I was getting a bit off topic with my other thread so I decided to post a new one with just my door pods and my A-pillar pod fabrication.

For my A-pillars I started off with a couple of 3/4" rings that were router out to fit my new DD tweeters. Not sure what happened to the pics of these rings but here they are attached to the A-pillar, stretched with grille cloth materiarl and fibreglass reinforced. I used a "Laser Beam" (insert Dr. Evil voice here) to get a perfect trajectory from my tweeter to my ear. They are within 3% of axis to my ears:





Yes, at first they look nasty but after some sanding and some 'massaging' they started to look like they should:





So after getting the basic shape and structure, I was able to use some Icing body filler to get a much more refined shape to them





After many hours of sanding I got the shape I wanted. The only part I did not do was the vinyl work and stitching. My buddy Lowell does that for me!





Now for the Door pods. I started by removing the factory speaker grille and inserting a piece of 6.5" PVC pipe into the hole. I traced out the angle of the door panel then cut the pipe down to size. I used a 1/4" piece of ABS plastic as the backplate and CA glued them together (not shown).



I taped all around the pipe and got my fibreglass and resin ready



Small pieces of 1 oz matt were perfect for getting around all the corners



A great source of vitamin 'I'm going to die!'. I wore a respirator during all of the other glassing...lol



Lookin' toight! All trimmed up and ready for part deux. These pods were designed to be completely removeable from the door panel if need be.



Routered out my rings



Got ma stilts on





Speaker clearance test fit







Stapling the fleece







Resin time!



After about three layers of glass it was time to smooth them all out using some Icing (lightweight body filler)



Lots of 1 oz glass inside



Another test fit before the vinyl wrap



And another call goes to Lowell, my vinyl buddy. He does great work!





There you have it! Feel free to ask me any details of the build. I did all of what you see here except the vinyl work.

 

Great Job!... Your buddy does nice stitching as well... If you would be able to make another identical set I would pay for it!... Please PM me if we can work something out...

 

Niceeeeee !

 

Looks good!

 

nice job +1 on the stitching

 

Amazing work. I wish I had the time and patience to learn to glass. How much did you pay to have the pods wrapped?

 

I installed a deck and two speakers for him if I remember correctly (his own).

 

is the speaker close to your leg when you are in the car?

 

great hands man!!
wish i could do half of that..

 

As I said before... both v. hot man! Awesome work you do, makes the Z proud.

 

where will the passenger put their drinks now???? jk. very nice outcome indeed!

 

The speaker does stick out futher than the stock door panel (of course) but its really not a big deal for me. It kind of creeps me out when I turn it up and the midbass 'air' slaps my knee.

The car is an '03 so no drink holders in the door panels anyway.

 

Damn. Nice work, man. Wish I had the time and resources to do that.

 

wells that's a sweet deal!

 

tight