Custom Door Panels or Grills?
#1
Custom Door Panels or Grills?
I guess my thread got eaten by the angry server monster. To summarize again:
Has anyone made custom door panels or custom pods for their door speakers?
I'm thinking about cutting out the plastic grill out of the door panel and replacing it with a fiberglass pod which has mounts for a 6.5" mid and a 1" tweeter (component set). Basically like kick-panels for doors. It could be sealed or vented, probably vented, and could be smoothed and painted to match interior trim. The benefit would be 1) getting the tweets close to the mids for better phasing and 2) getting proper angle mount for tweets/mids for better imaging..
Any thoughts?
Obviously, I'm going to try to make this BEFORE I go hacking up my door panel
Has anyone made custom door panels or custom pods for their door speakers?
I'm thinking about cutting out the plastic grill out of the door panel and replacing it with a fiberglass pod which has mounts for a 6.5" mid and a 1" tweeter (component set). Basically like kick-panels for doors. It could be sealed or vented, probably vented, and could be smoothed and painted to match interior trim. The benefit would be 1) getting the tweets close to the mids for better phasing and 2) getting proper angle mount for tweets/mids for better imaging..
Any thoughts?
Obviously, I'm going to try to make this BEFORE I go hacking up my door panel
#4
Originally Posted by maxcosity
I guess my thread got eaten by the angry server monster. To summarize again:
Has anyone made custom door panels or custom pods for their door speakers?
I'm thinking about cutting out the plastic grill out of the door panel and replacing it with a fiberglass pod which has mounts for a 6.5" mid and a 1" tweeter (component set). Basically like kick-panels for doors. It could be sealed or vented, probably vented, and could be smoothed and painted to match interior trim. The benefit would be 1) getting the tweets close to the mids for better phasing and 2) getting proper angle mount for tweets/mids for better imaging..
Any thoughts?
Obviously, I'm going to try to make this BEFORE I go hacking up my door panel
Has anyone made custom door panels or custom pods for their door speakers?
I'm thinking about cutting out the plastic grill out of the door panel and replacing it with a fiberglass pod which has mounts for a 6.5" mid and a 1" tweeter (component set). Basically like kick-panels for doors. It could be sealed or vented, probably vented, and could be smoothed and painted to match interior trim. The benefit would be 1) getting the tweets close to the mids for better phasing and 2) getting proper angle mount for tweets/mids for better imaging..
Any thoughts?
Obviously, I'm going to try to make this BEFORE I go hacking up my door panel
#6
Originally Posted by maxcosity
Damn, looks nice!!
How does it stay on? Did you cut a hole in the oem grill on the door panel for the magnet/basket to stick through?
How does it stay on? Did you cut a hole in the oem grill on the door panel for the magnet/basket to stick through?
Thanks. Actually the black piece surrounding the speaker is a piece of mdf wood which has been covered in black vinyl. The original speaker grille has been totally removed. This piece of mdf uses the same screw holes that the stock grille used to attach to the door skin. The speaker it self is mounted to the mdf panel. I am going to be removing this however, as there is a lot of flex in the door skin in which the panel is mounted to, and this inturn causes for a lack in midbass responce. I want to try real kickpanels out.
#7
Originally Posted by maxcosity
Damn, looks nice!!
How does it stay on? Did you cut a hole in the oem grill on the door panel for the magnet/basket to stick through?
How does it stay on? Did you cut a hole in the oem grill on the door panel for the magnet/basket to stick through?
#9
Originally Posted by maxcosity
The grill is removable, eh? Damn, on the 5th gens, it is part of the lower door panel... grrrr...
Yes it is removable. I have noticed an increasing trend with the newer cars not being able to integrate aftermarket stereos as easily as before.
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