adding 2 6.5’’ components to doors
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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
Forum Discription: Fiberglass Kick Panels, Subwoofer Enclosures, Plexiglas, Fabrics, Materials, Finishes, etc.
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Printed Date: April 28, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Topic: adding 2 6.5’’ components to doors
Posted By: ragoal12
Subject: adding 2 6.5’’ components to doors
Date Posted: October 17, 2005 at 9:09 PM
so this is my first try at fiberglassing something.. i found it rather fun but wish i had more experience with FG... i had to make these twice as the first time i made them they didn't fit.. they hit the seat but like always its a learning experience... let me know what u guys think.. they r almost complete as they will be getting sprayed with some high build primer later in the week.. [IMG]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01576.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01588.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01592.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01595.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01581.jpg[/IMG] ------------- S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska
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Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: October 17, 2005 at 9:11 PM
Posted By: nstlfrk
Date Posted: October 17, 2005 at 10:24 PM
I like them, are those honda door panels.
Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: October 17, 2005 at 11:01 PM
nstlfrk wrote:
I like them, are those honda door panels.
no way man.. there for my 94 gmc sierra ext. cab... ------------- S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: October 18, 2005 at 8:07 AM
Hey ragoal, looks really nice man. What are you going to do with that wood area right above your fiberglass piece?? ------------- Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: October 18, 2005 at 9:31 AM
realitycheck wrote:
Hey ragoal, looks really nice man. What are you going to do with that wood area right above your fiberglass piece??
well that is actually a cut out of the door panel for the handle, locks, and window controls.. so it has a stock plastic piece that covers it... ------------- S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska
Posted By: Cougar.Modder
Date Posted: October 18, 2005 at 10:22 AM
Looks awesome. Hopethey sounds as good as they look and your front stage will be rockin.
Keep it up. Like too see when all painted up and completed.
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Posted By: 91silvy
Date Posted: October 18, 2005 at 8:09 PM
Hey ragoal, what are you gonna do with the plastic strip along the map pocket? Sand it down or what? Definately looks good and I'm glad I finally see something from a truck.
Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: October 19, 2005 at 2:12 PM
91silvy wrote:
Hey ragoal, what are you gonna do with the plastic strip along the map pocket? Sand it down or what? Definately looks good and I'm glad I finally see something from a truck.
well the piece i made actually covers most of the plastic strip along the map pocket.. i know u can't see it cause its all taped up.. so i plan on painting the pieces i made to match the interior or this new hot hues candy blue.. so it shouldn't look that bad.... i agree with u on the seeing stuff for trucks everyones afraid to do custom stuff to them.. i had to make my own box for under the back seat to fit a woofer that could handle any power so its been a challenge... ------------- S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska
Posted By: OCURIEL
Date Posted: October 19, 2005 at 5:32 PM
wow, looks great! defenitely post some more pics when painted.
Posted By: One_Dieu
Date Posted: October 21, 2005 at 12:30 PM
ragoal12 I really like the way those look. Do you have any more pictures? ------------- Respect the Blood Line
Posted By: abovestock
Date Posted: October 23, 2005 at 2:08 AM
Nice work. You started on the other one yet? Good luck.
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Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: November 01, 2005 at 9:24 PM
ok i got a fresh update of the door panels.. it would have been alot sooner but i had a huge computer problem and had to reformat it and all that good stuff.. the panels r in primer.. i decieded to modify the speaker grilles and use them to cover the edges around the speakers.. instead of making my own.. although i still might.. let me know what u think... door panels will should be in the truck within a week i hope as long as the weather stays half ass nice here in nebraska.... i think i might hold off on painting them to match till next spring as the weather is alil too cold to paint but im not sure... i have tons more pics if you guys wanna see any just let me know.. https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01710.jpg https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01707.jpg https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01704.jpg https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01712.jpg https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01666.jpg https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01664.jpg https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/RAgoal12/DSC01662.jpg ------------- S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska
Posted By: 05honda
Date Posted: November 02, 2005 at 7:53 AM
wow man.......looks great....i love the slight over lap.........looks really great in the primer stage....post some more pics when its painted....cant wait to see it
Posted By: djrcustom
Date Posted: November 02, 2005 at 10:51 AM
Very nice :)
Posted By: youngone
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 10:33 PM
very very nice. and clean to everthing gust flows like water. two quistions though how did you get them to be exactly the same on both sides, did you mesure or make a mold or something. they look exactly the same. and do you like the type r's over the x's or have you not heard them both cuse im thinking about geting a pare or two for my car. or did you go with the cheaper ones so you had the money to get two. they are very nice anyway and i bet the two 6.5 put togeather on each side are very clear.  
