Well no updates for a while but I have been tinkering - still lots of cosmetics to do and I have been concentrating on getting some tunes in the car.
When we picked the car up it had a Pioneer Stereo fitted. My aim is to install a Raspberry Pi Computer as an In Car Entertainment System with a 7 Inch Touchscreen. I had already bought most of the hardware so I decided to try and get this temporarily installed and working. For the audio out I would have to hack into the Pioneer (which I did) but decided to fit a separate Amplifier which I have just received (Christmas Present).
Rather than add the whole 'what I did on here' I will link it to a separate blog that I am running for it. The blog is here. I will post on here the odd pic though.
The speakers are rather large (6 x 9 Coaxial) so after contemplating where to put them I have opted to fit them under the rear seats. To do this I would need a speaker board. As I was also going to build a custom dash and centre console I went of and bought some Plywood. For the cost of the plywood I should have bought a ready made speaker board as they are only £40!!
Anyway being a gluten for punishment I opted to do this myself.
Here's the main piece for the speaker board cut out with the first mark for the tunnel:
The template that I downloaded didn't seem right as far as overall length and tunnel shape so I had to do some adjustments and used a separate piece of wood and a couple of small round containers to get the first stab done:
I then did several test fits marking with a pencil and making several trimmings before I got the profile that I wanted.
I decided that the top front of the board will sit flush with the edge of the rear seat base as I may put a couple of screws at either end to hold it in place. The main support / fixing will be through the hole in the upright strut under the centre of the rear seat. To keep the speaker board vertical I'll fashion a wedge that will be fixed to the rear of the speaker board. The board will probably be held in place with piece of threaded bar fixed to the upright strut and held on with a wing nut that can be undone from the front?
OMG - I just had a search on Google for some ideas on how to fix the speaker board and found this site. They sell ready made boards for £15 plus delivery!!!!