First try at fiberglass door pods

[rival904 10+ year member]

Its a slow day at work, and I figured I try and mess with fiberglass some more, Ive never tried anything like this and am not claiming to be badass with fiberglass in any way shape or form.

Im not to worried about the rough edges because I am going to be doing alot of sanding, and then bondo to further define the edges, then some more sanding.

Oh its for a 5.25 and a 6.25 comp. set in my door panels.

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[Kskitka]

5.25 and 6.5?

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Not bad man I will be learning soon how to do this.

 

[rival904 10+ year member]

5.25 and 6.5?

Yea, I already got the 5.25comp set with the tweeters mounted up on the dash, and I am ordering a 6.5 comp set and mounting those tweeters in the door pods.

Any help, or tips would be appreciated.

 

[Kskitka]

Yea, I already got the 5.25comp set with the tweeters mounted up on the dash, and I am ordering a 6.5 comp set and mounting those tweeters in the door pods.
Any help, or tips would be appreciated.

i wouldve stuck with one set.

but it all looks good to me man what kind of help do you need?

 

[rival904 10+ year member]

Why one set?

Like I said, ive never tried anything like this before, this was more of a learning experience thing.

 

[SELFMADE]

Did you test fit them to make sure they fit no problem in your car with door closed etc? Coming along nice though..

 

[Kskitka]

Why one set?
Like I said, ive never tried anything like this before, this was more of a learning experience thing.

just easier to power properly, less wires, etc.

as long as there both comp sets and not one coaxial and one comp set i really have nothing to complain about.

its looking good tho.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

take lots of pics, i need to do something similar to this soon, lol

 

[rival904 10+ year member]

just easier to power properly, less wires, etc.
as long as there both comp sets and not one coaxial and one comp set i really have nothing to complain about.

its looking good tho.

Both comp sets will be wired down to 2ohm for that channel, my 600.4 does 200w rms @ 2ohm per channel

Did you test fit them to make sure they fit no problem in your car with door closed etc? Coming along nice though..

Yea, the flat part is for my window handle to still roll up and down

 

[DB-Audio 10+ year member]

looks good so far

 

[rival904 10+ year member]

Ok well the 2 pods somehow got messed up when we stretched the material...

So we cut it down, fiberglassed it and went back over it with bondo to make them more even...

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

cant wait to do mine for my truck! cant stand my fackn 5x7's!

 

[rival904 10+ year member]

Werd, and all the red stuff is spot putty, its easier to work with and sand than bondo, imo.

And if you cant see where the panels were messed up, look at the bottom corners on the inside

 

[Corey69 10+ year member]

Bondo is pretty easy to shape, you just sand it with like 60 grit when its soft then once you get the shape down you can use spot putty or more bondo then sand it with finer sandpaper.