all i know is my infinity reference series kick *** without being in an enclosure...so if they will sound even better in one...i'll be needing to do some upgrades.

 

i'm not sure. when they car mag did a review they did the test in a room, not in a car. if you put a sheet of sound deadning on the door, the will help the speakers sound good too.

 

well blue, you know those Navy WAVEs love that ocean motion, and you will be protecting them from any unauthorized penetrations....

 

Hey guys, I was installing brown bread on my doors yesterday and I put in the baffles I got from Crutchfield. The verdict: Alpine "type S" speakers don't like enclosures

Anyway, I ended up cutting the baffles just so they protect against water splashes since this is a known problem in the 2nd gens.

I'll post a few pics to show you what I did in the end.


EDIT:

This is the passenger side door with the baffle uncut.
The speaker was "starving" (for lack of a better word in my dictionary).





This is the driver side... with the baffle cut. This is what the other one looks like, but I didn't want to take the speaker off after I tested it, so I took a picture of the right side before putting the speaker in.