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A while back I posted a thread on making Tweeter Pods. That turned into using my F350 as a test bed & practice run.
https://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-a-pillar-tweeter-pods
(I just noticed that the links to the pics in the above thread were broken. I think that I fixed them now.)
These sound GREAT and I do love them, BUT, they do look like an add on to me although nobody else seems to notice them.
So for the Stang, i decided to to try to remake the entire A-pillar over so that I can blend in the Tweeter better. Hopefully giving it a more factory-ish look.
Here is the first day(s) of progress. I thought that I could make the initial molding without putting any cloth in, but they didn't have any structure, so I added cloth in a couple stages. IF I had to over again, I would have added the cloth on the first step and did a better job of wrapping the cloth.
Covered the pillars with aluminum foil, I think that heavy duty foil would have worked better.
After glassing.
My biggest fear was that I wouldn't be able to get the glass off of the pillar. But it only took a little careful coaxing.
These are a little rougher that I like but I think that I can work with them. If not, I now know that I could remake them rather easily and faster the second time through.
The plan is to put more glass & cloth on the inside and then figure out exactly where the Tweeters will go and start building up the outside so that they are blended in. I found some nice Alpine tweeters that are smaller and shallower than the Kickers I used on the truck.
https://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-a-pillar-tweeter-pods
(I just noticed that the links to the pics in the above thread were broken. I think that I fixed them now.)
These sound GREAT and I do love them, BUT, they do look like an add on to me although nobody else seems to notice them.
So for the Stang, i decided to to try to remake the entire A-pillar over so that I can blend in the Tweeter better. Hopefully giving it a more factory-ish look.
Here is the first day(s) of progress. I thought that I could make the initial molding without putting any cloth in, but they didn't have any structure, so I added cloth in a couple stages. IF I had to over again, I would have added the cloth on the first step and did a better job of wrapping the cloth.
Covered the pillars with aluminum foil, I think that heavy duty foil would have worked better.
After glassing.
My biggest fear was that I wouldn't be able to get the glass off of the pillar. But it only took a little careful coaxing.
These are a little rougher that I like but I think that I can work with them. If not, I now know that I could remake them rather easily and faster the second time through.
The plan is to put more glass & cloth on the inside and then figure out exactly where the Tweeters will go and start building up the outside so that they are blended in. I found some nice Alpine tweeters that are smaller and shallower than the Kickers I used on the truck.
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