Double-din radio housing for center dash and dash speaker blanks

[Daemoch]

My only concern for that is their weird Brazilian-sourced window crank mechanism. I hope it doesn't take up too much space down there inside the door. I wonder if the seats will have much going on under them either, I've heard people have some success with under-seat subwoofer boxes in single cab pickups:

Thats a stock location for subs in Range Rovers. One under each front seat. Works real nice.

 

[E90400K]

My only concern for that is their weird Brazilian-sourced window crank mechanism. I hope it doesn't take up too much space down there inside the door. I wonder if the seats will have much going on under them either, I've heard people have some success with under-seat subwoofer boxes in single cab pickups:

Door cavity depth is always a concern. Only way to know is measure once Slate gets out in the wild.

50 years on now, I have way better tools than in 1977.

 

[cadblu]

Door cavity depth is always a concern. Only way to know is measure once Slate gets out in the wild.

Judging from the bottom of the door panel in this picture, door cavity depth doesn't look very promising. Maybe 3-4" at best. A compact flush mount speaker might work. I'm not a fan of surface mount speakers.

 

[E90400K]

Judging from the bottom of the door panel in this picture, door cavity depth doesn't look very promising. Maybe 3-4" at best. A compact flush mount speaker might work. I'm not a fan of surface mount speakers.

4" depth should be good enough. The bottom of the window may not drop that far down in the door.

I'm going to go with electric windows, so maybe a 6-1/2" can go higher up on the door card. There's a lot of space in the dash. A nice 3-way component system. Woof's in the door, mid's in the dash, and maybe some surface mount tweeters on top of the dash firing into the windshield for good dispersion. Subs under the seats.

 

[MadKemist]

If there is an expert please correct me. I like how so many are wanting to keep the retro feel of the Slate with some really cool head units.

But I wonder if anyone has thought about a headless Bluetooth sound system? A Bluetooth receiver connected to an amplifier. From there it’s connecting the speaker configuration you want. This is the route I’m taking.

Speakers are an issue and may need some creative placing. With the latest a/v options there is mounting for speaker in the center dash. An idea but I’m not sure about sound distribution. I read posts about the classic door panel placement. There are way too many unknowns it soil be hard to decide until we have the truck in our garages. Another thought is something non traditional and mount L and R in the rear high on the rear posts. A sub under a seat and the amp someplace. I can imagine that attached to the wall of the cab.

I did use CoPilot to work through the details. So please forgive my errors.

 

[KevinRS]

If there is an expert please correct me. I like how so many are wanting to keep the retro feel of the Slate with some really cool head units.

But I wonder if anyone has thought about a headless Bluetooth sound system? A Bluetooth receiver connected to an amplifier. From there it’s connecting the speaker configuration you want. This is the route I’m taking.

Speakers are an issue and may need some creative placing. With the latest a/v options there is mounting for speaker in the center dash. An idea but I’m not sure about sound distribution. I read posts about the classic door panel placement. There are way too many unknowns it soil be hard to decide until we have the truck in our garages. Another thought is something non traditional and mount L and R in the rear high on the rear posts. A sub under a seat and the amp someplace. I can imagine that attached to the wall of the cab.

I did use CoPilot to work through the details. So please forgive my errors.

For dash mounted speakers, both a center speaker and left/right speakers can be selected in the maker.

 

[AZFox]

But I wonder if anyone has thought about a headless Bluetooth sound system? A Bluetooth receiver connected to an amplifier. From there it’s connecting the speaker configuration you want. This is the route I’m taking.

If you like BT it's a good idea that seems workable. Something like

• Bluetooth Receiver -> Amplifier
• 2-way speakers in the doors
  • Mid/bass drivers down low
  • Tweeters up high near the A-pillars
• Powered subwoofer behind the seat

Edit: It has potential to produce vastly superior audio compared to what's in the maker.