Speaker location

[basement]

I want to install a set up 6.5" in the door panels of my Challenger and am curious how to run the wires without having them bend and twist and eventually breaking? New autos already have electrical components in the door that you can just run your wires through the existing rubber boot or gromment. What have you guys done to protect the wiring as it makes the transition from the body of the car to the door? Also, is there enough room in the door panel for a 6.5" by 2.5" deep speaker?

[Scatterbrain]

Mine were done this way by the previous owner.  The wire just goes under the panel under the dash and out to under the door panel.  It held up for the last few years.  That wasn't the bad part... the guy put the speakers in the way of the window crank so there is no way to roll down the window (the crank will hit the speaker) unless you leave the crank loose enough to get around it.  I finally found some speakers that looked good without the speaker covers so the crank could clear them.

[basement]

I'm assuming there's enough room behind the panels for a 2.5" deep speaker?

[the_engineers]

I added the rubber boots to my car so that I could run my power window wiring.  Go to a junkyard and look for mid-90's Ford Rangers.  They typically only have a boot on the driver's side, so you'll need to find two of them.  The hole in the side of the cowl is 2" and the hole in the door was 1 3/4".

I borrowed a Harbor Freight hydraulic punch press to do this and will never again attempt a hole saw.

[thesado]

 
 

[PlumCrazyChris]

This is a neat option I was looking at.  There are several types of this type of system out there too. 

http://www.carolinacustom.com/pages/product_pages/door_jamb_wire_eliminators/door_jamb_wire_eliminators_page.jsp

Chris

[bb71challenger]

I added the rubber boots to my car so that I could run my power window wiring.  Go to a junkyard and look for mid-90's Ford Rangers.  They typically only have a boot on the driver's side, so you'll need to find two of them.  The hole in the side of the cowl is 2" and the hole in the door was 1 3/4".

I borrowed a Harbor Freight hydraulic punch press to do this and will never again attempt a hole saw.

I have not installed my door speakers yet but since I added power windows to my car and drilled out the holes that seems like as good a place as any. Rubber grommets installed inside the drilled out holes like those mentioned above will keep the wires from fraying against the edge of the hole.