Door Pod ideas

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Im going to be fiberglassing some 6.5 mids in my doors. and i just wanted to see some ideas on the placement. I was thinking maybe putting it where the existing speaker was so it would avoid being kicked but i dunno. Anyone have any ideas?

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[Boulderguy 10+ year member]

Not sure why you'd want to move them, unless you're doing 3-ways or something? Go with the stock location.

 

[jj4475 10+ year member]

i need to also will u post pics while ur doing it

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Not sure why you'd want to move them, unless you're doing 3-ways or something? Go with the stock location.

They are too deep to fit in the stock location and the door panel wont go on. If that makes sense?

 

[Boulderguy 10+ year member]

Yeah. So surface mount them & integrate the surface mount ring into the door panel with plastic body filler & texture, should be pretty sweet. Is that possible for you?

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Yeah thats what i was thinking. Where could i get plastic body filler?

 

[Boulderguy 10+ year member]

Auto body supply. Same for texture & matching paint. You ever done this? Not exactly beginner stuff. I'd recommend doing an experimental project on some scrapyard door panels first, the learning curve is pretty tall.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

no i havent done this lol. hmmm Its that hard?

 

[Boulderguy 10+ year member]

This guy does a kick-butt training video on it, it'll save you a lot of time & money. Fabrication II has a project just like what you're doing.

If you try to do this w/o instruction you'll probably end up re-doing it several times.

http://www.caraudiohelp.com/car_audio_fiberglass/car_audio_fiberglass.htm

(BTW - I'm not connected with that but I did buy it & am glad I did.)

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Ight. Ill take a look at it. Maybe i wont 45 dollars.

 

[expo5.0 10+ year member]

all i have to say is- really glad i'm done with the green

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

What do you mean?

 

[Boulderguy 10+ year member]

Am I following you correctly - you wouldn't spend $50 on the video?

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

No.

 

[Boulderguy 10+ year member]

Then I'm going to make some predictions here based on my experience with projects like this:

You probably wouldn't buy the tools necessary to do a good job. You probably wouldn't do practice runs to get better before doing your own panels. You probably don't have the patience or detail-orientation to make it look right.

Net result - ghetto-lookin' install.

Don't take that personal - it's a tough project & very few ppl can do it well.

Just surface mount them on the bottom of the panel & cut into the door. It's simple & easy.