My Mudane

[samuelellis]

I got the Pi fitted in the car - not neatly but at least its in and working


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogl1JDAv14

As i was using my phone to record i could not show it tethered to the phone for internet or the Android XBMC remote

[samuelellis]

that one went wrong anyway so i made it again with less textured paint (i will admit i went OTT on that one as i was not paying attention)

The reason for the textured paint was i did not want the doorcards to be glass smooth, i wanted them to be textured like OEm doorcards are

now ive not done a brilliant job of the doorcards i will admit but the doorcards, facia, and centre console were the first time i had ever touched filler so i was learning as i went along and i can tidy it all up a bit now

I just wanted everything working for this Saturday, after that i can go back and tidy things up

[samuelellis]

Close - Yorkshire accent thank you very much

Ah well i got it all back together and now the clutch has started slipping pretty much right on the button of when it rolled 120thousand miles so its a case of nursing it to keep it going - its fine as long as i dont do revvie revvie dump clutchie redline changes

Glad to see that people see the madness of doing things like this, afterall if we all thought with our beige trousers on then the roads would have even more mk4golf diesels than it already does on the roads

[samuelellis]

shame i kept getting told off when i started turning it up isnt it

[samuelellis]

Right so having had the 6x9's in the doors for a few days I am impressed with the midbass to the point that its hard to tell where the doors stop and the woofers start

The only problem is that the metal tweeters are very harsh so a bit fatiguing, plus as they are very directional music sounds a bit odd and occasionally sounds like parts are missing so i need to get some midrange and tweeters upfront.

It appears my choice is either the Vibe Space3d midrange and tweeter, GZ 4inch component set, JL Audio Evolution Components, Phonocar 4inch coaxials or a pair of phonocar 2inch midrange/combined tweeter


God this is an expensive hobby

[samuelellis]

yea the plan with the 6x9's is that when it is at a show the doors are open and all tweeters are working

For daily driving the doors are lowpassed and highpassed to play just midbass - midrange and treble handled by speakers on the apillar

[samuelellis]

Yep utterly stupid

Well updates

I need to whip the doorcards off for a retrim and a bit more work as they were done in a hurry for the connors day meet

Also i have just picked up a sponsorship offer for new woofers so im swapping the 8 JL 12's in the 6th order wall for 4 15inch Ground Zero nucelear subs - http://www.ground-zero-audio.com/en/products/subwo... still in the 6th order enclosure

I have also picked up a 2nd 3kw (3000Watt RMS) mono amp so i should be running 6k next year.

Also I may be changing the front speakers and doing SQ a-pillar builds for daily driving

Also i need to work on the AV side of the car because i intend to offer it to charitys as a mobile PA system next year so i will be fitting screens in the boot and behind the rear windows

[samuelellis]

Right i have not done anything on the install as im waiting until the new year when i have the big expenses out of the way (insurance/xmas etc) so i have just been doing bits and pieces, one thing ive done is to respray bits of trim

From this OEM



to this



Grill sprayed black and the engine cover has been sprayed Ford ocean blue, just to make it zing a bit more i took a silver spray and sprayed it in the air above the trim panel so the paint would just dust the panel.

I still need to get a airbox and spray that at some point - just thought i would update to show that i have not given up on the project, just waiting for some more cash to be free

[samuelellis]

Right time to update the thread

2013 - time for a new install in the mong-deo

The 8 12inch JL woofers are going and being replaced by four of these 15's - http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/gro-gznw15x-ground... in the same style of enclosure i currently have (6th order bandpass)

Now in regards to amplifier power i am going from 3KW of sub amplifiers to 6KW of sub amplifiers

In regards to the front end due to my other half having problems with the the previous doorcards i am making new doorcards to house the 4 6x9's for midbass, agian each door will use the existing two 1KW amps to power the doors (1kw poer door)

Now to improve the sound quality this time round i will be running a set of these ( http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/ground-zero-gzrc10... ) components in the a-pillars acting as high frequency and mid-range drivers to improve the SQ

[samuelellis]

So updates, updates, updates

I built the following doorcards for it but due to some cock-ups the fibreglass warped the panel making it so they would not fit






So change of plan - say hello to the new midbass drivers for the doors





They are 10inch drivers - 2 per door

So 4 speaker rings cut out of MDF



Nasty painted fake wood trim and door pull removed from door



Same on the other door



Remove the soft touch padding Ford put on the doors from both doors



Then a bit of chopping to make room for the speaker magnets



Door card mounted to check the magnets wont hit the metal of the door, once confirmed the rings were hot glued in place