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Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: November 04, 2005 at 10:45 PM
thanx youngone.. well to get them the same i just measured and eye balled them.. i cut the spacers for the 6.5's at the same time so i made them the exact same.. so the height was the same and placement was just a guess by looking at them... i figured since there not on the same side that if they weren't exact no one would notice.. well i like the type r's cause i got them for like 189 set which is hella cheap... i was thinking about type x's or jl xr's to start.. but im a college kid on a budget... and i only have a baby alpine amp on mine( mrp-240 40watts X 4) but they sound great.. im still playing with the cross over set points.. if u can afford the type x's i woud go with those as the r supposed to sound great.. never heard them myself but know people who have... but i used two sets.. just because i have never seen anyone do what i did.. and i figured may as well do it big when u do it.. u know.. im happy with them for my first fiberglass job, i can't complain to much.. i learned alot and now im looking for a new project ------------- S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska
Posted By: youngone
Date Posted: November 04, 2005 at 11:05 PM
ya im thiking about doing the duble 6.5 or gust a nice 8'' that is hiden in both sides, or they will be exposed. but i still dont no what i want to do.
that is very good for the first time very good alot better than i did. im still finishing my second project. ill post it soon.
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Posted By: suicidecustom
Date Posted: November 07, 2005 at 8:46 PM
i think you should have gone with the jl's man. i've owned the type r's (and i'm an alpine and jl dealer) and they lack midbass response. the type x's sound a little muddy, too much midbass. at the shop i work at we dont even carry the type r speakers, just the subs. after putting together a few jl systems, i personally like the JL VR series better than the more expensive XR's (though we have had the 6.5" XR's playing down to 60hz without distortion. for your money the 6" VR components are a better choice
Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: November 07, 2005 at 10:13 PM
well thanx for the info suicidecustom.. but there already made so im kinda stuck with them and im happy with them.. and since im a college kid and i don't work at an audio store i have to pay normal price and a set of xr's or vr's is alil out of my price range... and thats great that u had a set of xr's playing at 60hz but i got subs underneath that back seat to play that low.. so im happy with my type r's although i wish i had alil more power to put on them but that will come once i save some more money... i luv jl stuff just as much as alpine just couldn't justify the price
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Posted By: suicidecustom
Date Posted: November 07, 2005 at 11:02 PM
i understand, sometimes it quite hard to get customers to justify spending $400.00 (canadian) on a set of 6.5" VR components , let alone $700.00 on the XR's (JL offers the ZR line at $1400.00 per set of speakers). but if you want the clearest and loudest possible system its definitly the way to go.
Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 1:35 PM
Nice. those things look great in there. great job.
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Posted By: hobobasher
Date Posted: November 25, 2005 at 10:40 PM
yeah definatly a clean job. I do agree finally something for a truck. Keep up the good work looking foward to pics of the finished product. So far so good
Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: November 27, 2005 at 10:16 PM
well guys thanx for all the compliments.. i wish i had finished pics of my panels but they rn't done yet.. which sucks ass.. but that has to do with the weather here in nebraska as it is to cold to paint now and im not going to pay a shop to do it.... i also figured i'd just leave them primed in my truck over the winter to see how they hold up against abuse and what not... and i have lots of rattles to fix in the doors now as the piece i mad rattles against the plastic part of the pocket.. so i have just a few things to fix like that but they sound great and my whole system will be thumping once my iraggi alt shows up and my stinger battery.. ------------- S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska
Posted By: hobobasher
Date Posted: November 28, 2005 at 1:05 PM
yeah man i definatly understand the weather man. I live in Rhode Island winters here suck so bad so yeah I know where your coming from.
Im gonna start ym panels this spring that and my tint im gonna put new tint on my truck and of course weather is peritting that.
Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: December 08, 2005 at 7:26 PM
ok so i have been having horrible luck with audio equipment lattely... had a stinger audio battery go bad and i have been trying to get it replaced for 2 months now.. and i ordered an iraggi alt. and he sent me the wrong one after waiting 4 weeks to recieve it.... but in this freezing weather in nebraska bring out the rattles in cars... the panels i made vibrate against the plastic edge of the pocket i covered up.. so i was thinking if i dynamat the inside of the pocket and then but some felt on the top lip it would stop that.. is there any special felt people have used to do this????
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