Front Door Sub Replacement

July 25, 2010

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Photos I took when I replaced the stock POS door subs with JL8W3s in my 2005.

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Looking from the front of the door panel, you can see the holes I cut to clear the new speaker.

Looking from the front of the door panel, you can see the holes I cut to clear the new speaker.

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Pieces of plastic that was cut out to clear the new speaker.

Pieces of plastic that was cut out to clear the new speaker.

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Mustang upgrades 003

Mustang upgrades 003

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Holes cut in plastic door sub enclosure to clear JL8W3V2 sub.

Holes cut in plastic door sub enclosure to clear JL8W3V2 sub.

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Other shot of clearance cuts in enclosure

Other shot of clearance cuts in enclosure

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Top view of hole cut with JLW8V2 installed.

Top view of hole cut with JLW8V2 installed.

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Fiberglass patch sitting in position on the larger hole.

Fiberglass patch sitting in position on the larger hole.

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Plastic bowl used to make fiberglass patch to clear new sub.

Plastic bowl used to make fiberglass patch to clear new sub.

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Another view of the bowl used to create the fiberglass patch.

Another view of the bowl used to create the fiberglass patch.

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Fiberglass patch mocked into position ready to be fiberglassed to the door panel.

Fiberglass patch mocked into position ready to be fiberglassed to the door panel.

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View comparing the stock and JL W8V2 subs...

View comparing the stock and JL W8V2 subs...

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The magnet on the stock "sub" is smaller than the voice coil on the JL W8V2 sub!

The magnet on the stock "sub" is smaller than the voice coil on the JL W8V2 sub!

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