Same on the passenger side



Now to wait for my fibreglass resin to arrive, once it has plastic primer the cards, pull some fabric over it right and soak in resin to take the shape

Then i can work on strengthening and trimming the card

[samuelellis]

So i have done a bit more

stuck fabric to the doorcard ready for glassing



And resined it



The problem is the resin was not mixed hot enough so it ate the glue holding the fabric before it set so

re do it and mix the resin hotter



Layer of resin and matting on the back of both cards







Now a layer on the front of the card



So now leave that to dry overnight and do the same to the other doorcard so i can get on with sanding and filling

[samuelellis]

ive not come that far out from the door so i should be ok with clearance

[samuelellis]

So since the last update

More fibreglass on the back of the cards






So to give you an idea of depth needed this is the back of one of the mids




Both of the doorcards got a layer of matting and resin on the front of them



Once that was dry then a trim and then filling work



quick test to see what the speakers will look like



Filling and sanding













Now cut out the fabric part of the doorcard and clean it up ready for trimming





Now once the card is covered the sound deadening you can see below should leave that outline embossed - nice effect i think




So that is where i am up to so far

[samuelellis]

So todays work

First off pick up the material and glue for trimming



You can keep your solvent free spray glue, this stuff actually works

fabric part i cut out of the door trimmed in red leatherette



Offering it up to the door with an offcut of red to see what it looks like on the part of the door pull is attatched to




so trimming the bottom of the door, remember the deadening i put on the door in the shape of a speaker - this is what it looks like now it is trimmed



Bottom of door trimmed in white leatherette with the red held in to see what it looks like



Now the top of the door trimmed with black leatherette





Bit of tidying up to do - that is tomorrows job

[samuelellis]

Time to start getting this doorcard together

still got to re-attached the piece trimmed in red with the ever so lovely fake wood but as i finished neatinign up the trim i thought i would see what it looks like together








Couple of bits im not really thrilled with but hey for my first time playing with trimming its not turned out too bad

Just to finish off the bits on this door, then get to work on the other door and once they are both done throw some fibreglass matting and resin on the backs of them

[samuelellis]

ok so the trimming was not all that good and had a few issues when you looked close.

So off to a friends i went to get some trimming advice and though i will start again so this is what i have so far



Still got some more to do on the card before this one is done and i have to admit i have used a HELL of a lot of glue, it does not go as far as you would think

[samuelellis]

ok so what i have been up to recently on the mong-deo

first off my new full range drivers for the a-pillars arrived, 2 of these per a-pillar. As they are fullrange it means i dont need a tweeter, these do it all and as they are from the GZ SQ line they should sound good as well, I may be mistaken but i think im the only person running these in the UK at the moment



so the doorcard i had nearly finished, when trimming for the door handle i slipped and took a chunk out. After much swearing and cursing i trimmed the area back a bit as you can see in this pic



The idea is to make a piece of trimming that goes over that area to frame the door handle - the same way the blue trim has been done around the doorpull/window switches. Once that has been done i will be sikaflexing the door back together

But as that will take time i thought i may as well get on with the other door

Firstly - more glue, i am going through so much of this stuff



part 1


Measuring up and aligning the black


taaaa daaaaa




still got a bit more to do but that is where i am up to

[samuelellis]

schuey said:

Have been warming up the material before laying on the door card? Makes is a bit easier to get round the tighter corners,I spent many a day swearing in the garage at similar projects!

Tidy garage by the way

thanks, i keep meaning to tidy it up but never get round to it, its only recently i cleared it out so i could get back into it.

The fabric tbh is actually pretty stretchy and nice to work with, fake leather from dunelm mills - reasonbly priced as well.

I did think about heating it but the contact adhesive is vicious enough as is it is so i did not want to make it go off any quicker, literally as soon as the fabric touches it sets 80% solid so the time i have to play with is not a massive amount

[samuelellis]

yes its a typo - i was meaning to type mundane as a mickey take about how some people see the Mondeo as a boring car

[samuelellis]

TBH i am not too happy with some of the bits of trimming but now the glue is set it is on for good but nothing to stop me making another set next year and if i am honest that is me being picky, for someone who is still learning how to trim they are alright-ish.

Ive always maintained the only way to learn something is to get stuck in and try it so I did, doorcards, material and glue are reasonably cheap (thank god for the pound shop and 5paint brushes for a quid) so its not mega expensive to give it a go

BTW the yorkshire rose idea is something i am toying with to project out of the boot