speaker pod build thread

[Laura]

this will be a progress thread, it will take a while as ill only be doing them at the weekend really lol

so anyway the plan is to create to custom fiber glass pods to house the larger components i have

so here are the speakers
carbon kevlar components (thanks vibe )

and the stuff i envisage needing to start off with

i collect the spare door cards tomorow then the fun begins

 

[MT AUDIO]

you ever used fibreglass before?

 

[jayxx83]

is it worth making pods for those speakers? surley a set of JL or Focal is more deserving. I guess you could always upgrade at a later stage tho.

 

[Skinny]

cool, i just got 5" and made some nice mdf baffels to mount them with.

 

[Laura]

speakers were free from vibe so will do nicely for now and they are actually quite highly rated for budget components

and yes ive done quite alot of fiber glass work before, this isnt the 1st time

made these few years back but they were only rough and quick

 

[MT AUDIO]

look good,i just find fibreglass if your not concentrating 100% its time consuming

 

[Laura]

be reet as said im not a newbi when it comes to the stuff, sub installs etc

will have more pics tomorow

 

[Laura]

making the baffles

need a bit o sanding

masking up the area and what its going to look like ish lol

got this also

 

[guysy]

Looking good, I think the vibe range is nice, i have the 6x9s version of the kevlar speakers and they look mint. Good progress.

 

[Laura]

i wasnt happy with the roughness of the inside so ive started again haha

 

[Laura]

pissed off big time now, stupid renauly have made the door cards ever so slightly different so they dont fit

grrr

 

[mini-valver]

The resin will melt through them cups.

 

[Limca]

u have many talents laura..

 

[Laura]

The resin will melt through them cups.

no it doesnt

 

[mini-valver]

Leave it in there, bet it does.

 

[Laura]

it sets well before it melts through, ive used about 20 cups already lol

 

[mini-valver]

Me and a mate did a massive boot build for his Saxo once. Melted through the cups, through the gloves we had on and set on our hands. Right b*****d to get off aswell

 

[Laura]

the trick is to use thin layers and build them up slowly doing the next one while the previous is still a little tacky

created the new pod know which will hopefully fit where it should haha

 

[Laura]

looks like a big jelly

 

[Millsy]

i have those vibe components, (was un getting the cable through the door lol) not bad speakers, running on an amp would be better i you can.

will keep an eye on this thread with interest

 

[Laura]

they will be amped,

think ill be getting someone else to fit them through the door tbh lol, not after last time .. nightmare

 

[Millsy]

tell me about it! lol

would never wire them through the door again, even the guide on here looks like a b**ch to use lol

 

[TOGUSA]

i have those speakers with a hefty amp running all the speakers (front and back) these on the front with an amp is apsolutly the nuts lol its very crisp sound quality with punchy base can handle a lot of power these due to needing a lot of power to run them...
there too quite on standard Head unit

 

[Laura]

they are only temp ones really as vibe sent them to me to test. and review

well see how i like them,

 

[Christopher]

fair play for having a go

 

[TOGUSA]

they are only temp ones really as vibe sent them to me to test. and review

well see how i like them,

they are good if amped but too quite on a standard headunit setup... from my experinces with them

 

[Laura]

dont think ive ever had a standard head unit for more than about a day lol

 

[Laura]

and in place ... kinda

 

[Laura]

one done ish

 

[mikey_172]

good work laura you dont see many girls doin stuff like this or blokes doin that quality work:cheers: :drunk: :hail:

 

[Laura]

well i like to breat the mould lol

 

[Laura]

got my fabric

1 finished one half finished

in the door

 

[guysy]

Looking good. Im going to try this soon. Good work

 

[Millsy]

looking good

 

[Laura]

they dont fit prefect so im not happy yet

 

[guysy]

What sort of way dont they fit? Around the edges to fit the door cards?

 

[Laura]

aye

 

[guysy]

Ah rite, Well they look mint, wont take too much to get them fitting good. What fabric are you covering it with, same as the origional door card fabric?

 

[Laura]

its a faux suade, but its not got much stretch to it so not sure how its going to work, close as i could get to the oem stuff

 

[guysy]

Could send it off to be covered once finished? Have a go yourself and if it does'nt work out get it done for you. I dont think when i have a crack at the speaker pods i will have the time to be sanding for a paint finish.