Customizing my interior/sound system stuff

[brushforhire]

Well I have been a member of this site since I bought the car, but only recently did I start doing anything to it. Was my wife's daily driver, but we bought a Nissan Juke and it became my daily driver. So now it's my toy.

Here are some pics so far of what I have done. Going to be putting 2 JL 8" w3's. Along with the Polk DB6501 components in the doors. No rear speakers. Will be using a Lanzar active crossover and skipping on the passive crossovers from polk. Everything will be powered by a Kenwood eXcelon 5 channel amp. The headunit is a Kenwood Excelon KDC-x998.

Also removing the rear seatbelts, and rear seat.

Once I am done with interior work, I will be moving on the turbo, and other assorted goodies.


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[MedMantle]

Damn Son, I love the plaid!! \m/

[brushforhire]

Thanks! I wanted to do something quirky. LoL

[ezhacker1]

mmm, i love the teal plaid. Getting my thinking...

[MyzticZ3r0]

I've been meaning to re-do my doors since the material is fading. too cool! didn't take much effort I assume?

[brushforhire]

Hardly at all. I was thinking about redoing my interior down the road, but when I was drilling for the tweeter mounting holes, the hole saw grabbed the door fabric and pulled it off in almost one piece.

The door upholstery came off in one clean piece on both sides. I sanded off the rest of the glue, residue. Then I cleaned it up with rubbing alcohol. Followed by masking off the surrounding plastic.

I purchased the material from Joann fabrics. I wanted to make sure it had some padding to it, so I bought some black headliner material that was about an 1/8" thick from Joanns.

I used the old fabric from the door to get my initial cut out for the plaid and headliner material. I used headliner spray glue and glued the plaid to the headliner material first. The after that was dry I used the headliner spray glue to attach it to the door. Then trim with a knife.

During the project I also used 3M super 90, which was $5 cheaper a can than the headline spray glue, and probably a bit better IMHO. For the final door panel I tried out the 3M super 80 spray glue also. It is designed for heavy material like suede or vinyl. A couple bucks cheaper than the super 90 spray. I would use that for the doors if I was starting over again.

Make sure you spray both side with any of the spray glues, and let it tack up. It has to be tacked up so will bond. They are all contact cements.

[Meteorite_Marty]

Cozy....now just clear up the clutter! ;)

[brushforhire]

What clutter? LoL. Almost there. Got the carpet and front seats back in yesterday. Will post pictures soon.

[brushforhire]

So I really got derailed on this project when I have to stop and rebuild my tundra rear end. It was all rusted out on the rear diff cover, so I learned how to weld real quick. LoL.

Anyways, here are my very first ever fiberglass boxes for my 8" JL 8w3s. Super tiny so they tuck away real nice. I am also working on fabbing up the rear deck piece that will hold the amp and crossover. It will be hinged so I can lift it to get to the spare if I ever need to. The deck will also continue all the way to the back of the front seats so I can have a hide away storage area. Or possibly add some 12's or a 15 for when i "need" that extra oomph. LoL.

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