Updated 3/20/15, Fanaticz shows his Hoe some love finally... Spring is here back to work!

[audiofanaticz]

So I got some bnib loaner gear that has been sitting at my house now for maybe a year and a half for a friends car, but I just cant justify cutting up expensive door panels so its been on hold until some show up at a junk yard.

In the mean time I have zero front stage.

Unless you count the selenium 6 and the advent out door speaker which is blown but has a working tweeter, both being powered off the headunit with a scrap piece of wire running out the dash.

Yes, very ghetto!

So I figure I might as well build a temp rear fill that will run along the bottom of the wall behind the front seats.

It cant be any worse than what I had, and will most likely sound way better than the old front stage due to the rf 3SIXTY.2

I got 6 of these neopros sitting here, but 4 should do alright.

[im45pl]

looking foward to the next part of your build mate

[audiofanaticz]

same problem on the same window?? shit. did you put in a brand new window track last time?

I guess its not so bad since I imagine the doors are coming off for the neos

Yes same window, but no the doors are not coming off for the neos.

Im not going to fiberglass my doors one speaker when I will be most likely using different ones when I decide.

looking foward to the next part of your build mate

Hah me too! But with the weather Im not doing anything major or permanent at this point until next spring

Will upload some pics in a few what I was building last night. Need to then get back out and finish it, didnt feel like using the router last night and getting covered in sawdust.

[audiofanaticz]

Ruff cut on the wood for a mid/tweeter enclosure

A little build up for over the transmission hump in the floor

Now Im just test fitting the front back and side panels to get an idea in my head for an angled top

Looked to be a decent angle for the top

Now to find out what degree that angle is for the side cuts and the front and back piece

Now to take that found angle to the table saw

Perfect

Both front and back panels cut, now for the sides

[audiofanaticz]

Here is where it gets fun, and you may learn something about cutting odd angled side pieces like these on a table saw

This is the angle i need to cut at 16.4 degrees, I need 2 of these for the sides, sure you could free hand them with the table saw and hopefully dont get any kickback or use a jigsaw or circular saw but how smooth the cut ends up could vary significantly

So first up I had to duplicate the same angle on my other side piece

Notice the gap in between the wood pieces and the saw fence, no way to use a fence for a straight cut like that unless.....

Grab yourself some double sided tape, Im using 3M because its readily available at a store, but you can order much cheaper and thinner template tape as well

Pealed off the top of the tape and stuck one side piece to a square piece of scrap wood (it must be a straight piece of scrap) I lined up my drawn on line with the edge of the wood

Next I stuck the second side piece on to the scrap piece of wood

What this will do is give me a straight edge to ride along the fence to cut the angles nice straight and true

Now both side pieces are cut at the same time

Pry the cut panels off the scrap wood and of coarse check to make sure both are cut evenly from side to side

Now its time to start assembling the side pieces to the bottom that I already assembled

Now I can go and attach the front angled piece

I always spread my glue evenly with my finger after applying it to the wood this way I dont have to rely on pressure to spread it 100%

Turn the enclosure over and now its time to do the back panel

Now all sides and bottom are assembled
I will use a flush trim router bit to cut out the middle hump on both sides of the panel once the glue has dried which I didnt feel like doing last night

Just cutting out the speaker holes and putting the top panel on

[OrionStang]

Well damn, that's a nice trick for the angled pieces.

[Karkov]

Well damn, that's a nice trick for the angled pieces.

^^this... Nice man, real nice

[im45pl]

mate I love your woodworking skills, guys like you make me strive to be better at my own work

[audiofanaticz]

All thats left is find some scrap wire laying around for speaker wire, hopefully I have enough!

Top panel cut

Marking lines for the mids and tweets

Speaker holes cut

Top panel glued and nailed on
Keeping things square really makes those seams look nice

Rounded over most the exterior edges

Transmission hump routered out

Had to notch out the top tweeter holes a little due to the angle on the top

Also had to do a little itty bit on the bottom tweeter holes

Finally time to test fit the speakers

I guess it looks alright and should work for now

[SoCaLBaMF]

Tweeeeeeeeeeeter.