so i went to the store to try and find some good mounting stuff for the horns, because the other night i was actually laying in bed trying to fall asleep and thinking about mounting options. the blower motor on the passenger side is large and way low, so the driver side horn is going to be much lower than the bottom of the dash. trying to level them out is going to be tricky, so i kind of made a cool thing and some other stuff.
so i found this pipe strap that is thick and has a sweet 2" loop on the back. with a little bending i got the loop to be the same diameter as the CDUltra motor, and i plan on mounting it to the dash support (you can see where i got some screwdrivers through the holes for some temporary aligning i did just before i had to leave for work)
just to figure out where these are going to sit, i got some thick tape to hold them in place so i can figure out where im going to mount the horn.
as you can see, i used a piece of extruded L shaped aluminum on the edge of the horn to extend under the dash to the driver side to get an idea of how low these are actually going to be. its quite low on the driver side, hopefully it will not interfere with the pedals - i think it might be a bit lower than it needs to be due to the middle under dash and the passenger side horn being angled downward a bit. i need to buy a small level. i have a laser level i think im going to try an use. its going to be tricky though!
ya. i posted over there, and got like 2 replies. and i posted on this other forum, and there is like 12 members. i dont see the point of posting anywhere unless its here or the vwvortex forums (car specific).
the people here are the only ones that really make sense.
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ya. i posted over there, and got like 2 replies. and i posted on this other forum, and there is like 12 members. i dont see the point of posting anywhere unless its here or the vwvortex forums (car specific).
the people here are the only ones that really make sense.
oh, and visitors, please feel free to give my thread stars or any of that other thread option stuff if you like or dislike
Some good looking work going on here, especially making use of the parking lot and friend's pick-up gate. I should feel ashamed of myself that I whine of lack of space in my detached garage and yard and driveway.
Some good looking work going on here, especially making use of the parking lot and friend's pick-up gate. I should feel ashamed of myself that I whine of lack of space in my detached garage and yard and driveway.
To hell with you and you're bragging!!! Us apartment guys get shit done!!!! Well, I'm not included in that. I can't even bring myself to do some tuning in the cold right now.
so i played around with the horns yesterday, unfortunately i can not go much deeper or much wider than i had them because the passenger side is my limitation.
BUT! i had the horns not level with each other before because i did not realize how different the dash was on each side! its off by like 3 inches, i dont know how i did not see it before!
so with a lot of tape to hold them in place while i figure out where to put brackets (there are some good dash frame spots under there!) this is what i have currently.
it might be kind of hard to understand that - but i bought those pipe hangars that i showed above, and they are awesome! fit right around the motor (with a bit of bending) and i will screw them together with some closed cell foam between them and the speaker.
then i bought a roll of plastic pipe perforated hangey stuff. trying to fab metal and hold the horn in place is hard as crap - so i am using plastic back-strap for a temporary mount, then im going to make metal brackets and remove the plastic so its mega rigid!
after today (friday) i should be done with the horns i hope, and i can put the dash and the glove box back in. then i wait on my baffles in the mail!
im also putting my bumper on today (pics of that when it happens)
and um. i might weld the tabs for the baffle on tonight i think. depends on what the wife and i are doing. i just dropped her off at work. i got home at like midnight from work, and we dropped her car off at the shop for an alignment just now. so im going back to sleep.
To hell with you and you're bragging!!! Us apartment guys get shit done!!!! Well, I'm not included in that. I can't even bring myself to do some tuning in the cold right now.
Ha, yeah. Well what's really tough is every time I go outside to work on something over the weekend I get dragged into some other task around the house. Really need to teach my wife to be handy. Hmm.. no probably not a good idea.
Never heard horns in a car before curious to see how they perform.
well when im done you can come over and check them out im headed outside to do some mounting brackets. hopefully its warmer than yesterday
You guys are just lucky you have the time to do this stuff in the daylight!!
