bustonit Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Hey folks, Back in 2003 I had a set of the Q-Forms kick panel enclosures. Seemed to be a good thing at the time, but times change. I am in the process of restoring my old car and have a three way front stage to put in. I really do not have available panel space to mount the woofers without going custom, and I am not hacking up my door panels. If I reuse the Q-Forms, this alleviates my mounting location issues. So the question remains, are the Q-Form kick panel enclosures a good idea or not? Thanks! Compiled components for spring '16 install: DEH-80PRS and AVH-2800BS...can't make up my mind.... 2 PRS D800 1 JL Audio Slash 600/1v3 Morel Tempo Ultra 602 w/ ADMW6 for front stage Q-Forms kick panel enclosures for tweets and mids JL 10" slot ported Bass Wedge ...looking into cables, connectors, and sound deadener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDrifter Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 If you use them for low frequency you'll want to deaden and reinforce them a bit. Else they work fine if they're available for your vehicle ~~~~~~~~SAY NO TO PHOTOBUCKET~~~~~~~~ Snow's DD-1 tracks here: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/167433-snows-dd-1-tracks/ My take on OFC vs CCA: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/110381-things-that-piss-you-off-in-the-car-audio-world/?do=findComment&comment=2461444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustonit Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 If you use them for low frequency you'll want to deaden and reinforce them a bit. Else they work fine if they're available for your vehicle Mids and tweets only. Woofer in the door. Cool. Compiled components for spring '16 install: DEH-80PRS and AVH-2800BS...can't make up my mind.... 2 PRS D800 1 JL Audio Slash 600/1v3 Morel Tempo Ultra 602 w/ ADMW6 for front stage Q-Forms kick panel enclosures for tweets and mids JL 10" slot ported Bass Wedge ...looking into cables, connectors, and sound deadener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroo Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 they still work and the principle is still the same. Trying to get equal pathlengths to the ears. If you have a set for your car, I would say use them. What seems to be cool now if a pillar speakers but you also see way more time alignment used. Back when q forms were being used alot, there was a lot less processing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolarbilz Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 What type of vehicle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 I used a pair in my 2001 Focus ZX3 with 5.25" midrange and 1.25" tweeters in them. I put two layers of deadener on the panels to help stiffen the plastic up a little bit. Then I ran my 6.5" woofers in the doors along with another set of tweets in 1". This was one of the best sounding front stages that I've personally ever heard. The staging and imaging were very very good. Everything was ran off a Sundown sax100.4 and 125.2, all the while lacking a little bit of power. The setup kept up very nicely with the 4 Sundown sa12's doing 154's on music. 2013 VW Jetta GLI 2.0 Turbo 1 Sundown Audio SCV2000 1 Sundown Audio X15 V2 1 XS Power D3100 Audio Control LC6i Stock Deck 146.4 sealed on the dash at 37hz 2001 Focus ZX3: RETIRED Team Sundown Audio, Team XS Power, 2 time NSPL Car 3601-Up Champion, 2 time NSPL Car Hardcore ChampionHighest NSPL Scores to date:154.3db on the dash sealed at 46hz, 156.2db in the kick at 46hz155.2db unofficial on dash at 43hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustonit Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 What type of vehicle? 2001 Ford Focus Street Wagon Compiled components for spring '16 install: DEH-80PRS and AVH-2800BS...can't make up my mind.... 2 PRS D800 1 JL Audio Slash 600/1v3 Morel Tempo Ultra 602 w/ ADMW6 for front stage Q-Forms kick panel enclosures for tweets and mids JL 10" slot ported Bass Wedge ...looking into cables, connectors, and sound deadener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Lightning Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Unless you are working on midbass, I'd stay away from the kicks and focus on the dash/a pillar area for midrange and tweets ... Just my suggestion Kenwood / HELIX / Linear Power (For The Love Of Music) / Brutal Sounds / OverKill Electric Co Questions About Sound Quality ?? Try Here ... Sound Quality, What does it REALLY mean ?? SMD SOTM Winner "White Lightning" 1997 GMT400 Chevy Silverado "The Green Dickle" 1994 GMT400 Chevy "Phantom Dually" Randal's 2007 Chevy Avalanche (we haven't named this one yet) Dylan's "Brutal" 17 Chevy Cruze RS Hatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustonit Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Unless you are working on midbass, I'd stay away from the kicks and focus on the dash/a pillar area for midrange and tweets ... Just my suggestion Thanks. For now, the initial install will use the kicks since I have them. Will go from there. See how it goes. Compiled components for spring '16 install: DEH-80PRS and AVH-2800BS...can't make up my mind.... 2 PRS D800 1 JL Audio Slash 600/1v3 Morel Tempo Ultra 602 w/ ADMW6 for front stage Q-Forms kick panel enclosures for tweets and mids JL 10" slot ported Bass Wedge ...looking into cables, connectors, and sound deadener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I still have the kick panels if you are interested in buying them. They are dark gray in color, so if that matches the interior you could save some money over paying retail. Let me know if you're interested and I will snap some pics and you can check them out. 2013 VW Jetta GLI 2.0 Turbo 1 Sundown Audio SCV2000 1 Sundown Audio X15 V2 1 XS Power D3100 Audio Control LC6i Stock Deck 146.4 sealed on the dash at 37hz 2001 Focus ZX3: RETIRED Team Sundown Audio, Team XS Power, 2 time NSPL Car 3601-Up Champion, 2 time NSPL Car Hardcore ChampionHighest NSPL Scores to date:154.3db on the dash sealed at 46hz, 156.2db in the kick at 46hz155.2db unofficial on dash at 43hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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