I have a 93 GLE and was thinking about using waveguides for my front stage. Anyone have any experience w/ these. I think I'll want to put a good, strong midbass in the door as well. What is my best bang for the buck?

 

not sure, but you most likely have a 93 gxe. they didnt make gle's in 93

 

Which wave guides were you planning on using? I've looked into putting some Image Dynamics full-sized horns into my 94 gxe, but there was now way I could make them fit without cutting into the firewall. If you use their minihorns, which are a little shallower, you should be able to fit them in. As far as midbass goes, I put a pair of 8" midbass drivers in my doors on a custom baffle. I took out the old plastic baffle that the original 4x6 was mounted on and traced out a template onto a thin piece of mdf, then cut the speaker hole. After that, I added another mdf ring on top of that to build up the height a little bit. By building it up this high, I was able to retain full use of my windows while still mounting an 8" driver in the door.

I used in Image Dynamics IDQ8, but if you want something with a shallower mounting depth, you might want to take a look at the Illusion Audio ND-8. It's a little costlier, but its mounting depth is around 2.5"

Also, if you go with an 8 in the door, I highly suggest you seal and dampen it very well. I used about 80 square feet of this no-name brand version of Dynamat Extreme. (2 layers over entire outer door skin, 2 more on inner door skin, 1 on back of door panel, with about 3-5 more directly behind each speaker...all in all about 20lbs. of vibration dampener) It works just as well for a fraction of the cost. Before I put it in, my door rattling was almost as loud as the speaker, but now the rattling is non-existent. In fact, I've been able to cut down the road noise in my car far enough that my car running at 85-90 mph sounds like my friend's '97 SE running at 55