Custom door pods and more.

[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

So I decided that I can't stand the stock stereo anymore. The 1st gen s10's have a front stage consisting of 4x6's in the dash, not exactly ideal. I decided to remedy this by doing some custom work to the door panels to fit 6.5's.

Step One: Get those door panels off!

Step Two: Remove the plastic rivets holding the map pocket and lower carpeted panel on.

Step Three: Copy shape onto plywood and cut it out (pod base).

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3364/4561/33409780038_large.jpg

Step Four: design and cut the pod faceplate. I don't have a router anymore so we used our mad skill and a jig saw... and some sand paper.

Step Five: Attach pods faceplate to the pods base

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[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

Step Six: Insert your tee-nuts.

Step Seven: Cover with material and cover with resin.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

lookin good.

 

[tylork92 10+ year member]

I went through this process a whilel back and just finishd up...you gonna paint em or cover em?

 

[DB-Audio 10+ year member]

looks good so far

 

[blazron22z 10+ year member]

looks good man imma try and make some this coming up weekend for my truck imma come back and c how u did them lol

 

[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

I didn't get much down today. I wasn't feeling good so I called it quits pretty quickly.

I decided to test fit them. (note, they aren't bolted on, they're just laying there.)

Then I sanded the drivers side down with 80 grit.

Then I added a few layers of mat, I forgot to get pictures though...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

And then I called it quits.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I'm going to paint them. I'm painting the whole door panel black, and switching the gray clothe to black simulated leather. If fact, the whole interior is getting switch to black with black leather seats.

 

[tylork92 10+ year member]

kool kool...did you see my panel build..i painted them all to black too...as well as the a pillars that i glassed tweeter pods too.

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Make sure you prep them doors really well if you want the paint to stick.

 

[blazron22z 10+ year member]

weres the updates i wanna see this finished it looks really good so far

 

[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

Today I got the mat laid down on the passenger side.

The drivers side is 95% done. I got the body filler on and sanded down smooth.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to have both of them completely finished! It'll be nice having door panels again!

I'll post pictures tomorrow (forgot my camera at home, I'm waiting for my cousin to send me the pictures he took.)

 

[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

Didn't get many pictures. I just plain didn't want to mess with it today, but I made myself work on them at least a little. The garage is so freakin dirty that you get tripped up with nearly every step. I'm moving the operation over to my sisters tomorrow. I stay with her doing the week (until her baby daddy is released, some of you know that story), so I can work on them over there when I get a bit of free time.

If all goes to plan I'm going to order most/all the equipment Friday. New goal for getting the doors done is Monday evening (I want to go to the track.)

A bit of body filler.

A bit of high build primer.

Passenger side. I got some mat laid, then sanded that down. Then I laid a coat of resin on top of that (I started getting in a foul mood, so I just laid it on thick and then went to lunch.)

 

[finkster 10+ year member]

man looking **** nice.

 

[mobileaudio219 10+ year member]

Thanks man.

I just wanted to stick with something simple, but effective. These should fit the bill perfectly.

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

looks just like my doors //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif (thread in sig)

here they are finished up! (Look, I can see the future!)

heheheh Mine dont have the extra ridge though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif