there's nothing you could have done , the seal that's on the out side of the car just stays there during the pulling off of the inside door panel it doesent get effected at all by whats going onin the inside of the car (( it would be like saying after you put your backpack in the rear of the car you noticed 10 miles to the gallon less ))

it depends on where you live and how you treat the car

was the car in wreak before ? if so then they might have not fixed it right
are you in cold weather? if so then the cold gets to panels of cars , just look at a car from up north or east , they get rust on them and weak plastic parts
are you in warm or hot weather? if so then heat kills

if you take care of your car like waxing it , washing it , and maintaining it ( for example a bird craps on your car and you clean it before it gets dry ) then your car panel's will betaking care of ,

i worked on this guys car in the bay one time it was a 1970 challenger and it was in cherry shape from the 70s because it was one owner and it was taken care of , i pulled the panels very carefully because they might crack , its a old care , didn't evan have to the panels still had flex in them .

 

So do u think maybe that water got in my doors before I even took the pannels off?

 

I have a 00 civic ex and the speaker grille pops right off. A small screwdriver between the grille and door and your golden. There shouldnt be any removing of the door panel.

 

You have to cut the basket out of the door pannel on a 00 civic lx becuase aftermarket spekaers wont' fit otherwise. Spacers wont' work becuase the design is not completley circular. So ya, u have to take off the pannels.

 

you can install the basket , spacers or Even speakers without taking the door panels off it might require extra hands but you can do it , the professional way is to take the door panel off that will cause it not to bend or scratch .

and to answer your question " So do u think maybe that water got in my doors before I even took the panels off? "

yes , there's noting you could have done unless you applied allot of bend to the door and i mean allot of bend , which i don't think you had to at all

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Ok, well I re took of my door pannels and put them back on, this time the right way, I even had a friend confirm it. Well it rained and a tiny little bit of water ran along the inside of the pannel. I don't think this is enough to cause any harm to the speaker however water could get on the crossover, so what If I did this for a solution. What if i put my crossovers inside my car and just ran them to the speakers in my doors. That way no component or wire will be on the bottom of the pannel where water can get it. Keep in mind the amount of water is rediculously miniscule. Think it could work?

 

So, I know it's 5 months since my last post, but I had to finish up this forum. I replaced my front window seals and that fixed the water leak problem. I have since then put my front speakers back in, and pu the speaker grills back on. I set up the input volume on my amp correctly, and I now enjoy excelent premium audio. I got the amplifier mounted to my back seat so everything is set up and installed. Thanks so much for everyones help.

p.s. I never wanna have to do this again. ha.

 

You never did add pics.......

 

i ment to, i actually had the pictures months ago when i started this thread but they have since gotten deleted. if u want i can take pictures of the speakers in my car.