MDF rings in my door
02-16-2006, 01:43 PM
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MDF rings in my door
I have a 4th gen 1997
I want to take out that plastic ****ty enclosure in my front door and put mdf there. What do i need to get? I saw at some sites selling 6.5" MDF rings i would have no problem buying them from a site, or someone who makes them on this site. I think i would need more then 1 ring on either side, no??
Any tutorials on this, or help would be greatfully appreciated.
i want it to stop rattling and get better midbass.
i will also be dynamating the car in spring time also so that should help also.
I want to take out that plastic ****ty enclosure in my front door and put mdf there. What do i need to get? I saw at some sites selling 6.5" MDF rings i would have no problem buying them from a site, or someone who makes them on this site. I think i would need more then 1 ring on either side, no??
Any tutorials on this, or help would be greatfully appreciated.
i want it to stop rattling and get better midbass.
i will also be dynamating the car in spring time also so that should help also.
02-17-2006, 12:45 PM
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Well besides actually making or getting them, i want to know what i should do with the plastic piece in the door.
Do i just unscrew this plastic thing and put 2 mdf rings in each door or do i take the plastic piece and put a ring on top of it?
Thats what i was getting at.
Do i just unscrew this plastic thing and put 2 mdf rings in each door or do i take the plastic piece and put a ring on top of it?
Thats what i was getting at.
02-17-2006, 05:13 PM
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I can make them, but I would need the speaker to set the proper hole size, not all speakers have the same diameter opening, so I dont make them and have them on hand ready to give out.
02-19-2006, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Cant_Get_Ryte
have a router 
broke the plexi window on it so whenever you use it it shoots damn fibrous pulp into your face at high velocity lOL and they work biya biya
broke the plexi window on it so whenever you use it it shoots damn fibrous pulp into your face at high velocity lOL and they work biya biyaisnt that the fun part though? Makes it feel like your actually working when **** is flyin everywhere...
02-19-2006, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by White Shadow
How much would you charge for a pair shipped to 77520? Are they 1.5" thick MDF? They are to fit CDT HD comps.
1.5" MDF? Never heard of such a thing. Nor ever the need for it.
02-19-2006, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Cant_Get_Ryte
must mean for both combined.... 3/4 is the usual... 1/2 is usable as well. mine are dual one of each due to differning magnet sizes ie depths. so i did one of each...
OT: gimme a call in about 20mins, Id like to get this order in sir.
02-19-2006, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by White Shadow
How much would you charge for a pair shipped to 77520? Are they 1.5" thick MDF? They are to fit CDT HD comps.
02-19-2006, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Pearl96Max
Hes in NJ and going with CDTs and Fleabay rings...
If you mean I should get in touch with you, I've been trying to contact you for weeks on every thread I post to. You never reply. What is the name of your shop??
02-19-2006, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 02maxxxSE
What's wrong with CDT?
If you mean I should get in touch with you, I've been trying to contact you for weeks on every thread I post to. You never reply. What is the name of your shop??
If you mean I should get in touch with you, I've been trying to contact you for weeks on every thread I post to. You never reply. What is the name of your shop??
Haved you tried a PM,email or phone call?
02-19-2006, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 02maxxxSE
I see awesome feedback on the HD-62s everywhere I go. Do you have a rainbow set for $300 that is better?
02-19-2006, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Pearl96Max
1.5" MDF? Never heard of such a thing. Nor ever the need for it.
I asked about that because it appears that maybe Cant_Get_Ryte's are about that deep. It's no problem though as it seems that it's not something you have interest in. Thanks anyway.
02-19-2006, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by White Shadow
.75" spacer + .75" spacer = 1.5" spacer. I asked about that because it appears that maybe Cant_Get_Ryte's are about that deep. It's no problem though as it seems that it's not something you have interest in. Thanks anyway.
I asked about that because it appears that maybe Cant_Get_Ryte's are about that deep. It's no problem though as it seems that it's not something you have interest in. Thanks anyway.I do understand how to add. But you made it sound like you could purchase 1.5". Which ive never heard of. Only up to 1"
02-26-2006, 09:01 PM
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Here's my $0.02...