Right now I'm on two jobs, one is M-F 7am-5pm, other is Fri 6-9pm and Sat 10a-9p. Basically leaves only a couple hours per night and Sunday! And the weeknights are cut even shorter due to my recent attempts to hit the gym after work!
so i replaced my bumper. it has a perfect fitment, almost.
im quite upset with two parts of it. right on the corners of the headlights it does not fit. not like you can shimmy it differently to make it fit, it is about 1\4 inch too wide and there is nowhere for the extra room to go so it bulges here. or, there is something on the side i can not see causing this problem.
other than that, the 1\4 inch of space near the headlights, i love it. but that will bother me to no end.
i worked on mounting the horns more today. the driver side is a bit too low for my liking - but i can still drive without problems. the top of my shoe sometimes touches the back of the horn lens when im using the break... but it would be like an inch differece in height if i raised it. the HVAC stuff on the passenger side is totally in the way
i got my 8" flush mount IDQ baffles from my buddy g0a in north carolina - and as usual, they are super awesome perfect. so i will be working on putting those in the doors as well!
i got pics on my phone but it ran out of batteries. ill get them up in a little bit!
coming along nicely. Grill Cloth those horns. just wrap them in grill cloth. Keep them as "invisible" as possible.
and If I finish my new car before you finish your existing install, then you are really slow!!!
2010 MECA Extreme World champion,
2005 IASCA World Champion Pro 600+
2010 MECA Mike Baylor Sportsmanship Award
2011 MECA SQL Spirit Award
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2012 USACi Japan Finals Judge
i got a new daily driver. 02 Lancer OZ. going to build w my wife for modified class.
BMW is delegated to competition car only
2010 MECA Extreme World champion,
2005 IASCA World Champion Pro 600+
2010 MECA Mike Baylor Sportsmanship Award
2011 MECA SQL Spirit Award
2012 MECA SQL Judge of The Year
2012 IASCA FINALS SQ/INSTALL Judge
2012 USACi Japan Finals Judge
hehe, thanks for the comments everyone. Mic, i have grill cloth in the house. i am actually going to put some sound deadening on them when i take them BACK out to solder the wires and finalize them! *thank god*
then i get to cut my door panels up im really hoping to have the speakers playing by this weekend. and then ill build a beauty panel for the doors and put everything back together. last thing im going to worry about is making a beauty panel for the shifter\center console area.
i got my horns soldered up and wired into the car. i got them finally installed. i could not get them to go back much further, maybe like a half of an inch, but they did go outboard a little more. and they are now level with each other. and they are ultra's instead of CD2's! I also put a few bits of cldtiles on them to dampen the vibrations in the horn lense. I also covered them with some partsexpress grille cloth. all i have to do is make a transition from the dash to the driver side horn mouth. but i am going to worry about installing the door speakers first.
i did work on the doors a bit yesterday too. with the help of some tinsnips, a razor with a locking blade, and a sweet pair of plier things i was able to cut out the holes for the larger format flushmount baffles in about an hour. i just need to get the IDQ's mounted properly inside the door now lol.
i am lucky, the leather insert panel is exactly the perfect distance from the corner area that i could fit these so i didnt have to cut it lol. *phew*
hopefully i can get the door speakers installed this week and get things back in a listenable format. i need to take my car to my friends house to weld the mounting tabs to the baffle bracket, then all i have to do is make things pretty!! im almost done!
Funny how the pics make it look so easy, not counting putting stuff in and taking it out 5000x to get it to fit JUST RIGHT. The center console/shifter area would look really slick with a smooth fiberglass valance with a vinyl or leather wrap, if you ask me. I'm keen to see how you handle it. Props for the progress so far. Now I'm excited to start mine (Last of the parts finally came in, woohoo!)
thats the kind of idea i was going to toy with. im going to try and make a beauty panel to attach to the front of the console to cover the transmission\shifter hole that is left from removal of the forward console area. then im going to try and make a beauty panel under the center console that is tucked back as far as possible under the dash to help the horns in the car environment more
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