lookin good mang. check out my lil build, says our 98 se and page 8 is the updates. any idea when this might be together? and vids when done?

I have been super slammed over the past two months however, I have once again changed up a few details of my car. I got my custom door panels wrapped and am gonna be running two sets of 6.5 components in the front and 6x9'* in the rear. German Maestro Status line. They should sound great! I think I am gonna take a sunday and just do it all in a day and get it over with. after all, all I really have left to do is finish off my back wall and mount my amps in the rack and put in the door panels. I will Post a ton of pics again soon. Lots of fiberglassing!

okay so i know its been a while since i posted but life has drawn me in several directions that have kept me very busy but, that doesnt mean I havent had time to play in the garage.... You all may recall that I stated that I have a major case of car audio a.d.d well to further prove that point, here is the new list of my audio set up.... lol
Head unit- Clarion vx400
custom front door panels-german maestro status line SV6509 6.5 components
rear deck-german maestro status line SV6509 components
subwoofers- (2) planet audio big bang 12'*.... lol! I told you!

Anyhoo here is how it started:

I decided that I was tired of the poor imaging of the factory tweeter in the a pillar


So i decided to do custom pods to fire the tweeters NOT directly at the ear but past it to widen the sound stage. the first thing I did was mount the tweeter cup on the factory panel at an angle. I just mounted a few small strips of abs plastic under the front lip and hot glued it all into place




then I called out my old friend the green fleece and wrapped the cups and panels together


then I dowsed them in fiberglass


I always try to keep the hole for the speaker free from fiberglass just because it is easier to cut with a definite boundary of where the glass ends and the free fleece begins


then I put on a decent layer of bondo


then I sanded it using a round block for the curves and a flat block for long surfaces. I started with 60 grit


then sanded some more


and more


I repeated the process with 80 grit and then 120 grit and then wet sanded it with 400 grit


I hit both the pods with one of mans greatest creations... high build primer. It fills in pin holes like a champ!


the good thing about flexible surface primer is the fact that it will show you flaws and you can sand them down where needed. Which I did a ton... lol! Finally got them right though!


then I sprayed them with gloss black paint. about 6 coats in all




sexy kinda..... lol! more pics to come so subscribe to my thread if you havent yet. feel free to ask for any pointers. remember this thread is a tutorial not a showcase...

Haha, you just made my tweeter pod modifications look like childs play. Those are sweet, good work.

looks real good mang. ill have to get me some of that high build for my next finish cuz i used the cheaper stuff that dont fill holes for nothing lol sanded forever and had to mix up lil amounts of some filler=resin mix lol that wasnt fun to say the least lol. did you get any play on the sub setup atleast? the single?

dude that single 15 was hardcore! I was in the mid 140'* on music all day! I just decided to go to 12'* to get higher numbers and better sq. gonna switch back to a vent port design to get the box size I want. was even thinking about doin a transmission line enclosure

hahaaa yeah a Tline would be a beast of beuty for sure lol. good to hear ya beat on it atleast, i was thinking you just went and decided to change it up asap before that got play lol. guess thats more of something id do lol.

That'* a lot of work for tweeter pods. Looks great man

oh give me just a few days to post more pics. I promise this will all make more sense then.....

how much do you charge to do something like that to someone elses ride??