Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 08:43 pm, by: Grant Thomson(Gt1uz)
Hey just thought I would share my front splits enclosures. The recommended method to fit 6" or 6.5" speakers inside the door panels is to cut a piece of MDF board as a template and fit the new speakers to that, which works fine. However I wanted my front speakers to be enclosed and for those enclosures to be more rigid than flimsy MDF so i simply cut up the stock 4" enclosures and used my very basic fibreglass skills to mould new adapters to them. The unit is 100% air tight, you can tell by when you press into the cone of the speaker with your finger there is resistance where the air inside the box is being pushed back.
There painted black for a neater look
Still keeping the look stock from the outside
Just to note I am aware the stock enclosures were made for small 4" low power speakers but despite that with the 6.5" speakers in they give lots of punch and excellent mid-range.
Saturday, March 06, 2010 - 05:07 pm, by: Warren Moore(Warreng)
I have the same front splits as you but haven't got around to installing them yet. they are k2p's right? Why is it that no one installs aftermarket tweeters into the stock tweeter position? is it because they will not fit? and would you really notice a sound difference having the speakers 100% airtight as compared to using mdf cutouts?
Yes you'll definitely notice sound difference if they are not air tight which is why 90% of Installs sound distorted.
That tweeter should be installed facing you as trebble is directional, the factory spot is a much better position for it. Otherwise try to angle it upward to face the listener.
Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 05:17 pm, by: Warren Moore(Warreng)
Well I am looking for the best possible audio quality as I have top of the range focal speakers that I am wanting to install. If I went to a fiber glassing place, could they and would they do something similar to this?
And Grant, did you still use mdf cutouts and then fiberglass over the top to fill the gaps? Or just straight fiberglass?
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 07:58 pm, by: Grant Thomson(Gt1uz)
Fiberglassing done at an audio place would probably be moderately expensive given the fact that its quite time consuming, but its really quite simple and I would recommend anyone give it a go as long as you practice on something first.
To answer your questions above Warren; I did use small mdf sheets to act as something to hold up the fiberglass when making the face of the enclosure where the speaker sits.
And the reason I put the tweeter next to the woofer was to keep all three components, the woofer, tweeter and splits close together to try and avoid that sharp piercing sound when the treble is too high and to avoid interference, it does its job fine sitting below when listening to my type of music.
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 06:40 pm, by: Grant Thomson(Gt1uz)
A friend of mine works at a boat place so I get it off him for free, he buys it off his work for hilariously cheap prices, something like $30 for 80x1m. Try Bunnings if you only ned a little bit, fiberglass sheets 1sq.m should be around $5 and resin about $10 for a small tin with the activator. Just be prepared for a lot of mess!
No not at all, just be wary of the fumes, and as others have said, practice a bit first if your worried. Of all the little things i have done using fibreglass, i realised half way through that i should start wearing disposable gloves, saves a lot of mess afterwards.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:32 am, by: Warren Moore(Warreng)
Fiberglassing come to think of it would make no difference at all. Making the speaker air proof is impossible.. what about all the air coming in from the gaps in the window frame etc? just a waste of time imo
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 06:07 pm, by: Lucas Waterworth(Gadget666)
I thought the point of the fibreglass was to enclose the speakers on all sides, including the back, warren? that is what the factory surround does now, it is a box, not a circle with no back.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 12:11 am, by: Grant Thomson(Gt1uz)
Thats right Lucas
Warren the enclosure is completely fibreglassed all the way round as based on the original enclosures with a wider opening to fit the larger 6.5" speaker.
It's the same method used by professional car speaker installers worldwide, though not the same quality i suspect....