Rainbows
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From: In a van down by the river
Originally Posted by styxnpicks
what's stoping you from making your own?
2. No desire to
3. Would probably not be done right the first time
4. It could break and I'd be pissed.
The list goes on. I'm getting tired of "do it yourself" projects lately as I've had way too many of them. Both on the truck and off.
My biggest concern is would the 6.5s cause me to have to 'trim' the plastic in the door to get them to fit. Then the number two concern would be finding an adapter.
Duke
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From: my apartment
Originally Posted by F150 Duke
1. Lazy
2. No desire to
3. Would probably not be done right the first time
4. It could break and I'd be pissed.
The list goes on. I'm getting tired of "do it yourself" projects lately as I've had way too many of them. Both on the truck and off.
My biggest concern is would the 6.5s cause me to have to 'trim' the plastic in the door to get them to fit. Then the number two concern would be finding an adapter.
Duke
2. No desire to
3. Would probably not be done right the first time
4. It could break and I'd be pissed.
The list goes on. I'm getting tired of "do it yourself" projects lately as I've had way too many of them. Both on the truck and off.
My biggest concern is would the 6.5s cause me to have to 'trim' the plastic in the door to get them to fit. Then the number two concern would be finding an adapter.
Duke
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From: In a van down by the river
Originally Posted by styxnpicks
triming the plastic is easy. takes all of two minutes. then all you need is an mount made of mdf make sure its big enuff to cover the 6x8 opening, cut a hole and viola... done takes about 10 minutes to do
Thanks again,
Duke
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From: Chesterfield,Va.
Originally Posted by F150 Duke
So the speaker attaches to the MDF and the MDF attaches to the 4 screws on the plastic door skin?
Thanks again,
Duke
Thanks again,
Duke
some trimming maybe required depend on speaker... Polks went in with no trimming, Rainbows didn't fit in easly at all... I had to heat the panel with a heat gun and let the top and bottom of the speaker, adaptor assy. sink into the panel... could have just trimmed it out, but I didn't...
screws will have to be long enough to go though adaptor, panel and into the door skin
Last edited by F150Truck'in; Nov 23, 2006 at 11:25 AM.
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From: In a van down by the river
Originally Posted by F150Truck'in
MDF is what 95% use for an adaptor, but I use Lexan (polycarb) from work.. If MDF ever gets wet is history....
some trimming maybe required depend on speaker... Polks went in with no trimming, Rainbows didn't fit in easly at all... I had to heat the panel with a heat gun and let the top and bottom of the speaker, adaptor assy. sink into the panel... could have just trimmed it out, but I didn't...
screws will have to be long enough to go though adaptor, panel and into the door skin
some trimming maybe required depend on speaker... Polks went in with no trimming, Rainbows didn't fit in easly at all... I had to heat the panel with a heat gun and let the top and bottom of the speaker, adaptor assy. sink into the panel... could have just trimmed it out, but I didn't...
screws will have to be long enough to go though adaptor, panel and into the door skin
Would you ever make any more of those?
Duke
