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Hi Emond, yes it probably rains as much if not more than in the netherlands, although at the moment its all solid and white as we have a couple of inches of snow. Still much less than the 40cm I had in France last month!

Those JBL speakers have kevlar cones so don't suffer so badly from moisture as those with paper cones. I just used some thick plastic sheet taped inside the hole as a shield to stop any water falling directly on the speaker. You could even make a fibreglass or aluminium box to fit in the door or even just some kind of eyebrow shaped shield to fit over the speaker rivetted to the door to give it some shelter. In the future I may well make some custom pods to fit on the front end of the door to house some component speakers with the tweeters mounted higher up to give better sound. These would then be all inside the cab and I could then weld up the old holes.

I know crutchfields, a big us car audio supplier used to sell rubber boots in standard speaker sizes to fit the speaker in therefore waterproofing it. Sadly they don't ship outside the USA and I've just had a look for them and they don't seem to sell them anymore.