of silicon. I then use a strip of damplifier to go between the wood and the plastice to further help to seal it. There are two round pieces of damping on the inside and the outside of the flat portion of the enclosure to prevent it from flexing, and I also used some insulated connectors that make it easy to disconncect. Finally to mount the speaker I used threaded inserts and machine screws so that the speaker could be easily replaced if needed.
The doors needed some damping love or they were going to rattle too much. I started by putting of couple of strips of second skin damplifier pro on the outer door skin. You can see the silver foil though the holes in the door panel. I have had my hands on almost every kind of sound damping material and this stuff is by far superior. http://www.secondskinaudio.com/vibration-mat/damplifier-pro.php?category=70
This was followed up with strips of luxery liner pro that coverd the door skin from top to bottom. This stuff is also great and highly recomended. http://www.secondskinaudio.com/noise-barrier/Luxury-Liner-Pro.php?category=72
Now to finish the door was a complete later of damplifier pro covering all the holes. This will help to keep road noise out and keep the good sounds in, as well as eliminate an rattles that might have been there before. Again if you had the second skin in your hand as well as extreme you would be able to tell the difference. You can also see the componants now mounted, I ran 4 conductor 12 awg wire through to them.
The door panels needed some freshening up, so while I had them off I recovered a couple of pieces with material that matches the center consol.
before after
Page 1 - exterior
Page 2 - system controls and monitoring
Page 3 - center consol subwoofer enclosure
Page 4 - look up
Page 5 - rear of the truck and amp rack
