How to Install Speakers into Mini Doors.

[Fhrx]

Hey there guys. Over the last few weeks I’ve had a few people ask me to do a tutorial on how to install speakers correctly into the doors of the newer Mini. Therefore without further ado, this is the step by step procedure for installing speakers in the doors correctly.

Step one: Take one original door complete with factory moulded plastic base speaker. Take plastic off and remove residue.



Step two: Apply sound deadening to outer skin.



Step three: Add diffuser panels behind the speaker. Tie the factory speaker wires back up to the loom as you'll be running aftermarket ones.



Step four: Run aftermarket speaker cables through the door loom tube.



Step five: Sound deaden inner skin and remove air bubbles. Seal spacer onto door. Leave enough clearance for door handle and lock control rods to move freely. Also leave a little deadening around the top of the speaker hole to act as a 'roof' against water when it rains.



Step six: Create the spacers. These should be thick enough to allow the window to operate without fouling on the rear of the speaker.



Step seven: Make sure the midrange has a gasket because there is little use in going to all this trouble and then having no seal on the door itself. Solder the trimmed speaker wires onto speaker. Don't use crimp terminals because their two best traits are falling off and creating resistance.



Step eight: Heat shrink around the terminals to protect them. Unlike electrical tape, heat shrink will not begin moving after a couple of months.



Step nine: Screw speaker onto spacer. Make sure you seal around the baffle and place a gasket between the speaker and the baffle in order to keep the bass strong.



There you have it; one Mini door done, Fhrx Studios style. Sometimes we make a 6mm MDF plate to completely cover the hole in the center of the door. Other times we open it up like the image shows. All depends on the speaker you’re installing


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