--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jonas P" <Delorean3543@xxxx> wrote: > I have heard of people on the list talk about speaker pods (or Q- > forms as we called them when I was in the car stereo business) that > fit in the lower kick panels of the DeLorean. Can anyone tell me what > vender has these and where I could see pics? > Jonas 3543 In the "Stereos" folder in the photos section, I have pics of the prototype pods that I had fabricated and installed down @ Garden Grove over 3 years ago. You can imagine the funny look I got when I told Don what I wanted. Before that, he'd always had people get smaller speakers, and put them in the dashboard. Which is where I put the tweeters. When I came to pick the car up, he said that the speaker set up had worked out really well. The picture doesn't really do the boxes total justice though. When getting in and out of the car, people don't notice them, so they don't look quite as out of place as they do in the photo I took. I just got that angle so you could see the entire assembly. Since that time, DMC GG now sells preformed pods, which you can see here: http://deloreancarshow.com/dcs-2002/2002-vendors/w-101-0145_IMG.jpg I haven't talked to anyone who's gotten these installed, so I'm not sure of how these new ones are installed (mine are anchored with screwes that go thru the carpet, and into the underbody), nor how far back they sit. My are right there next to the door sill so the noise isn't lost in the footwells. I also don't know if they will allow clearance for the trunk release cable. For me, they were right in the way, and so the latch handle had to be loosened, the cable slacked a little, and the pivot bolt double nutted to allow it to swing out for clearance. If you don't double nut the end, the handle can come loose, and flop off the pivot bolt. You drive, it flops around, hanging on the cable, and will break from the stress. That, and they can sometimes compete with road noise thru the floor pan has been the only downside to the speakers. I don't know if Curtis is on the list, or if any one has sat in his car with the doors closed, and the sound system on. But he has a really nice set of speakers located on the center console, next to the floor. I'm really interested in how these sound, and if the quality is good. That way, I could install an amp, and have the extra speakers there to balance the load of the current speakers, so they don't have to work as hard. http://deloreancarshow.com/dcs-2002/2002-02am/w-100-0037_IMG.jpg -Robert vin 6585 "X"