dope! those are real clean. so did you cut the door panel? looked at it real quick today seems like molded together.. also - what type of paint did you use? and did it hold up... im always trying to get as close to stock look as possible

 

very very clean.

 

to do that style, you dont have to cut the door panel, when the panel is off, look at the back, there are little plastic "melted" tabs that hold that bottom section on (with the little cubby) grind those off or cut them and that piece comes off.

 

^ Yes. Then I used hard board for the lower section. Made some mdf rings to mount the speakers, and fiber glassed that pod area. Then wrapped it in tweed along with the upper section. I used t-nuts in the wood and machine screws from the backside of the panel to mount them. The paint I used was just a plasti-kote vinyl spray bomb, that actually holds up extremely well. Never had a peeling or scratching issue. I had to swap those panels over to the g/fs blazer cause she wanted a better stereo.

 

Blazin_Jason wins this thread

thanks, guess that's what i'm going to attempt - perhaps ill throw up some photos of the process...

one other detail if you dont mind - what was your wiring setup/amp situation

 

That was my first attempt at f/g, and was just going for something simple and easy. I was happy with how it turned out. It's not too hard as long as you think ahead and take your time.

The PG rsd's are ran off a sundown 100.2 which is connected with 16 gauge knukonceptz. If the blue jimmy I had the crossovers in the rear by the amps, and a run for each mid and tweet from there. In the g/fs blazer the 16 gauge runs to the dash area and the crossovers are hidden under there, then wired to the comps. I have a 100.4 that I plan to run 2 sets of comps next. So new panels will be built similar with slight changes.

 

hmm interesting thanks..

here's pic of my rear speakers - picked up some of these shallow mount 6x9 components used Eclipse SC6900 6x9 2-way Component Speakers - Sonic Electronix

ditched the ashtrays and made simple tweeter plate with pine - thought it worked out well, the speakers pound actually.. my work truck so don't care too much about it looking perfect .. think might be sideways whatever

 

and update on the home depot Useal (dynamat alternative) thought was going well, until today it all fell off my roof - i even used that aluminum tape that sticks to everything.. hmm.. still worked pretty good behind the interior plastic

 

One of the classic reasons why people should use the stuff intended for the car environment. RAAMAudio's RAAMmat BXT isn't all that expensive and is a pretty good product. It's made from real Butyl rubber so it doesn't have that damned asphalt smell to it either. I would suggest a couple of other brands if you weren't trying to do it as cheap as possible, but on a budget the RAAMmat does very well. I have a ton of it in my van and have it in the Jimmy from behind the doors and back to the rear gate.

 

blazin_jason i will pay to make me a set of those lol