Rear door card speaker adaption

[VTaaRon]

Well as ive got some free time at the mo thought id modify my rear door cars to incorporate my vibe black hex 5.25" speakers i know some may say if youre gonna do it why not use larger speakers etc etc but i think these speakers are amazing they are currently on my parcel shelf!! i know! so i want to fit a standard shelf which i have already and fit the speakers into the door cards and possibly run them of a small amp...
Speaker spec:
polypropylene metalic woofer
Solid vibe reactor basket
High performance inverted dome tweeter & midrange
specially formulated rubber gasket
t-yoke mounted tweeter terminals
concept hex snap on off grill
in-line crossover
subwoofer motor structure with oversized magnet
increased bass power and handling

5.25" 2 way coaxial speaker 300watts each

so as you can see nice spec anyway back to the thread im gonna mod my rear door cards and will update this thread as i go i have started already but i have work tomorrow so might not get to do any more till sunday!!

ok to start simply removed the cards easier than i thought...
1. undo driver and front passenger seatbelt bottom and top bolts
2. open rear widows and pull the seal up thats around the bottom of window not the whole thing not needed!
3. take plastic caps out of door cards that are around the seatbelts
4. pull rear seat base forward and undo the two bolts at the front and take seat out of car
5. hold on to the door card around where it meets the door piller and pull forward to release the side should be able to pop most of them from here
6. twist rear seatbelt lower bolt to the front
7. pull rear seats forward a little and removal of the card should be clear from here simply wiggle and pull when you here a ping its probably the magnet on the speaker against the metal simply hold the bottom of the door card and pull down and forward at the same time
(as haynes says fitting is a reverse of the removal!!!)

ok so here are the pics of mine so far i have removed both easy peasy! but i only had time to cut one before i went to work this evening. As the speakers are 5.25" or 13cm ish i need a flat surface this size the rest will curve bend etc but basically i will have the speakers facing forward and slightly up but this wont be visable to you till i get the pod/bracket made up. I will be using mdf and bodyfiller to make them and a trusty dremmel! anywho here you go more pics to come as i progress in next few days......



























PS these are the only door cards i have so if it goes wrong im screwed so fingers crossed!

[Scottp]

good luck with it mate. I wont go into issues with rear speakers etc here.

Its a different approach than what most do for putting different speakers in the rear and your going to learn a hell of a lot doing it this was so get stuck in

[VTaaRon]

i thought it would be a nice change to do it this way rather that chopping up the whole card etc i wanted to keep it looking almost standard and build the speaker into it plus i just did a product design degree and while im doing nothing its always good to add to the portfolio but well we shall see how it turns out at the end!!

[VTaaRon]

ok i just made a cardboard mock up of the part that fits in the hole i cut but to dark and late to take pics now so will put them up sunday when im not working let me know what you think of what im doing peeps possitive and negative comments welcomed would like to hear your thoughts plus i hope this will encourage more people to try stuff like it.

[VTaaRon]

ok just quickly before work these are pics of the rough mock up i made out of cardboard all the harsh edges will be sanded to give a nice curve but this is just an example for now....

[VTaaRon]

Ok fingers crossed ill get time to work on these more tomorrow on my day off wo wo be interested to hear what people think on the idea and the way im doing it cheers guys

[Fredward]

Now try putting that mock-up back into your car and see if the panels fit without crushing hte cardboard!

[rob_s]

will look good if you can pull it off mate.... would have baught a spair set of cards thoe

[VTaaRon]

thats a good point but if you look at the original pictures before i cut them the speakers stick much further out than the card on my mock up granted i still have the speakers to go on this but as its at a different angle it should be ok plus behind the door cards is some fluffy sound proofing so fingers crossed itll be ok!! ill go see tho just incase

[VTaaRon]

Originally Posted by Rob5axo

will look good if you can pull it off mate.... would have baught a spair set of cards thoe

i hope so and yeah the more i get into it the more im thinking i should have to!! but oh well ill just have to try extra hard to make them well!

[VTaaRon]

ok guys here are a few pics of the vibe black hex im gonna be fitting ive made a few measurements and they should fit in theory but again i think its gonna be more trial and error to start with but het thats what mock ups are for!!.....

[bennivtr]

look forward to seeing more progress pics ! good luck !

[VTaaRon]

cheers fella gonna pop to b&q if there open still get what i need maybe pop to argos for some tools and motorworld for some filler then get started on the real thing!

[VTaaRon]

ok so im back from shopping and here are the bits i purchased to help me on this little job...

jig-saw


dremmel like tool!


monster circle drill pieces 127mm!!!!!!!


filler (glass fiber)


along with mdf and a work bench oh and adhesive! let the work commence

[lynchy_1984]

i don't think that's gonna work. looks like you need to bring it out more. i'm saying this because i couldn't even get black hex 4's in mine and there smaller. the problem was with the depth of the speaker as it was hitting the side of the car and the door cards wouldn't go back in properly.

[VTaaRon]

were you putting them straight onto the original grill tho? theses are gonna be at a sight angle to so might me slightly different to the way you tried but im gonna make a mock up out of mdf see how that goes

[lynchy_1984]

yeah even tried cutting some of it away to make extra space. but if there going on an angle it might work.

i'd try to check as much as possible though before you go to far with the project. maybe make a template the same size as the speaker and attach it to you door card to check if it hits anything.

[VTaaRon]

yeah thats what im gonna work on now the mdf was only £3.50 for a meter long sheet wich will be plenty and aslong as i get one side sorted the other will just be a mirror version but ill get pics up asap of the mdf mock up and let you know if it fits

[VTaaRon]

ok lads and lasses i managed to get most bits cut out of mdf today before it started raining!! and i could do no more outside. didnt manage to get pics either because of the rain but ill try and get some up at some point tomorrow and show you the progression so far im fairly pleased with where its going just time will tell if its gonna work out or not!

[Connor_scotland]

im keeping tabs on this mate

looks good so far