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Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 1st, 2022, 6:52 pm

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Work could have bee better finished but my dog decided to munch on them while they were drying. I was too tired to refinish them properly and that pointy end in the pic was eaten out by the dog so I had to figure out how to make it back from the scrap plastic that was cut out..... but still proud even though the finish easy to flake. Kren did the 3d printed ring and I pressed the grille.
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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 1st, 2022, 6:59 pm

Hope the damn thing fit after all that...

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby david12 » February 1st, 2022, 7:07 pm

That dog of yours not easy lol. Looks great tho buddy, loving the fine details!

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 1st, 2022, 7:13 pm

Muck up with speaker....
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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby david12 » February 1st, 2022, 7:25 pm

What's the driver? I meant to ask in the previous post.

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 1st, 2022, 7:29 pm

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby Rovin » February 1st, 2022, 7:38 pm

lol at dog biting up ur stuff, i know d feels


appears to be a bit low down but looking good ... 8-)

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby nervewrecker » February 2nd, 2022, 7:50 am

looking 100% dude

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby timelapse » February 2nd, 2022, 6:21 pm

What's the coating, duratex?

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 2nd, 2022, 7:14 pm

duplicolor truckbed coating.... with a bit of black regular spray paint on top. Rough pattern when spot shooting from a distance. Experiment with distance.

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby timelapse » February 3rd, 2022, 7:18 am

Reason I asked is that i fug up my kick panel to fit a tweeter some years back.Will have to plastic weld the hole.How does the coating stand up to wear and tear?
Also if your car trim pieces are light grey as most cars, I saw the paint for it at Ramlagans paint center in Balmain.

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 3rd, 2022, 8:43 am

I would try bumper paint....saw duplicolor in a store Arouca area. They had bumper paint, as well as the truck bed paint that I used. It holds up ok but was made for metal adhesion. You can see videos on YouTube. I would plastic weld, fill with body filler, sand and paint with regular satin paint so its easy to touch up when scratched. Bumper paint made for plastic and has a satin aka low sheen finish.

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby timelapse » February 3rd, 2022, 9:15 am

I looking for the textured effect

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby david12 » February 3rd, 2022, 12:07 pm

timelapse, Duratex wouldn't hold on that surface?
If it will then that's probably the best option. It's a very durable finish.

Also if you spraying it, depending on the pressure, it can vary the texture of the finish.

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby timelapse » February 3rd, 2022, 1:45 pm

Will experiment as soon as time permits

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 17th, 2022, 2:05 pm

Left side fits well.... the right dog chewed side giving some pressure.
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Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby Firewall » February 18th, 2022, 9:23 am

Looking good.
You have any build pics? I would like to see how you got the curved scoop above the mid.
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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby Rovin » February 18th, 2022, 11:18 am

looks good

jes asking : how come u didnt go d usual route of tweeter above speaker - concerned about high freq reflections off d windscreen ? ...

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby altec » February 18th, 2022, 11:29 am

The tweets were installed a while now with no intention to add dash speakers. But when tuning with a cheap dayton mic, I was seeing huge cancellation from 400 to 600 that was not responding to boost. I added the 3 inchers since I keep reading that moving the mid range frequencies above the dash mitigates the cancelation. Manufacturer says they can play to 20000 hz so tweets might not be needed but they are sweet sounding. Did not want to do more work than needed and there is a clip location just above the 3 incher that cannot be cut.

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Re: Ah try ah thing for A pillar upgrade

Postby Rovin » February 18th, 2022, 11:48 am

oh ok i see, no scene ...

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