Here's the ones I made in my GXE... 3/8" MDF portion attached to the door and 1/2" MDF portion attached to the speaker, glued together with wood glue, and screwed together with the speaker screws (Infinity Kappa 652.5i). I used a jigsaw to cut the shapes, and used the stock plastic speaker baffle (or whatever it's supposed to be...) to sketch the outline for the base of the speaker. Properly crossed over to remove the bass from all the door speakers (Infinity Reference 6002i in rear with same MDF baffles). Took me a couple of hours to do because I initially made it with 1/2" MDF for both "rings" and it didn't fit properly, so I was lucky to have had some 3/8" MDF left over from my trunk project, and everything fit perfectly after I tossed the 1/2" MDF portion that attached to the door. There were two problems that I ran into with this project; 1) the stock bolts from the stock speakers weren't long enough to reach through the 1/2" MDF "ring" and catch in the stock holes that were already in the door for those bolts. I didn't want to drill new holes in the door in order to attach the new speakers, so I figured out how to use the stock bolts from the plastic POS speakers, and everything has worked just perfectly since I got my system completed; 2) the screws from the speakers were too long to fit through the single 1/2" MDF ring, and I didn't want the speakers to start scratching my new tinted front windows, so I had to add the 1/2" MDF ring so that the speakers wouldn't interfere with the path of the window. I finished this project before the end of last summer, and everything has been sounding much better since!
Hope that helps, and good luck with your sound system! (BTW - Diamond Audio components are THE BEST speakers my ears have ever heard... I just couldn't afford the ones I heard, but they sounded AMAZING!!! I've never heard CDTs, but I've heard great things about them as well. My Infinity speakers sound pretty damned good for my ears and all four speakers cost me under $150 shipped (CarDomain.com sale last year). Everybody that's heard my system has been impressed - even my mom loves how my car sounds, and she was only sitting in the back when she heard it!!!)
02-26-2006, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Pit5Bull
Hope that helps, and good luck with your sound system! (BTW - Diamond Audio components are THE BEST speakers my ears have ever heard... I just couldn't afford the ones I heard, but they sounded AMAZING!!!
02-27-2006, 09:03 PM
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Pearl96Max...
Whatcha got, bro? I'm always interested in knowing what's out there, and I know you're one of the few resident audiophile pros, so I know that you know your stuff.
The Diamond Audio speakers I heard were installed in a 200? Cadillac Eldorado. I don't know what other speakers were installed in the car, but the place I had my DVD system installed at played a live music track from a CD that the owner had in the car and it sounded incredible. If there's a place I can listen to what you suggest here in L.A., I'll gladly go check them out and validate your suggestions.
I'm all ears, I guess you could say...
Whatcha got, bro? I'm always interested in knowing what's out there, and I know you're one of the few resident audiophile pros, so I know that you know your stuff.
The Diamond Audio speakers I heard were installed in a 200? Cadillac Eldorado. I don't know what other speakers were installed in the car, but the place I had my DVD system installed at played a live music track from a CD that the owner had in the car and it sounded incredible. If there's a place I can listen to what you suggest here in L.A., I'll gladly go check them out and validate your suggestions.
I'm all ears, I guess you could say...
02-28-2006, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Pit5Bull
Pearl96Max...
Whatcha got, bro? I'm always interested in knowing what's out there, and I know you're one of the few resident audiophile pros, so I know that you know your stuff.
The Diamond Audio speakers I heard were installed in a 200? Cadillac Eldorado. I don't know what other speakers were installed in the car, but the place I had my DVD system installed at played a live music track from a CD that the owner had in the car and it sounded incredible. If there's a place I can listen to what you suggest here in L.A., I'll gladly go check them out and validate your suggestions.
I'm all ears, I guess you could say...
Whatcha got, bro? I'm always interested in knowing what's out there, and I know you're one of the few resident audiophile pros, so I know that you know your stuff.
The Diamond Audio speakers I heard were installed in a 200? Cadillac Eldorado. I don't know what other speakers were installed in the car, but the place I had my DVD system installed at played a live music track from a CD that the owner had in the car and it sounded incredible. If there's a place I can listen to what you suggest here in L.A., I'll gladly go check them out and validate your suggestions.
I'm all ears, I guess you could say...
03-28-2006, 11:31 AM
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MDF Rings
Is there a number that Don can be contacted at? I have been trying to email him and always receive an error message. I dont have the post count to PM him. I need MDF rings made for my 97 max. The rings would be for a set of MTX TXC6.1 comps. Any info would be appreciated