Ford Edge Rear Door Panel Speaker Size
The Ford Edge rear door panel accommodates a 1 inch speaker size, 6.5 inch speakers, and 6x8 inch units. Compatible types across all configurations include tweeters, midbass, and full-range audio units. The specifications cover the 2007 to 2018 model range.
| Year | Type | Size (inch) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tweeter | 1 |
| 2018 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2017 | Tweeter | 1 |
| 2017 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2016 | Tweeter | 1 |
| 2016 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2015 | Tweeter | 1 |
| 2015 | Midbass / Full-Range | 6.5 |
| 2014 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
| 2013 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
| 2012 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
| 2011 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
| 2010 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
| 2009 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
| 2008 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
| 2007 | Full-Range | 6x8 |
Speaker Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Tweeter | A small driver built for high frequencies, typically from about 2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz. It adds treble detail and clarity and is usually mounted near ear level or aimed at the listener. |
| Midbass | A driver tuned for upper bass and lower midrange, roughly from 80 Hz to 500 Hz. It has longer cone travel than a full-range unit, which supports stronger bass in doors and panels. |
| Full-Range | A single driver that reproduces bass through treble without a separate crossover network. It is the simplest replacement option and is common in factory audio systems. |
Additional Notes
- The Ford Edge rear door panel accommodates speaker mounting within the door's inner panel cavity, a location that places drivers in close proximity to rear passengers while using the door's structural depth as the primary mounting surface.
- Door panel installations at the rear position speakers along the lower lateral sides of the cabin, an orientation that distributes sound horizontally across the passenger compartment rather than from a forward-facing stage.
- The 6x8 inch oval footprint is a non-circular format that fits mounting cutouts shaped to match the elongated dimensions of many factory Ford door cavities, allowing greater cone surface area within a constrained vertical space than a round equivalent would permit.
- A 6x8 inch full-range driver handles the entire audible frequency spectrum from a single cone, which in a rear door location means bass, midrange, and treble reproduction are all managed by one unit without the support of a separate high-frequency driver.
- The 6.5 inch round driver, when operating as a midbass or full-range unit in the rear door panel, handles lower midrange and bass frequencies effectively due to the cone area and excursion range typical of a driver of that diameter.
- A 6.5 inch midbass driver in the rear door is optimized for the frequency band roughly between 80 Hz and 500 Hz, reinforcing the lower registers of the cabin's audio reproduction from the rear lateral position.
- The 1 inch tweeter listed for the Ford Edge rear door panel handles high frequencies, generally above 2,000 Hz, where wavelengths are short enough that the small diaphragm produces adequate output without the distortion a larger driver would introduce at those frequencies.
- Mounting a 1 inch tweeter in the rear door panel places high-frequency dispersion at a low height and rear lateral angle, a geometry that differs significantly from dash or A-pillar tweeter placements commonly used for front-stage imaging.
- The pairing of a 1 inch tweeter with a 6.5 inch midbass or full-range driver in the same rear door panel indicates a 2-driver configuration per door, requiring the panel to contain 2 separate mounting locations or a coaxial arrangement within the same cutout.
- The transition from the 6x8 inch single-driver layout to a dual-driver configuration involving both 1 inch and 6.5 inch units represents a change in the physical mounting architecture of the Ford Edge rear door panel between the 2014 and 2015 model years.
- Full-range drivers, whether in the 6x8 inch or 6.5 inch format, are designed to operate across a wide bandwidth without an external crossover network, making passive crossover hardware unnecessary at the rear door location for those configurations.
- The rear door panel location is subject to vibration and acoustic coupling from the door skin, which can affect the performance of both low-frequency drivers and tweeters depending on the rigidity of the mounting surface and the presence of sound-deadening material in the door cavity.