Many motorists 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, as a rule, are faced with the need to install a podium for speakers. For the 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. Yes, and why overpay? So, we will consider how to make a podium for the columns 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 macro-flex.
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 spray 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 struts, speaker rings and the bottom are cut out of plywood in duplicate. Parts are glued together
with PVA glue and fixed using small nails in one frame.
The next step is that the speaker podium must be fitted under a plastic pocket on the car door. To do this, unscrew the pocket and file it to the same size, then wrap everything in cellophane and fill the finished structure with a thin layer of macroflex. The resulting shape of the product is adjusted using putty and plaster. After shaping the frames, it is necessary to paste over with a thick fiberglass, calcined over a fire and impregnated with paraffin. For durability, fiberglass is laid in three layers and the edges are fixed with carnations.
When the platforms for car speakers are completely glued and finished with putty, it is necessary to glue hardboard backs with epoxy glue to them. Such speaker mounts will provide a snug fit to the door trim along the entire length. The putty is applied with a spatula, and then the surface is ground with a 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 with a building hair dryer or by lubricating with BF-88 glue. For a more economical option, or for an amateur, you can paint everything with black nitro paint.
At the very end of the work, any podium for the car speakers must be fixed in place. To do this, cut holes with a cutter and fasten the base of the platform with screws. Lining is made of centimeter-thick plywood for greater strength and is screwed to the door, previously lubricated with sealant, for self-tapping screws. The podiums themselves are then attracted by screws to the same lining.