Progress on custom mod dash mid/tweeter plates

[Les Korcala]

Just about all done with dash mods
It was fun project using great Kydex plastics used fir gun holsters , very easy to cut or mold to shape
I actually use it on my kayak kill guard works superb
Here what I did since I will be Triamping 3 Way front stage I needed to make plates to accommodate both , 1” tweeter and 3” midrange
I will be using very nice sounding Rainbows midrange Germanium GL M3 80 watts and Audison Voce 1.1 Teeter 180 W
So instead fabricating entire plate i left original plate sandwiched between 2 Kydex sheets and just drilled speakers holes using dremel and small steel bit
I used 3M double tape to mount all together
No just final fit in to dash hole i will need to remove very little plastic there and plate will fit in very same clips holes
Next kick plates ,
Boy , Bronco totally butchered that place if you study closely there is hole cover with felt right under steel speaker mount
If you just mount your midbase there you loose important sound quality with very poor speaker response
You want to close that hole and creat good tight speaker ring before mounting good woofer there !
takes time but when is done it will be well worth it effort
Sty tuned for that

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[Tricky Dick]

Nice solution. I presume it isn't fully seated in the last pic.

 

[Billnchristy]

I did similar but kept them under the grill. I used a 3" and a 3/4" tweeter though.

 

[Les Korcala]

Nice solution. I presume it isn't fully seated in the last pic.

Thanks , still need to solder speakers wires and cut in to the plastic in speaker openings to fit driver magnet
I think 3” plus tweeter is max anyone can fit in original holes with minimum modifications

 

[John P.]

I wonder if this solution with the factory grill on top would block too much of the midrange and tweeter:

 

[Les Korcala]

It’s partly why I did not use it and sandwiched all together with more solids plate. If you watch the 20.000 $ system they put in Bronco I believe was Sounds Good Stereo they did custom plate in the dash in very similar fashion living original partial plate with clips to easy snap back in place.
I am outing in 600$ tweeters and midrange and I know it will sound amazing.

 

[MOBRONCO]

I wonder if this solution with the factory grill on top would block too much of the midrange and tweeter:

Those seem to mostly fit in the cone space of the OEM speaker, so shouldn’t be too bad.

 

[Les Korcala]

Those seem to mostly fit in the cone space of the OEM speaker, so shouldn’t be too bad.

With my plates in order to fits both of them I had to trim some of the plastic holding original midrange drainer , I just cut around and made bigger opening , worked perfectly little damping and speaker insulation in the back of it and is perfect fit.
I am planing on keeping this car for long time so audio will stay with it.

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