I pulled the dash, and took some pics of the new 3-way component speaker locations.
Here is the driver side speaker location, which shows that a few things have to be relocated to get the speakers as far back as possible, near the firewall, to insure a long path-length.
The driver's side vent will be eliminated, making room for the custom grille that will cover the 3" midrange and 1" tweeter. The 9" midbass driver will be mounted in custom kickpanel pods.
Here is the shot of the passenger side speaker location. The HVAC will stay, but the dash brackets will be modified to accommodate the speaker pod.
The passenger side vent will be eliminated as well, with a custom grille made to cover the passenger's side speakers as well.
More to come on the speaker pods when they arrive...
On to the radio...
I am going to recycle a former dash kit with center channel that was made, and incorporate the custom piece into the Honda Accord dash.
Here it is being test fit in it's new home. :)
The old kit has the center channel angled up for better sound direction, and a custom grille over the center channel speaker. It currently houses a 4x6 speaker that has to go. The new center channel speaker will be fit into the existing frame, so we will modify it later. Here are some pics of the kit before the old vinyl covering is removed in preparation for the fiberglass.
Now, we must modify the existing OEM radio bezel, eliminating the ashtray, and cigarette lighter, to make room for the new dash kit and center channel.
When modified, and molded in, the new mount will be angled back slightly, as well as it will be angled slightly toward the driver to allow for the optimum viewing of the Alpine 7909 CD player. The pictures below show how the kit is angled.
The space below the new radio and center channel mount will be used for some sort of switch panel, or USB/AUX input with Ipod or something similar. :)
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