Kick panels with speaker holes?

ive had both the dual dash speakers and the kicks.

the dual dash speakers were OK. all they were really helful for was imaging. used a cheap set of dual cone speakers, with a pair of universal surface mount dome tweeters at the upper corners of the windshield. like i said, helped with imaging, and the mid/high were good,k but no lower end sound reporduction.

ive tried dual voice coil 4X10, dual 4 inch 3 ways, etc all in the factory opening.

what im running now is a set of stock kick panels, cut out to fit a set of blaupunkt components. 5.25 midbass, recessed mount tweeters. made a set of angled cups to mount the tweets, that way they pointed at you, not your feet.

the imaging in not that great, but they do sound much better. i think that my final audio system will be:
the componnt kicks
dual 4 inch in the dash,
6X9 deck
1 12 in the trunk.

head unit will run the dash and the deck, amps for kicks and sub.

hope this helps.

michael