beyond that....what do you think?
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beyond that....what do you think?
The tightness is what us causing the glue to not hold, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
Use the heat to get the material closer to the correct shape and the glue wont work so hard.
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I will use heat as well as a stronger glue and report back.
Please do seems like a neat project.
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3M sucks for vinyl, we use Dap weldwood landau top adhesive, the stuff that comes in a blue can. Nothing in a spray bottle comes closeQuote:
Originally Posted by ictponder
I was hoping you would chime in
can only be bought in 1 or 5 gallon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Streamln1
3M vinyl top adhesive was really tough stuff, as I remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
Stop by your favorite body shop and see if they'll sell you a pint or so, Steve.
I have found that contact cement is also used in the upholstery industry.
weldwood is contact cement, its not the same consistency as the stuff you can buy at home depot tho, the landau top adhesive is awesome. Best method is to use a cheap air sprayer i/e one of those $20 air guns they have at harbor freight. Give it a nice thorough coat on both sides, let it tack up for about a minute and it will hold and not let go, but be careful and go slow, because its an absolute bitch to pull off if you want to start over again. Use a heat gun too.
Streamlin1,
Can I PM you to discuss with you my decision to go active or passive in my front stage?
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Originally Posted by Streamln1
Are we talking about the interior door panels here? I have a process that has worked well for me, I am about to compile and post it up in the next week or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
If that vinyl wrap is wrapping over a gauge pod there, then I suggest cutting contour triangles in the vinyl that need to be smoothed there the gauges will mount and pull the vinyl inwards so it stretches smooth. You can use heat to move the vinyl around on the adhesive and also heat to stretch it a little. If it is textured vinyl, be careful how much heat you apply as it will marr the texture.
No Kevin, we are talking about "A" pillarsQuote:
Originally Posted by Boost4VR4
sure man fire away
Holy hell man, how are you not deaf? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
What!?
lol
seriously looks like you could power a house with that setup :p
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Originally Posted by n2nsanity
The old school HCCA amplifiers were bad to the bone, the system was a modest 1,200 watts RMS. Most bass amplifiers now a days runs that alone. Plus what you are not seeing is the two yellow top batteries and 4 1F capacitors under the amp rack. ;)
I have not given up on this:
some minor progress:
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THAT'S the way they should look - VERY nice! :)
Very nice! I love the finish! Ill be glassing my a pillars too.
How do you like the off axis mounting?
I have an idea on what works for my tweets.. Im just getting an idea on what works for our car.
I have not heard them yet and every speaker is different, my research revealed that the tweeters to this component set up sounds VERY good at off axis positioning. I am sure my T/A will make it that much better.
Also yes this was fiber glassed, but then wrapped in a automotive vinyl that matched the original vinyl wrapped A-pillars to appear like stock.
Nice to know ;)
Question about the pillars.. Did you remove all the factory vinyl before you attached the rings and dowels?
I used non-vinyl wrapped A-Pillars. and the tweeter was a cup that I used non hardening model clay as a temporary adhesion to attach the cup to the A-pillar to find the ideal location, from there I screwed the cup to the permanent location.
Since this was not a huge area to build up, filler like tiger hair was used to form around the cup.
BUT if you was to use pieces that have vinyl, I would strip it first.
All the pics are deadQuote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
I need to address my bandwidth use, I think it was my signature on this forum, I have it hosted here now, and deleted off my Photobucket account.
I did a test install of the driver's side to make sure that I was happy with the rotated position of the faces of the gauges:
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Now to start preparing the wiring so I can get this installed.
Routed the wiring for under the driver's A-Pillar, I extended all pigtails so that the connections will be in the dash, not behind the A-Pillar. This will be easier to install the part and not have to guess if I am pinching wires.
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ALL wires are laying perfectly flat so that they will fit between the plastic and the A-Pillar:
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Gotta love Gorilla Tape when running wires :D
The stuff sticks so well.
Steve, don't take this the wrong way, but I have a hard time with the eloquence of your leather wrapped pillars being combined with the yellow carbon fiber accents.
