Speaker in sliding door

[Slunkie]

Has anyone attempted putting a speaker in the sliding door (T6)? There is a 6 pin contact strip which may enable a speaker to work when the door is shut but looking at the wiring diagrams all the pins are already in use even on a standard, non-motorised door. Is that correct?

Perhaps an aftermarket 2-pin contact strip could be fitted...

Seems like a fair bit of bother but there doesn't seem to be any other sensible locations for rear speakers in a Kombi without some ugly pods hanging off the walls somewhere.

 

[Dellmassive]

I've not seen that done before.

As you say the OEM contact is already used.

And motorized door has the gear in the c pillar.

So you would have to fit a new contact.

It could be worth reaching out to our audio guru & trade member @Absolut5 for advice.

 

[Ads_Essex]

Power was discussed in this thread but nothing further was posted

Power in sliding doors

Hi, has anyone ever fitted a USB charger point in a sliding door ? Not sure if I can pick up a constant 12V live from the door contact? any advice on wiring would be great Thanks

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[DXX]

If you have sliding windows make sure the speaker is either waterproof or shielded.
IMO I can’t see why it would be worth the effort, when the door is open the speaker will be aiming at the body.

 

[Slunkie]

Yeh you're probably right and there's probably a reason why nobody else has done it. Thanks for the advise so far all.

 

[Absolut5]

I've not seen that done before.

As you say the OEM contact is already used.

And motorized door has the gear in the c pillar.

So you would have to fit a new contact.

It could be worth reaching out to our audio guru & trade member @Absolut5 for advice.

Answered pm

 

[Pauly]

IIRC the T6 uses a 6 pin pillar connector but the 6.1 uses an 8 pin
Maybe you could swap and have 2 spare pins ??

 

[stick]

If you have sliding windows make sure the speaker is either waterproof or shielded.
IMO I can’t see why it would be worth the effort, when the door is open the speaker will be aiming at the body.

I hope to do this as I have the splitter bulkhead and the twin doors would make a good mounting point, can't see why you would need the doors open I listen with them shut as use my van a car really. lol......The bulk makes the cab nice and quiet and thing the system with the rears would be good,

 

[Absolut5]

with Kombi Bulkhead

 

[stick]

Absolut5 , thats a nice idea thanks

 

[Slunkie]

I'm going with the option above following some helpful advice from Jason @ Absolut5.

One thing he mentioned that really put me off the sliding door idea was that with the low voltage signal to the speaker, a door contact solution may be prone to a poor/intermittent connection which I guess would be worse when it's cold/wet.