87_we4, I was going to mention, all of my seam sealer is black.
hesermon, See, it is that Snowball Effect thing. It started out as the radio because the 20 y/o disc changer died and to get a compatible changer would be more $$ than a far better new CD head unit. Then I knew the speakers weren't sounding great, and when I checked all the surrounds had some serious deterioration. Actually, one rear deck woofer was just floppin' around, so I decided new speakers throughout were in order. But then, if I'm doing all that, why put the front speakers in the goofy azz spots that
6APPEAL noticed (yes those were large format tweets blasting your face and 5.5s shooting into the side of the seats), so I fabbed a set of pods to hold the CDT comps that will mount in the C/S location in the lower panels, and for the holes in the uppers I kept the tweet housing and got some Tri-Shield appliques to go in the center. Might do something else later, but for now, it will do.
'Course I couldn't stop there, oh no. I figured why keep the old cruddy amp to power new speakers, so that was added to the list, as was new wiring because the stuff the original owner had put in was TINY. Lotta wiring there, and looking at the carpet it needed replacing, and that would be the perfect time. But it continued. I noticed when I had the door panels off to take out the old speakers that they were very tinny and echoey. While on a couple audio BBs while researching different components, and I became convinced that sound matting would be very good, and why not do it when all the interior is out? Also the headliner was starting to sag in places, so, that came out, and now I was sitting in one heck of an echo chamber, so I decided to do sound matting throughout - roof, pan, doors, wheel well... everywhere I could reach.
Then I started the install a while back and hit a problem - the 6x9s wouldn't fit. After a long hiatus from the car due to other things in life, I got back to it and started working on a gas spring strut system for the deck lid so the 6x9 woofers can still be used, though a sub is probably going in as well, Probably a Sundown, SA-8 or SA-10. I'll try a sealed box first and see if I like it. If not, I'll sacrifice more space an build a ported box.
Snowball Effect. Hopefully it has reached the bottom of the hill.
Thanks for the tidbit on the antenna, but, we'll have to see where it leads.
BTW, I have a "ported heads" project that started 10 years ago that is just now coming to a close. $8k job when that Snowball stops rolling...
Dean