How much room behind kick panel?

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jeffreylucky1

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I am thinking about putting speakers in behind my kick panels.  How much room is there behind the panel?  Is it solid metal or is there room for a speaker magnet?  I really don't want to cut into the sheet metal.  

I have the MP reproduction kick panels with the speaker pods.  I can't get to my car to remove the kick panel right now and I've searched for threads and pics.  I want to see if the speakers I have will fit.

Yes, I know the parking brake will have to go or be moved.

Any pics or descriptions would be helpful.

It is a 71 convertible.  I'll post a pic of the car for your enjoyment. :) 

Thanks,

Jeff

 
I don’t know the answer offhand, but nice car man!

 
Here are pictures. A good one of the driver's side showing little to no room. The picture of the passenger's side show the subwoofer that I was able to fit in that space, so there is more space in the passenger's side. As a reference, the sub is about 2 3/4" thick and there is no more space than that. I figured that to add speakers you need the aftermarket kickpanels with pod and need to remove/modify the parking brake lever.

IMHO, you are better off adding 5x7 speakers to the doors.





 
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Thanks, guys! These should fit based on the pics posted. I cut the kick panels and mounted the JL Audio’s in the panels tonight. Tomorrow I shall cross my fingers that they fit, but the magnets are small and are located exactly where the holes are in the sheet metal.



 
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