I used it to fix rips in my vert top. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
:stupid:Quote:
Originally Posted by Forest Gump
Might be time to swap out the CF trim with something different. If you like it that's all that matters though. It could just be the flash of the camera.
I love it Paul, and it is most likely the flash, the pillars look color / texture wise no different than what was there before. I have also been told that the dashkit looks better in person than photos (Ohiospyderman)
The flash makes it pop out for sure. The car looked great at NG.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
I think it is the epoxy coating reflecting the flash.
[QUOTE=2fnloud;44172]I decided that I would bring over the Pioneer equipment that I had in my Saturn, this meant I have 5.1 DTS and Dolby Music II available. So I start with the biggest stealth challenge, getting my center channel without just putting Pioneer's center speaker pod on the dash.
This is what I did with my Saturn and I hated how it looked. Sounded great, just looked too non OEM for my liking. I thought about installing my center channel into the center vents of my Stealth. I read about doing this on Suthnr's 212 HP Stereo page, thanks for sharing Eric, that install is inspiring. So I spent the whole summer with them closed to see if I could do without them, I didn't miss them at all so I picked up another center vent piece and went to work.
1st off nice install and some nice orions ect! just wondering if you were only using center channel while watching movies in 5.1 surround ect? as some people might not be aware that running a center ch. while listening to regular audio would probably kill the sound stage(would make it sound mono) due to the fact that even w/all todays technology most music is still on recorded the old fashion way simple left/right 2ch im not sure maybe some processors may have away around all this(by not playing center at certain times?)but if you don't have a 5.1 processor its deffinately detrimental to your stereo imaging! im glad to see that some owners are starting to put in some serious audio in these cars and not just putting all their $ into going fast! for yrs I wondered why few people put any real systems into this platform a cool car deserves great sound too!!
The biggest problem was to find a speaker that would fit there and give the fullest sound possible. I based my judgment against the Freq response that the Pioneer speaker pod had, according to Pioneer the speaker pod has a Freq range of 140Hz ~ 30kHz.
I found a Tang Band speaker that has a Freq range of 150Hz ~ 20,000kHz, I figured that this would be close enough plus the shape of this speaker is what appealed to me the most. It's dimensions are 2"x3" with a cutout of 1-13/16" x 3-3/8". I ended up sanding the long side of the speaker flanges down to get them to fit how I wanted but I think I achieved success.
1st off nice install and some nice orions ect! just wondering if you were only using center channel while watching movies in 5.1 surround ect? as some people might not be aware that running a center ch. while listening to regular audio would probably kill the sound stage(would make it sound mono) due to the fact that even w/all todays technology most music is still on recorded the old fashion way simple left/right 2ch im not sure maybe some processors may have away around all this(by not playing center at certain times?)but if you don't have a 5.1 processor its deffinately detrimental to your stereo imaging! im glad to see that some owners are starting to put in some serious audio in these cars and not just putting all their $ into going fast! for yrs I wondered why few people put any real systems into this platform a cool car deserves great sound too!!
good to see this thread get a bump
and to see the AV subforum get some action, too. this place needs more readers & posters
I need better garage and more time.
[QUOTE=spaceace60;305355]Thank you, and yes I have the pioneer 5.1 processor, I also have the Arc Audio PS8 to control X-over, Timing Alignment and EQ. (Think of this as the AEM of car audio tuning) I Let the 5.1 processor run dolby music mix ran it it the past and yet to have a judge tell me that my imaging was wack.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
OK started laying out my hatch once again, still keeping the general layout idea, but without the rear batcaps, and with those gone, I didn't need the charging station seen in the lower center of this picture:
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I was thinking that this cubby would no longer serve a purpose but:
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It will serve as a cubby to hold my fused distribution block. Right now it isn't much, but as parts of various projects come in it will button up real fast as I prep for NG. The goal will be to get it how it was before I took everything out to remove the Batcap 2000's and fix my hatch release cable.