Active Crossover?

lol, believe me I am not the type to take things personal, especially a conversation about speakers or the like. I do appreciate what you've written. Another installer (friend who is helping me with the Demo car) agrees with a lot of what you have said so far. I understand what you have explained, however, you have to understand that I will have to use the 8" 8w3v2 subs either way, maybe not in the doors anymore though. I am thinking of possibly going with JUST the 3-way component set, custom molded into the door panels. I have to take a better look around and see where I can mount the 8" subs now. Having the 8" in the footwell as kick pods sound like a good idea to you?I have taken the time to provide you with some pics of the progress so far, enjoy:We are currently awaiting the arrival of our 3rd 50 sq. ft. roll of sound deadener. This will be enough to finish the trunk area, and provide a 2nd layer on parts of the passenger's side location, just like the driver's side is covered.This should give you a better idea of the space that we have to work with. Very limited, but very possible.-Alex

Great, so why aren't my pics showing up?

Could you please post a pic of the other side of the stock bose subwoofers? I'm curious what they look like.

blazinls1 wrote: Great, so why aren't my pics showing up?

Here's why.

Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.

lol nice one 'stevdart'.

Here is a SEPERATE WEBPAGE with all the picture links: https://i-mobiletech.atspace.com/C5.htm

Any comments/ideas about this?

Why not make a custom enclosure for the 8's and put them in the space between the driver and passenger seats? Something like this...

It's interesting that you mentioned the new idea. I have looked over the entire car with my co-installer, and we've decided to put the 8" absolutely NOWHERE near the front of the car. We're actually going to put them at the corners of the trunk (about 1 foot behind the back of the seats). Take a look at the layout pics:

Won't they just cancel eachother out that way?