How hard to install a deck in a door

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Topic: How hard to install a deck in a door

Posted By: lil_mikey
Subject: How hard to install a deck in a door
Date Posted: October 11, 2003 at 11:43 AM

In a door??

My buddy wants it put in his driver side door..

What are the steps/procedures of doing this?

Will it be really hard and complicated?

Any help would be great!

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Posted By: MAXST
Date Posted: October 11, 2003 at 11:54 AM

Fiberglass...lots of it. wood braceing and frame. chicken wire for form....thats all i can think of.

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Posted By: Chris Luongo
Date Posted: October 11, 2003 at 3:43 PM

By the time you run all the RCA cords and antenna wire into the car, that's going to be quite a bundle of wires to deal with.

There may be some other options, although not exactly what your friend is asking for.

--Mount the actual deck hidden in the car, like under a seat, but mount the faceplate in the door. You can carefully extend all the wires going to the faceplate....some radios will tolerate a longer extension than others. I think you can find an example of this at www.installer.com.

--Buy a Sony radio, for which you can buy a separate control panel, designed for boats. Mount the control panel in the door.