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door panel nightmare...
Anybody know how the hell I can get rid of this?? Don't say new door panels cause I don't have 400 bucks.
A few months ago, I cut my door panels to fit my new tweeters in, and now, since I got new speakers, I put my new tweets in the sail panels.
I'm open to any kinds of suggestions, so please try to help out. I was thinking to cover the hole sand it down, and paint the top of the door panel, but I have no clue what kind of materials I would need for that.
Here's a picture of how it looks
A few months ago, I cut my door panels to fit my new tweeters in, and now, since I got new speakers, I put my new tweets in the sail panels.
I'm open to any kinds of suggestions, so please try to help out. I was thinking to cover the hole sand it down, and paint the top of the door panel, but I have no clue what kind of materials I would need for that.
Here's a picture of how it looks
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lol. If it were me (not good at doing that stuff...) I would try and get a piece of wood to fit the hole and glue it on from the back. Then use putty or something to fill the sides, sand, and paint over just that top strip. Or you could try to find something like a light or whatever to stick in. I don't know. Just put the tweeters back in.
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Rep Power: 812 do you have a rubber grommet that would fit around the edge that came with the tweeter? You could put that back and just cut a piece of plastic and stick that in. Like a spacer. You can cut plastic from a blockbuster video case.
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I say, remove the cut part, bondo over the hole, and wrap it in either leather or vynal (Why can't I spell it tonight!) It'll come out good, I think. Either that or run 2 sets of tweeters.
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Originally Posted by Blahman2
I say, remove the cut part, bondo over the hole, and wrap it in either leather or vynal (Why can't I spell it tonight!) It'll come out good, I think.
I think I'm gonna try to do that.
Originally Posted by Blahman2
Either that or run 2 sets of tweeters.
Well, that would sound like ****... LOL.
I had my old tweeters in there, but I've decided to take them out, cause it didn't look that clean.
Obviously, it looks much better now
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Originally Posted by joshb_
Just leave your old tweeters in man......that will prolly look the best
nah man, I don't wanna leave the tweeters in.
I think I'm gonna buy the synthetic suede from car domain, and cover the top part of the door panel with it. Hope it looks good.
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Originally Posted by 2slow2run
dont urs come wit door panel tweeter by the mirror? u noe wut im talk'n bout?
n dont all aftermarket fit in that oem tweeter spot?
n dont all aftermarket fit in that oem tweeter spot?
it did, but my previous tweeters were way bigger to fit (polk audio). The mb quarts that I have right now, fit right in, and they look damn good in there, but now I have that damn hole in my door.
BTW, gearbox do you think I should go with vinyl or suede??
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Rep Power: 812 No vinyl! Looks so tacky and sun will fade it. This is an old pic when I first did it, and the color matches well with the floormats. I think it's clean...
Originally Posted by tripledoublegs
Anybody know how the hell I can get rid of this?? Don't say new door panels cause I don't have 400 bucks.
A few months ago, I cut my door panels to fit my new tweeters in, and now, since I got new speakers, I put my new tweets in the sail panels.
I'm open to any kinds of suggestions, so please try to help out. I was thinking to cover the hole sand it down, and paint the top of the door panel, but I have no clue what kind of materials I would need for that.
Here's a picture of how it looks
A few months ago, I cut my door panels to fit my new tweeters in, and now, since I got new speakers, I put my new tweets in the sail panels.
I'm open to any kinds of suggestions, so please try to help out. I was thinking to cover the hole sand it down, and paint the top of the door panel, but I have no clue what kind of materials I would need for that.
Here's a picture of how it looks
u cut that hole out with a butter knife
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Originally Posted by gearbox
do you have a rubber grommet that would fit around the edge that came with the tweeter? You could put that back and just cut a piece of plastic and stick that in. Like a spacer. You can cut plastic from a blockbuster video case.
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few sheets of fibre mat. flip it back over and bondo the hole. let it dry adn sand smoth. then paint
do NOT apply mattign from the outside. youd have to sand your *** clean threw to smoothen it heh
few sheets of fibre mat. flip it back over and bondo the hole. let it dry adn sand smoth. then paint
do NOT apply mattign from the outside. youd have to sand your *** clean threw to smoothen it heh
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I think it was a steak knife...
But he will make it work, my sugestion is go to a junkyard, no one ever looks for door panels....they are always in tack
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Rep Power: 328 Either find some panels in a junk yard (you could get them for about $25) or buy the grilles for some tweets (hell, make your own from mesh) and slap some neon back there. Not the best, but it'd work and require minimal work. You could always glass fmo the back, and paint the whole panel with textured paint.
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Originally Posted by tripledoublegs
Anybody know how the hell I can get rid of this?? Don't say new door panels cause I don't have 400 bucks.
A few months ago, I cut my door panels to fit my new tweeters in, and now, since I got new speakers, I put my new tweets in the sail panels.
I'm open to any kinds of suggestions, so please try to help out. I was thinking to cover the hole sand it down, and paint the top of the door panel, but I have no clue what kind of materials I would need for that.
Here's a picture of how it looks
A few months ago, I cut my door panels to fit my new tweeters in, and now, since I got new speakers, I put my new tweets in the sail panels.
I'm open to any kinds of suggestions, so please try to help out. I was thinking to cover the hole sand it down, and paint the top of the door panel, but I have no clue what kind of materials I would need for that.
Here's a picture of how it looks
