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Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:48 am

all you folks that are putting the speakers in the rear shelf pointing down...does the sound resonate to the front good??? can you make it out when driving? with the windows down when driving??

Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:51 am

akscooter wrote:
awesome door panels did you make them or did someone else do the embossing, is that 1/8 or 1/4 foam on the emboss? Im fixing to do mine and I have 1/8 foam for the sculpting.

I did it by myself, but I did a few mistakes. I jused common footfall sound insulation (hope thats the right expression), could be 1/4, definitely more than 1/8 and there's no glue that will last forever on that material. And I didn't make a seam, so the embossing doesn't look that good anymore :(

But I will do it again and make it better :)

Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:18 am

not finished in this pic but it is finished now.
Subs and amp

Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:58 pm

germanBay wrote:

Those are some sweet door panels. 8)

Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:27 pm

germanBay wrote:
I did it by myself, but I did a few mistakes. I jused common footfall sound insulation (hope thats the right expression), could be 1/4, definitely more than 1/8 and there's no glue that will last forever on that material. And I didn't make a seam, so the embossing doesn't look that good anymore :(

But I will do it again and make it better :)

The flames in my door panels are sewn into the material. Did you do the entire interior? Do you have the build photo documented?

Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:00 pm

germanBay wrote: ...

Another pic of my front doors with the tweeters next to the door opener:

What are the door handles/pocket from? I want that for my '76!

Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:58 am

Steve White wrote:
The flames in my door panels are sewn into the material. Did you do the entire interior? Do you have the build photo documented?

Yes of course, did it all by myself. I didn't documented every single step, but I got a lot of pictures...
Are you looking for a special picture. I can't send you all, too much of them :D

Air_Cooled_Nut wrote: germanBay wrote: ...

Another pic of my front doors with the tweeters next to the door opener:

What are the door handles/pocket from? I want that for my '76!

These door handles are from a BMW E30, built in the years '82-'90. My current car for the winter months :wink: .

Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:31 am

germanBay wrote: ...
These door handles are from a BMW E30, built in the years '82-'90. My current car for the winter months :wink: .
Awesome! and thank you!

Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:44 pm

Wow! I'm thoroughly inspired by this topic! Now I really wanna cruise the junkyard for some nice door panels! I really like those ones from the bmw! When you pull the handle does it flex the whole panel though, or did you find a place to anchor it to the door?

Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:35 am

juanita76 wrote: Wow! I'm thoroughly inspired by this topic! Now I really wanna cruise the junkyard for some nice door panels! I really like those ones from the bmw! When you pull the handle does it flex the whole panel though, or did you find a place to anchor it to the door?

Don't just anchor it to the panel!
I had to install two cross braces to anchor it to the door.

Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:14 pm

What kit did you use for the power windows?

Wait...or did you take 'em from the Bimmer to keep her light :D

Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:17 am

Air_Cooled_Nut wrote: What kit did you use for the power windows?

Wait...or did you take 'em from the Bimmer to keep her light :D

Nooo... :)
These are from a Renault 19, but just because my brother crashed it, so I got the power windows for free ;-)

Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:29 am

I put a CD / MP3 player in the blove box and left a little area on the left for storage etc. I also made a speaker box at the rear where the hinge covers used to be...

Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:29 am

Err mines not nearly as wild as the other members, nor as complete yet, but it works great for me:

Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:30 am

Here is the start of mine. Got it hooked up just in time for the BBB in Havasu. I will be building my back seat around these. I will post more pics of the progress as it comes along.

Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:38 pm

here's my set up. Now don't get all jealous guys. I've worked hard on this one. I can't give away all my secrets but I can get AM as well as FM on this puppy.

here's a close up of the craftsmanship

And would you believe, its portable!

Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:52 pm

BusBerd wrote: here's my set up. Now don't get all jealous guys. I've worked hard on this one. I can't give away all my secrets but I can get AM as well as FM on this puppy.

here's a close up of the craftsmanship

And would you believe, its portable!

Nice radio. But that drawer is WAY too organized! Get out and DRIVE around and mix it up! :P

Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:52 pm

greenbus pilot wrote: BusBerd wrote:

Nice radio. But that drawer is WAY too organized! Get out and DRIVE around and mix it up! :P
Yeah, its so packed nothing can move in there! :lol:

After I posted I thought a good idea for a NEW thread(don't want to hijack this one) would be "post pics of your drawer" just to see what everyone has in their bus cabinet drawers. And for the transporters, they could post a pic of their glove box. :)

Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:29 am

Anyone put speakers behind the front seats? I dont want to cut into the kick panels or the door panels. Just looking for ideas for regular round 51/4 speakers.

Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:09 pm

Hi-Fi Stereo sound :)