Look better? They are tweeter pods meant to be mounted and the wire and holes obviously are not the way it will look so unless it's custom fit fiberglass pods that are color coded thereby aren't any better options that are better looking than what I have. The sound off the dash isn't supported by the research I've done doofuses to each his own
Not ghetto....and it is a cheap alternative to finding out the best location and angle for the tweeters. So far it seems that you are making good progress. But do yourself a favor and at least think about some of the constructive critisism that has been provided. I am sure you have done plenty of research....but there are quite a few on this forum that have actually tested it. At the end of the day, this is hobby results in a mostly subjective set of outcomes.
To point a few things out...mounting the tweeters would actually create a direct reflection and depending on the angle and proximity to the windshield could negate some of the phase issues. With the current mounting you will have reflections (delayed) from multiple materials at compounding angles, like the dash, a-pillar, sails, driver and passenger window, and of course the windshield. Nice thing about a modular mounting scheme is that you can find the location that suits you setup the best with minimal rework. Once you lock in your locations and angles, you can color code to your vehicles existing interior and satisfy both the aesthetics and the pursuit of audio nirvana!!
The sound off the dash isn't supported by the research I've done doofuses to each his own
Your ear has a more directive polar pattern than that tweeter (earlobe actring as "pattern control). so place some material similar to your dash material up to one plane of your ear.... Does it sound different than the naked ear?
i agree with you about those pods they were not loading on my phone so i could not see them they are nice. but everyone else and every other source i have ever looked at says that there is NO such thing as a direct reflection when it comes to glass. but those pods really dont match anything so id rather wait until i find someone to make custom pods. for now these pods came with the tweeters and are better imaging than in the doors. well see down the road...if only they came in black lol
I was just using at as an example of something to look for ... then drill a hole in the pillar aim, tweak, then have the real deal built, you can always paint to match.
Always keep your eyes open for innovative things at craft places, etc... It's waht DIY is all about!
Have fun with it, it's a cool little car you've come quite a ways with it.
Glass is as reflective as all get-out, about as reflective as any surface you can get, you are doing a good job of avoiding it now, now to space it off the dash and tweak, tweak, tweak
Finally got time to do some more work.
the drivers side wheel well was done with fatmat
the drivers side quarter section also with fatmat
finally did the drivers side ..also with fatmat
the drivers side rear seat a mixture of fatmat and Stinger Roadkill
Ran the speakerwire and rca's and straightened them up with foil tape.
Installed the first carpet pad panels (passengers side)
finally installed the stinger roadkill on the trans hump
Installed more carpet pad panels. drivers and passengers side
And got the panels on the drivers side too.
Well thats it until wednesday or friday.
I have some of that Stinger vinyl/foam padding for my xB. What have your results been?
I've only covered the front floors in front of the seats, and it hasn't helped much - I think now I'm hearing the wheel wells and exhaust noise from through the tailgate.
Is covering the transmission tunnel [really the exhaust tunnel] the most effective?
I've also been hunting for pictures of the firewall so I can figure out which spots are immediately adjacent to the front wheel wells. I think I'm going to have to pull apart the rear of the xB again and put the Stinger padding on the wheel wells now
...I may also remove all that old "eDead" stuff and put down something with a little more heft
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I will show you a great spot and post pics later for the firewall. Yeah the largest drop in spl was once I did in front of and in back of seats. The current spl readings without an interior are lower than my rav 4 with a complete interior.
I will show you a great spot and post pics later for the firewall. Yeah the largest drop in spl was once I did in front of and in back of seats. The current spl readings without an interior are lower than my rav 4 with a complete interior.
After I cut the "floormats", I had 3 leftover pieces: two 4"x21" pieces , and a 12"x32" piece. I did an experiment tonight where I took the 4"x21" pieces and taped them to the a-pillars after I had taken off the plastic covers. I also draped the 12"x32" piece across the exhaust tunnel just in front of the backseat, perpendicular to the tunnel.
It might be psychological, but I think the a-pillar pieces had a huge effect. You know how the xB's windshield is pretty upright and the whole front of the car is a wind target? Maybe the foam/MLV was doing something to silence the air coming off the sides of the windshield and around the car.
It was a more dramatic difference in noise than when I had the 12"x32" piece held against the tailgate/rear trunk vent to quiet the exhaust. That's going to need to be done, but I think this weekend I'm going to get those a-pillars done
FINALLY GOT TO WORK ON THE CAR AGAIN!!
Here is what's new. Bought myself some Pioneer 2 5/8" midranges and am going to install them in the front side air vents. I do not drive her in the winter so no need to use the heat.
There is plenty of room to angle them as well once I cut some of the duct away
I bought a Zapco Ref 650.6 as the driver for the new active 3 way I am building.
I am thinking about wrapping the vent borders in speaker cloth but I am not sure.
Was thinking about cutting pieces from a spare door and using them to flush mount the pioneer mid ranges , or sink them into the holes and cover the holes with speaker cloth any inout?
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY nice weather finally got some more work done. All the sound dampening made the hatch too heavy for the factory struts soooo.
First I removed the bolts at the base of the strut.
Then remove the retainer clips at the top.
Then put the base back on
And WALLA the crappy factory struts replaced with Strongman Shocks.
Bought them from StrongArm 4597 Scion tC, Liftgate Lift Support, Pack of 1 : Amazon.com : Automotive
They are very good and will handle the weight on sound dampening AND a spoiler.
Got some more time. Got the new Jl audio terminal on, i must say that the JL audio battery terminal is the best i have ever seen. Modular and an incredibly well made product. Too bad they dont make it anymore only on amazon or ebay.
Also i am undertaking an adventerous project and am relocating half a dozen of the fuses from my inside fuse panel to under the hood. Using this gem
AND i am making a resin battery top to mount my circuit breaker , monster dis block and tsunami fused distribution block.
it looks rough now but this is the start
This is the jl terminal taken apart, very well made
Re: Scion Tc daily driver to show worthy project.
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