installing 3.5 in front pillard

[qlc1964]

hey fellas!
i 'm putting 3.5 2 way speakers in the front pillards

using fiberglass&bondo i did pics. the hard part is finding

a way to cover the spkr sinse they don't come with grilles.

i will have to put them in my photobucket when i load

them up.

[JKmotorsports]

You can make a small frame with 1/4" mdf and use speaker grille cloth. The cloth is available in different colors and can be made blend right in and flow with the new pods.

[qlc1964]

As you can tell i'm just winging it and it was not planed

i just dicided to do it. i did use the pillards i got out the junk

yard instead of mine. i think i will get more of them to practice

more paid 3.00 for both.

but i will have to save some $$$ to get the right material
fiberglass risin,RAGEGOLD,die grinder,patience,tool to make rings

then get good at it and sell.

[TahoeGoBoom]

good luck with it. i love seein people make pods in these trucks. i'm pretty sure everyones seen mine by now.
all i can say is make sure you measure it all out. the pillars seem to be on there with very little breathing room. I have three wires running up mine and it already hates me. lol

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

not knocking this idea, but won't 3.5" scream at you on the pillars? why not use your skills and money to make custom kick panels instead? Just throwing it out there.

Pat

[TahoeGoBoom]

or just do more speakers in the door panels..

[AtomicHoe094]

or tweeters like the nbs in the pillars

[TahoeGoBoom]

tweeters dont even require a pod. lol. good ones come with pods.

[AtomicHoe094]

well then dont make pods damnit.. hhaha

[TahoeGoBoom]

seems like a good idea to me. lmao.

so what are you gonna do, wrap em or paint em?

[qlc1964]

i'm going to paint them with the sem spray can or just thought

of this paint it the color of my truck. what yha think?

they want be to loud they will be balanced with the door 6.5.

i will send upper mid & high freq to them and i did play around

with the angles for the pods. just doing it to be different and i will

do the kicks maby. i no one thing i better have something

to show why i been in the shed long nighters to the wife. There almost complete just got to color match them and get small

grill cloth to cover the spkrs.

[AtomicHoe094]

have any progress pics?

[JKmotorsports]

If you really want the system to sound it's best with midrange drivers in the a-pillar, a time alignment processor will make a huge difference. One speaker is a couple feet from you while the other is about five feet or so, throwing off the acoustical arrival time of each driver. A TA processor will delay the signal by a few mS from the farthest driver, re-aligning the signal and creating a more accurate reproduction of the input signal.
Kick panel placement helps with TA since the difference in distance of each speaker in relation to the listening position is less.
Anyway, how are they coming along? I think I'd paint or wrap them to match the interior, unless you have other trim pieces inside painted to match the exterior also.

[TahoeGoBoom]

I'd say match it with the interior. my pods in the rear are painted to match the truck cuz my sub box was too. now with it being the only thing matching the exterior it kinda bugs me. what speakers you plannin on runnin?

[qlc1964]

here are the picks and these are clarion spkrs i had laying

around. there has to be a better texture paint to use it didn't

come to good. that grab handle in the way couldn't put it same level as driver side i think it came out fine for a first

timer.

i will be getting some new 3.5 later

["350Vortec"]

here are the picks and these are clarion spkrs i had laying

around. there has to be a better texture paint to use it didn't

come to good. that grab handle in the way couldn't put it same level as driver side i think it came out fine for a first

timer.

i will be getting some new 3.5 later

That came out mint man, but in my opinion those would just annoy the shit out of me when driving.

[qlc1964]

i haven't driven the truck yet sinse i put them in last night and

the wife don't like them either (BUT SHE NEVER UNDER STANDS)

I will see what my friends think.

[TahoeGoBoom]

idk, it bothers me that they dont sit even. i prolly woulda molded them more into the corners than in the middle like that. still, not bad for a first attempt. you can always find pillars at a junk yard and try again if you want.

[qlc1964]

it couldn't be helped 2 reasons the way the dash is made and

the grab handle but one thing the dash on 96 to 99 that grab

will have to come off. then to over come that both are angled

different . actually i did get two more of them at the yard $5.00.

Doing it again but they are smaller and more inline with

pillard like them pillard gauges but still low in the corners.

the main problem i have is a way to cover the 3.5 sinse they

come with grilles.

they are a little destracting or more of a blind spot :some thing to get used to .

[qlc1964]

i will be putting in my other set of pillards today and i will do pics.

[AtomicHoe094]

sounds goood

[qlc1964]

these are the second pair i made

[TahoeGoBoom]

looks good. i see what your talkin about with that grab handle. Mines a 99 so i have the pass side air bag and no grab handle

[AtomicHoe094]

i think while your fiberglassing and shit, just fill in the "ohshit" handle holes... itll look alot better..

[TahoeGoBoom]

+1, eliminate it since your glassing anyway

oh, and it turns out i have that handle. lmao. i never seen it before today, how sad is that. lmao

[AtomicHoe094]

hahahha dummy! lol.. who the hell uses those things anyways, cover them holes up!

[WH0DAMAN]

You did a fine job. A little to big for my taste but you did a great job making them. For future reference, they are called pillars. Time aligning those things is going to be a must if you want to keep your hearing.