new center channel

Finally got a center channel in. Its a 3" mid (ES-03) and 1" tweet (FNX). any recommendations on crossover points and or volume levels (really anything i should or would want to know about going to 5.1) I know i have a lot of tuning but it should be fun. Let me know what you guys think about the pics:

Cut the hole for the speaker. i wanted it as small as possible so it barely cleared the magnet.... i ended up having to make a slot for the wires thou


I didn't get any pictures of the speaker ring but it had a roundover instead of being flat and had a kurff cut so it would bend with the dash. Nothing major just a slight bend BUT it made a huge difference in the end result. These pics are in mid sanding thou, the ring was fiberglassed to the dash popped off and i snapped some pics after the first stage of sanding



After looking at it on the dash half way ready i realized the orange wasn't going to work... So i painted the speaker while the final sanding and stuff was being done


Soldered and heat shrunk the wires to the ES-03


All done






On to the sound dampening: I forgot to take some pics of the piece on the very front of the dash but rest assured it got the second skin treatment















On the dash from the factory was a cotton piece to keep the dash from rattling on the ac vents. I put 2 layers of rattle pad in its spot to do the same. the rattle pad is much more dense and an overall better product so it should do well

Nice job.

thanks man. I still haven't got it running 100% but soon... i don't have the space to fit all the amps i've bought for everything yet. So i've been able to run either the center channel or the tweeters with the midrange midbass and sub. Both options sound surprisingly good i really cant wait to get everything up and going, just been busy. not enough time