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Anybody have any how-tos on making custom tweeter pods? If thats what they are called.......I want to install mine where you adjust the mirrors.

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Make a mold of the area with fiberglass? Not sure what you mean exactly.
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oonikfraleyoo wrote:
Make a mold of the area with fiberglass? Not sure what you mean exactly.

I want to mount the tweeters, but make them have a sleek look. Something similar when you make custom door pods.

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Take the sail panel off of the door and sand the ever livin snot out of it with 20grit sandpaper, make it nice and rough. Take the tweeters mounting ring and hot glue it into place. You may have to support it in spots with anything from toothpicks to chunks of whatever. Place in the vehicle again and check for fit and positioning. If all is good, onto the bench they go and ensure they are seated really good by using a truckload of hotglue. Next mix up some bondo and start to layer it on. Bondo is easy to work with and don't worry about the first layer not being perfect. While it is setting it will give off some heat, at this time as it is solidifying it is a good time to remove any large lumps or lines with a olfa knife blade or to do some basic molding for  the next player. The next layer you should try and get it a little closer to the finish you are after as far as the shape goes. By now it should cover the sail panel in it's entirety and be covering up to the facing edge of the tweeter mount. When it sets again, sand away using 120 grit and then work your way up in grits for a finer sanding job. You may need to fill in some dips or holes, a bodymans finishing putty works good for this as does more bondo and sanding. Once the desired result is finished, give it a coat of primer, it will show you many small imperfections to clean up. Once this is done a finish coat of paint can be used or a coat of texture paint then a final coat of paint over that. If there are large areas that require thick coats of bondo, I run some screws from the back of the sail panel through to the front side, it gives the bondo something else to grip to other than the roughted up surface.

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Great post Rob. But gadddanit, you do realize that location is less than ideal for tweeters, right? Your midrange and your tweeter should be located within inches for maximum sound quality.
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Posted: February 17, 2005 at 11:01 PM / IP Logged  

But gadddanit

lol....kfr01, I thought at first you were doing some of that ol' Iowan cursing here.....

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lol, that does look funny, doesn't it? Something tells me that was part of his thinking in picking his name. :-)
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Thanks forbidden. Just what im looking for.

godd dan it?.....yea my name is dan.....so I was trying to be creative when I made the name. lol


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