foam baffles for door speakers?
 

I'm not sure if anyone has used these before but do these really improve sound quality? Or is it more just for protecting the speaker from water in the doors? It seems like such small volume for say, a 6.5" speaker.

Picture of foam baffle:
http://www.parts-express.com/images/.../260-788_s.jpg

Yeah I have used them before in the past mostly for protection from moisture. They are too small as far as a baffle goes - you'd be better off just sound deadening the whole door and making proper spacers for the mid.

hmm I guess I rather just sound deaden the door. Wanna PM me some prices for some sound deadener? :D

Done!

I've used these foam baffles myself years ago because of the water issue. It ended up kinda suffocating the speaker and making them sound pretty bad.

If you have a basic basic coaxial and don't care too much about sound quality then these would do.

Most speakers sound better when custom installed (sound deaden + spacers + etc). When making a spacer there's usually ways an installer can build some sort of water shield to help prevent water dripping on the back of the speaker.

I usually cut the bottom 1/3 of it out so that it is protected from dripping water above, but still 'open'

update.

so i took my speakers out today and they were soaked!! omg and i put my crossovers in the doors too.. 1 year of dampness = all my terminals have corrosion SIGH! I'm gonna have to pull the gun on these baffles for the speakers and put my crossovers somewhere other then the doors.

Sponsors do you sell these?

We can get them.
Why don't you mount the crossovers on the inside of of the door panel (between the metal and the door card itself)? Its a lot less damp there.

I think I'm gonna ghetto it and use 1/2 a plastic container to protect the speaker. As for the crossover between the door panel and doorcard, there's just no room for it. I can't seem to find a "nook" to put it in so I think I'll have to run some wires thru the factory grommet (pain in the ass since its a molex connector) and put it under my seat or something :S. Have you done an install on a Mazdaspeed3 before and run into this problem? Help a noob please :cry:

Ah yes, the Mazda 3's are a pain for crossovers so yeah, good plan to run a new set of wires through the boot. We've done that on these cars before so to us its not too bad. :)

Mike

Anyone build speaker baffles with aperiodic membranes before?
It's something that I've wanted to try before but never had.