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Sup guys, I am thinking about cutting a thin 1/2" sheet of MDF and attaching it to the bottom of my door panel and then screwing these plastic speaker pods onto the doors. Thoughts on this?

 

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My old eBay fiberglassed Pods looked like this but it was too bulky so I"m redoing it with new smaller pods.

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Do it. Next time tho, consider a jigsaw to carefully cut the plastic door panel.  

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1 hour ago, WalledSonic said:

Do it. Next time tho, consider a jigsaw to carefully cut the plastic door panel.  

Yeah, I bought a dremel after I had already f*cked up my door panels with the box cutter :(

 

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My dremel couldnt get a clean cut on the plastic door panel. It would heat up too much and leave the edges of the cut with bunch of globs of melted plastic. I mightve been using the "metal" cutting discs tho, maybe another bit would make cleaner cuts. 

But damn, u took a box cutter to the doors? Lol gangsta.

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23 minutes ago, 06RTCharger said:

My dremel couldnt get a clean cut on the plastic door panel. It would heat up too much and leave the edges of the cut with bunch of globs of melted plastic. I mightve been using the "metal" cutting discs tho, maybe another bit would make cleaner cuts. 

Even with the plastic and thin cuts I still get some build up on the edges. I think jigsaws your best bet but maybe one with a lot of teeth and take your time.

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Huh. When I use a dremel on plastic... For the most part, I actually run the tool high RPM to melt the plastic. Feel like it's easier to do what I want that way once you get the hang of it down. Just de-burr the blobs at the end and everything comes out clean. Easiest way is just a sanding drum at low RPM, breaks the re-hardened melt right off

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Jigsaw is clean as fuck with plexiglass blade. I cut mine flawless. No burr, no melt. Ill post a pic from my BL later

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Actually looks decent. I forgot to take pictures of the 1/2" thick plywood under the pod before adding carpet.

Used a Dremel tool to cut a hole in the door panel for a nice flush trim tweeter install. I made a mistake spray panting the nut ends on the pod and f*cked up the paint on the pods :( Also the carpet on the right wasn't done right so I had to cut another piece to lay on top.

 

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Looks cleaner than what I had going on before (two of my crossovers are inside of the door behind the door panel right now.

 

 

 

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Sounds better than the old eBay pods I had. Subs turned off in this video.

 

 

 

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