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General Chat / custom door cards for aftermarket speakers (pic heavy)
« on: 22:05, Sun 08 July 2012 »
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Had a customer send in some renault 5 door cards for refurbishment and a bit of modification so that he could fit his aftermarket speaker grills into them instead of the original plastic grills.
thought that it may be of interest to some so here are a load of pictures of what i did to them
1) these are the grills that the customer wanted fitted into the door cards
2) lower edges of the cards had a fair bit of water damage so section at a time they were clamped flat and painted with a thinned resin so that it penetrated the card and then set in the correct flat shape
3) cracks and surrounding area impregnated with cyanoacryalate to restore original strength
4) again area impregnated with cyanoacryalate to restore original strength
5) this area had 2 cracks, distortion to the shape and a missing fixing so it was clamped in place for teh repairs to be done
6) area surrounding cracks and where the fixing was missing were soaked in cyanoacryalate, fixing was then clamped in place to set
7) bolster on one side had started to collapse but damage was only in the surface layer of the card with the main structure being intact
cracked area set with resin to prevent any further cracking occuring
9) to mount the aftermarket grills i cut some rings from mdf sheet
10) mounted the mdf rings in the back of teh door cards so that they sit slightly below the level of the normal speaker aperture
11) view from the top, speaker grill tabs were already missing so it saved me a job removing them
12) edges of the speaker holes had seen better days and were crumbling
13) edges soaked with cyanoacryalate to make them good and solid
14) edges sanded down and filled as required to restore shaping
15) blocks fitted to the back of the rings to give something substantial for the grills fixing screws to fit into
16) close view
17) speaker grill surround trial fitted, internal edges refinished as required
18) refinished edge
19 close view with surround in place
20) cards coated in a layer of thinned epoxy, this soaks into the surface ensuring good adhesion and allows refinishing of the card surface to improve the quality of finish
21) surface refinished
22) close up of speaker area after refinishing
23) door cards flocked
24) with the aftermarket grills fitted
http://www.facebook.com/phoenixautosport
Had a customer send in some renault 5 door cards for refurbishment and a bit of modification so that he could fit his aftermarket speaker grills into them instead of the original plastic grills.
thought that it may be of interest to some so here are a load of pictures of what i did to them
1) these are the grills that the customer wanted fitted into the door cards
2) lower edges of the cards had a fair bit of water damage so section at a time they were clamped flat and painted with a thinned resin so that it penetrated the card and then set in the correct flat shape
3) cracks and surrounding area impregnated with cyanoacryalate to restore original strength
4) again area impregnated with cyanoacryalate to restore original strength
5) this area had 2 cracks, distortion to the shape and a missing fixing so it was clamped in place for teh repairs to be done
6) area surrounding cracks and where the fixing was missing were soaked in cyanoacryalate, fixing was then clamped in place to set
7) bolster on one side had started to collapse but damage was only in the surface layer of the card with the main structure being intact
cracked area set with resin to prevent any further cracking occuring9) to mount the aftermarket grills i cut some rings from mdf sheet
10) mounted the mdf rings in the back of teh door cards so that they sit slightly below the level of the normal speaker aperture
11) view from the top, speaker grill tabs were already missing so it saved me a job removing them
12) edges of the speaker holes had seen better days and were crumbling
13) edges soaked with cyanoacryalate to make them good and solid
14) edges sanded down and filled as required to restore shaping
15) blocks fitted to the back of the rings to give something substantial for the grills fixing screws to fit into
16) close view
17) speaker grill surround trial fitted, internal edges refinished as required
18) refinished edge
19 close view with surround in place
20) cards coated in a layer of thinned epoxy, this soaks into the surface ensuring good adhesion and allows refinishing of the card surface to improve the quality of finish
21) surface refinished
22) close up of speaker area after refinishing
23) door cards flocked
24) with the aftermarket grills fitted
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