robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 A couple of years ago, my wife was making ( read: painting) christmasballes, to hang in the christmastree. She also hooked on making special things When i looked at the plexy balls, i know, that sometime, i could use it for another project Well, ladies and gents, IT'S TIME These are the plexy balls, you can buy 'm in every size. (according to his wife).. :D:D A old friend of my Earl Zausmer build 12 or 13 years ago something like this. Then I made a hole in the bigget bal, so the little one stands a bit 'in' it On this pic you can see the ball with the speaker, stands a bit further away. I did this on purpose. pic with speakers in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 __________________They will go on horizontally against the A-pillar of the car. I made already 4 copies in polyester. Made a hole in it, and taped it all with some tape. Then I polished it all a few times, so when he takes them apart, no polyester stays sticking on the plexy. It also took some work to make the fiberglass so smooth with as less airbubbles as possible. There are 2 layers of polyester now, what should be strong enough. Don't want these things to get TOO heavy. Made another 4 alu-rings that will come in there. So it will be possible to screw the speakers tight into the alu rings. It also popped to mind that it would be cool to cover this in CF, but that's almost not possible. The polyester balls are ready, and look good. On the right bal, you see a piece of polyester go loose from the plexy. Ticked it with a hammer. IMG]http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/DSC02020_resize.jpg[/img] removed the plexy (upper) Removed the lower plexy. I made them each the same height. First I leveled the plank. Then rubbed it in one time... Put them together. Mesured a couple of times how much the tweeter must go backwards, and put a piece of MDF wood under it, and glued it together. You can see I put a little filler to fill the wholes in the polyester. I made the smaller ball crossed over in the big ball. It seemed cool... Before I going further with this, I needs some alu, which my friend is going to suply. So I started making some bridles to hook them up to the A-pillars. We can assure you, a f** job which will take a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Got some alu rings from 10mm thick to center the speakers.. The rings must go into the whole, and got tightened at a specific depth. I can asure you, i was on this for HOURS. Screwed each ring with 3 screws. As you can see, I made the side of the ring a bit raw, and put some slots in it. I did this, so the polyester can flow nicely and everything will be fastened tight. On this picture, you can see, that where the screws are, hI pasted a little piece of rubbingpaper. To keep it from moving. In the little ring for the tweeter, I milled out a little hole. for the cables. [Got some alu rings from 10mm thick to center the speakers.. The rings must go into the whole, and got tightened at a specific depth. I can asure you, i was on this for HOURS. Screwed each ring with 3 screws. As you can see, I made the side of the ring a bit raw, and put some slots in it. I did this, so the polyester can flow nicely and everything will be fastened tight. On this picture, you can see, that where the screws are, hI pasted a little piece of rubbingpaper. To keep it from moving. IMG]http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/robola/DSC02069_2_resize.jpg[/img] I already kept the balls in the car, to see if they were straight, and how they would look on the dash. This work seems very simple, until you do it. To know if Left and Right are exactly the same, I took out my laser. With that thing it's actually very easy. You place it in the centre of the mid. I got lucky it fitted right in . You turn the thing on, and aim where you want it. In the background you see some trophies what i won in IASCA COMPETITION . Include;EUROPEAN CHAMPION and BEST OF INSTAL.: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Here's how i fastened the christmasballs against the A-pillar. As you can see, i put in a big fat roundel in the biggest ball. This was so I could hold it all firmly. Also you can see that the hole is bigger than the screw. i did that so i can aim it. The head of the screw I cut off a little, cause I hit the back of the speaker. Upside the hole, you can see a little slot. i made that to get the cables through. This is the Iron trolley who is screwed on the A-pillar. This is the adapted A-Pillar. So it looks in the car. The A-pillars will be covered in black alcantara. It's tight, LOCK TIGHT ! Here the christmasballs of he's wifey, in the car The original focal grill's You may also notice that the wooden trim in the car is changed by alu... i also made some in CF, but i didn't like it, so sold those ones, together with his wooden. Wanted some contrast in the interior. That's why the polyester balls will be sprayed in the silver, like the trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 The A-Pillars are finally covered in Alcantara. That was not so easy... Where the hole is for the speakers, i had some alcantara to much. So pulled everything out of he sleave to make it nice and smooth. A good thing I had big sleaves on his jumper that day . That little shitty thing wasn't easy to cover.. the rest of the interior will be another 3m of alcantara... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 My balls are primered The balls are painted, and look just about perfect. That's what I had in mind, and I made it for 100%. Colour matches the trim perfectly.... About the little ditch in the big ball, i satisfied. Not so easy to make, and rubb it there. This is what you see on the outside. Again something that's finished. When I thinks about it know, it has worth the effort again.... up to the next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Cause I didn't want to change thie original 16:9 screen in the console, I had to find a place for my ALPINE CDA-7998 Phantom Face. I wanted to do this in the middle, under the armrest. Then I had to get of the front en extend it with cables. If this was an ordinary radio, no problem, but with this radio I didn't want to take the risk. So looked for another option to place the radio, without doing harm to the looks of the interior. Made little trolley to fasten the radio. Because I can only tighten this trolley with 2 screws, I made it extra strong. all made of iron. The radio won't move a mini-mm, it's locked TIGHT ! I also weld the original sleigh of the radio onto it. The fiberglass piece I made for the radio, is finished. I lost about a day on this piece to get this perfect. When u sit down and look closely, it was a bit slanting. reason: the dashboard of the beemer was slanting also: conclusion: THEY WERE ALL MADE ON MONDAYS So I placedit, so the lines in the dashboard flow with the piece for the radio. This will be the new place for the radio. There was a little meaninglesscompartiment here for some useless stuff, so lets give the space some meaning ! Not the normal place for a radio, but that's was just so we didn't have to **up the middleconsole... There will be people who don't like the setup over there... but didn't have an other (GOOD) option. In the iron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 This is the result of the fiberglass piece. Thougt of covering it in CF, or doing it in matt black, but changed his mind on the last minute and sprayed it silver? like the christmas-speaker-balls. We were afraid it may be a bit too much silver, but cause the piece is really far down If he changes my mind about the colour, it can be resprayed in black orso. This is the radio with the screen clapped in. . This is the sight when I sits in the car. Just enough the see all of the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testtones Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 I have just noticed you are alot further ahead on this build than you have posted here, what stage are you at now... the amp rack, is that the most current part of your build... oh and absoultly amazing work... I think you have inspired alot of people to put in a bit extra to all thier installs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robola 46 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 The advantage of posting on forums is that you can sometimes take idea's from the people who reply... got the armrest between the seats and screwed it onto a wooden plate. So it look originally This is the original remote controle that came with the radio. Took it apart. First thing I did is take the eye (aiming to the radio) out of the remotecontrol (out of the printplate), and I will place it under the seat. problem solved. the meaning is the remote will glide out of the armrest. This is the -so called- glider where it will run into you can see, I did a disc-job into the armrest Where the thing stopped, it'll get the same shape as the upperside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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