Anyone stuff large speakers into their front doors?

I'm fighting my through fitting an 8" midbass into the front doors without cutting the front (visible) side of the door panels up. Anyone have any experience/tips?
I've got the 1.5" spacer rings made, now to beat the inner door skins in a little to get an extra 1/4" clearance while maintaining magnet-glass clearance. Oh- had to use a grinder with cutoff wheel to remove a little material to move the drivers down and forward a little too, but it's coming along