I'm not going to draw it up for you but all you gotta do is cut a round hole in the bottom of the tray mount the speaker and then stretch the grill cloth over top and by stretching it and holding the tension over it much like pitching a tent it holds its shape and has the exact curve and form. theis is the same thing as using fleece to do fiberglass work the lip around the tray is your form

 

That I know. That was the "easy" I was referrring to earlier.

 

well why are you trying to make it harder than it already is? this is EASY. yet noone does it.... it's like your trying to re-invent the freaking wheel. I mean I know I can wire up my HU with no harness and just solder everything together but the harness kit made it easy right?

 

No point in getting nasty. Just because you like it with grill cloth doesn't mean I do. Otherwise, I would have gone that route about a year ago. That is not what I want.

 

well there arn't alot of options up there

 

The way I did it was by tracing the original tray onto a sheet of 5/8 mdf. Once I had that drawn out I found the center and used my dremel circle cutter to make the speaker hole. Then using my router and a 1/2" rabbit bit I recessed the speaker hole edge enough to make the speaker sit below flush. I then cut out the panel and flipped it over and recessed the outside edge enough to make the entire panel sit flush with the dash. If you don't flip it the rabbited edge will be on the wrong side.

I don't remember the depths but I'm sure you can figure that out easily. Only thing I want to finish it use my sander to knock the corners down a bit. This little lip does give me a corner to lift it out when needed so I may leave it all as it is. I think it took me maybe an hour to do the whole thing.

Oh I should mention this is rock solid and has zero vibrations.

 

I took mine out a few minutes ago and I figured that was it. Using the grill cloth kinda hides the slight front to back curve of the dash huh? How did you attach the plate? I really like that idea but, I think that front to back curve would get me without using cloth.

 

I used gravity and the bulk of a 6.5" Type-R, the cloth wrapping under also provides plenty of padding and friction.

 

I think if you set the plate in the hole you can trace the contour of the dash onto the plate side. Then just sand down the top to match the line on the sides. Mine is so close I don't even notice it and it's perfectly flat.

 

Looks nice D. Something you dont see everyday.

 

Thanks Bartak.

Impact....I cut out a quick plate like yours to see what it would look like. There would be quite a bit of sanding to get it to look good but, it could be done. When you said paint my plate to match the trim, did you mean the grayish trim outside of the tray or the blackish of the tray? Pictures really do help when matching. The blackish paint I used is really close to the tray now. Matching the grayish might look better.

 

or you save some time and do it my way in 5 minutes

 

I'm interested in doing this..

However my deck nor amp has a center channel output.

How are you guys wiring it?

And are you creating a 'box' around the speaker? Or is it just using the entire compartment as a 'box'?

 

sorry, but im having issues finding your gallery, could i get a link?

 

SSpiro....I have the Alpine H701 processor with built in 5.1. Impact has the Kenwood head unit with built in 5.1 so we both have center channel amps. No box. Just mounted to a baffle and basically free air.


gatortech...you should be able to click the little camera in the upper right of my posts.