Blackbonnie's 05 Grand Prix GT Build Log

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

just 4" on the tsns, but the new revamped tss has a bigger coil so i believe it is a 4" not sure yet though.

 

[jdmferio13 10+ year member]

nice cant wait i am still running a single 15".I plan on running 2 12's soon

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

tss's?

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

well i got some work finally done today, just a little. since my funds are not totally allowing me to do a substage i figured i myswell trying and better my front stage...

so i sold my id oem's, bought a set of peerless hds nomex 6.5's and am still running the seas alumi-domes bought i decided to move them to the a-pillar. i will be soon buying a set of peerless sls 8's and running them in the doors, with the nomex's in the kicks most likely.

if i feel i cant do that or it wont work, then i may be buying a set of smaller full range drivers and move those on the dash or in the doors.

well i guess we can move onto my progress. all i have right now is moving my tweeters to the a-pillar as my mids have a slightly larger cutout diameter so i have to modify that to get them to fit. they will be in soon.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

starting point:

materials:

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

more progress:

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

this is why you measure twice, cut once

ill end up picking up another at a local junkyard for 5$. no biggie

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

Very cool sir! Thanks for the ideas! LOL

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

main purpose of this was to raise my stage height, and get my imaging better.

i do now have the holes in my doors from where they were at, but i may end up doing a custom fiberglass install on the door panel, not sure yet.

overall i cant tell you how i like it as my mids are not in yet. will be soon.

overall project took about 1.5 hours.

the tweeter cups will be painted eventually im thinking a gloss black or maybe even the same color as the a-pillar

i like the look of them though

 

[Savag3 10+ year member]

nice pods . . i love tweets face level !

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i love them to, but all the a-pillar tweets i had were off axis, these are dead on (or as close as i could get them) and i wanna see what i can make em sound like, the best part about these pods are they will except up to a 2" tweeter, so i have alot of options i can go for as far as new ones go.

i made em this way so i can upgrade without having to redo anything, just swap and run

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i gotta get a palm sander today to get my mids in

my old mid cutout diameter was 5.62"

my new cutout diameter is 5.71"

a little work with the sander and should be good to go

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

looks nice man.

How did you attach the tweets in those cups?

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

if you look at pic 7 you can see where i wrapped foam around the tweeter itself.

basically the foam was 1/4" tall X 3/4" wide and one side is sticky, so i cut it to length and stuck it on the back of the tweeter, squeezed it into the mounting cup, and its not going anywhere. but at the same time i can still take it out to swap tweeters.

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

I see, yeah thats a simple way to do it. I would like to run another set of comps, and put my tweets in the a pillar, but I hate cutting the car up and finding parts if I sell it