Recent content by tomlester27

Today I got all the new bolts for the panels in. Sound deadened the back of the panels. I put speaker gasket tape under all the cables to prevent rattle and I added a layer of mass loaded vinyl. I fixed the vinyl with strong velcro but I'm not too happy with it. When you pull the vinyl it just...

There is another diagram in the instructions where I can run the tweeter and woofers on separate crossovers in separate channels, but then I would need another amp for the sub. How much power am I loosing? Would you recommend I buy another amp? I guess i can run it like this to start with and...

I want to run the components and this sub from 1 amp, so i need to run it as a 3 channel.

I've not wired crossovers before and I have very limited info in the instruction manual. Does this looks right compared to the drawing? I know the tweeter and woofer cables are correct, but in the drawing the wires seem to splice together, but I have just connected 2 cables to each terminal. Is...

I finished making all the panels today. I ran out of bolts though. Should look nice when all the bolts are in then I can add the mass loaded vinyl.

Thanks. It's all taking a hell of a lot longer than expected. I've been doing it for a whole week and I still haven't even finished 1 door yet lol. I'm having great fun doing it though.

This is slightly off topic but to make the plastic panels I needed a router table, but I didn't have one so I decided to make one out of ply that fits onto my table saw.

I made a start on on making the plastic panels to fill all the holes in the door to help increase the mid bass. (work in progress) I used textured ABS plastic and threaded rivets to secure the panel. Very pleased with how this looks. Just need to do the smaller holes then I can add a layer of...

Next I wired up the crossovers. I found this really nice indent in the door panel which was a perfect size to fit them. I bought a rivnut gun so I can properly mount them the door with bolts. I also added some foam speaker rings and wrapped all the wiring up neatly with tesa tape.

I was going to put the new tweeters under the grills in the dash where the original ones were but there wasn't really enough room so I decided to mount them to the A pillar trim. I quite like how they look.

Next job was to run all the wiring into the doors. I learned this really nice trick on youtube to get the cables nice and neat through this plug by drilling out the unused pins.

The speaker adaptors i bought were pretty flimsy So i covered both sides with sound deadening. I used the speaker gaskets that came with the speakers and I also used foam tape to seal the adaptors to the door. Doing all this has made them a hell of a lot more solid.

Hi, I'm from the UK and i'm new to the forum. This is my first ever audio upgrade. Even though i'm a noob i'm trying to do everything as professionally as I can based off all the youtube videos i've been trying to learn from. The project is in my 2014 Vauxhall Vivaro work van. The plan is to...

I've been looking at these. Are they any good? https://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/focal-165as3-6-5-3-way-components-speakers https://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/focal-expert-subp25db-10-500w-subwoofer-dual-voice-coil-4ohm