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My door pods

Well last year about this time i decided to do some door pods. I never got around to doing it so now i am. :) 1 selenium 8 and 1 selenium st200 tweeter in each door. Keeping it simple since this is my first set of door pods. Here some pics. I know there are a lot of imperfections but i got to learn somewhere.

Taping off the door
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First layer of resin and mat.
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After 3 layers, i pulled the mold off the door.
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Heres 1 8 and 1 tweeter.
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Started drawing out the speaker and tweeter mounting rings.
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That's gonna be awesome
 
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How are you going to mount something that big in a door pod?
 
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Run screws from the back of the door pod thru the metal in the door.
 
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Old 10-25-2010
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More progress for you guys. :) the grinder got away from me at the bottom of the pod. Oops. LOL o well i can patch it up.

Mold trimmed up
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Mold laying on the door panel
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Test fitting speaker and tweeter
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i want!!
 
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Like to hear about it!
What are you going to use for crossovers?

I'm curious to see how these are going to work.
 
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Ill just use the amps crossovers.
 
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Are you worried about the panels rattling? Or do you have a different way to secure them?
 
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Im putting wood bw the panel and door and screwing it to do the door.
 
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Make any progress?
I wanted to note that those speakers really wont work well for you. im sure you know that those are "pro audio" the supertweeter only has a 40deg dispersion path. They will need to be aimed directly at your ears or you will have a large dip in system response. the woofer only has a 2-3mm Xmax. not to mention they are extremely sensitive. they will be real loud but will lack warmth and should be very harsh. *

8" mid basses can sound awesome but you should use them with a dedicated mid-range or full range speaker in addition to a tweeter. instead of just a tweeter.

I would rather see you use one of those SA8 instead. find your self a fullrange with good upperend response to go with it.
 
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Well its time to get back to working on them again. LOL Heres some pics. I cut the end off and made them shorter bc they looked like crap.
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Cool.
 
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