Bringing this back up from the dead............... I have done this once........... and recently embarked on it for a second time but due to time constraints, the entire project got scrapped. I have been an IASCA SQ judge for many many years......... and I think I know what you are trying to achieve. both times I've gone down this road, the setup was a 3-way. I've not tried a two way in the kicks.

My first attempt had DLS 8" in the kicks, the 2.5 dome and tweet both up on the dash up against the window where the stock mid is. The 2.5" dome fired straight up and the tweeter fired across the window and slightly up. The tweeter and mid work very very well for staging and imaging. The 8" in the kicks had issues though. I think we were loosing midbass output in the foot well somehow. It never progressed beyond that as the vehicle was turned over to my wife........ so out came the system. I would have luv-ed more time to play with that problem........ although it also may have been the driver.

On the second go, 3" domes were going in the dash against the window and the tweets were to be custom mounted in the a-pillars. Instead of the DLS 8", the kicks were to get a really nice set of Rainbow 6.5" midbass drivers which are quite the bear to install as they are very deep. The rest of the gear was Pioneer P9, TRU tech amps (T03 4.150 and a C7.4 tube hybrid) and an enclosure built to accomodate two 12" built into the passenegr side rear wall (back end was completely gutted). Of note, if you're looking for places to hide gear, have a look under the spare tire where the battery is.......... and tear down that area beside the battery under all that black plastic. I was hiding my processor in that area along with a few other things !!

Regarding the kickpanel area, on the driver's side, that hood release is painful. I absolutely hated that piece of equipment. And I never did find a way to relocated it. If you can, life is a lot easier. I also gutted out the carpet foam under the foot rest as there's a pile of volume to be had there. The passenger side I think has some electronics to be relocated and the same foam can be gutted to gain some enclosure volume. Passenger side is a LOT easier to build.


Anyways, that's a bit of info......... hopefully some of it will be useful to you................