Many car enthusiasts are familiar with the desire to improve the sound quality of music in their car by adding or replacing speakers. When installing a new speaker system in a car, drivers are usually faced with the need to install a podium for speakers. For front midbass, such stands are essential for high-quality sound.
Of course, for various kinds of tuning, you can contact the workshops, but real drivers can do everything with their own hands. And why overpay? So, let's look at how to make a podium for speakers yourself. Making such a part with your own hands and installing it in a car will not require special skills from you, and from the materials you will need a wooden frame, fiberglass and macroflex.
In order to quickly and efficiently make a podium for speakers, it is necessary to prepare the following materials in advance: plywood about 8 mm thick, fiberglass, hardboard, thick cardboard, epoxy glue, sandpaper, putty, nails,self-tapping screws, PVA glue and a can of macroflex. We begin the manufacture of the platform frame with a preliminary sketch on paper to determine the shape of the future product. Then, side braces, speaker rings and the bottom are cut out of plywood in duplicate. The parts are glued together with PVA glue and fixed with small nails into one frame.
The next step is to fit the speaker stand to the plastic pocket on the car door. To do this, the pocket is unscrewed and filed until the size matches, then everything is wrapped in cellophane and the finished structure is poured with a thin layer of macroflex. The resulting shape of the product is corrected with putty and plaster. After shaping, the frames must be pasted over with thick fiberglass, calcined on fire and soaked in paraffin. For strength, fiberglass is laid in three layers and the edges are fixed with carnations.
When the platforms for car speakers are completely pasted over and finished with putty, it is necessary to glue hardboard backs to them with epoxy glue. Such speaker mounts will ensure a snug fit to the door trim along the entire length. Putty is applied with a spatula, and then the surface is polished with sandpaper, for greater strength, the edge of the fiberglass is placed in a plastic pocket. Then the podium and pocket can be covered with vinyl, while warming it up with a building hair dryer or by lubricating it with BF-88 glue. For a more economical option or for an amateur, you can paint everything with black nitro paint.
In the veryat the end of the work, any podium for car speakers must be fixed in place. To do this, we cut holes with a cutter and fasten the base of the platform with self-tapping screws. For greater strength, a lining is made from centimeter-thick plywood and screwed to the door, previously lubricated with sealant, on self-tapping screws. The podiums themselves are then attracted by self-tapping screws to the same lining.
