Bigpete123

lol

Bigpete123

Got the door panels back on. Also finished up my sound deadening by doing the drivers' door.

Dude, getting the door panels back on had to have been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life. Then, getting those damn speaker grilles on was so difficult. I was about to buy a plane ticket to France to find the engineer who designed those speaker grilles and kick is ****. So I ended up scratching the hell out of the driver's side grille. Oh well. And yes, the aren't straight. I'll have to take them off again and redo it later.

But enough complaining, I'm very happy with how they turned out. My only regret is that I didn't find a way to make them more shallow. My left leg pretty much rests against it. But at best I probably could've only made them 1" more shallow. I still have access to the e-brake pedal and my seat can still move up really far. I just can't wait to hear them!

Comments encouraged!

crr1612

it looks great and i bet it sounds awesome...but im gonna agree with you about the depth thing. it looks like it sticks out way too much. other than that,

AMG_Fred

When I win the lottery, I am going to do this to my car. How much more quiet is it in the cabin with all the sound deadening? Does the car feel better? When you close the door, does it feel like shutting a vault ( what people describe closing a w140 door )

Bigpete123

Well, I drive a coupe so the door is really heavy already. So it has always felt like closing a vault.

The car is definitely much quieter, but you can still hear plenty of road noise on the freeway. Worth it though. I'm pretty sure that my 18's and low profile tires are mostly to blame for that though.

Crr, I wouldn't say that they stick out WAY too much. Like I said, the best I could've done is reduce the depth by maybe an inch. I used very slim speakers, so the only other thing I could've done is just not put speakers in the door at all. It's just a case of give and take. It doesn't interfere with my driving at all.

ZorroAMG

Love it! Bet they will be wonderful sounding. They do look like they take up some serious leg real estate but there are always trade offs, right!

I am wondering why you went all funky notchy at the door lock pin end of the enclosure...seems like a cleaner line could have been acheived...something I missed?

Nice work!

Bigpete123

Thanks man.

I'm not sure what you mean by funky notchy though. Basically, aside from the area where the speaker is, I just added a few layers of fiberglass to what was already there. In other words, it's the stock shape. I'm guessing you're not as familiar with the coupe door panel. Here's a pic of the map pocket panel before I added fiberglass:

ZorroAMG

This is what I meant...



That's a factory shape? Interesting, it just looks a little odd, thats all

shadowgriffen

damn Pete, that joint looks SUAVE son

Bigpete123

Thanks dude.

Yeah, I don't know why the did that. The strange thing is that notch is only on the driver's side. The passenger side doesn't cut in like that. I did consider eliminating when I did the fiberglass, but I figured it would be too much work to match the bevel to the stock shape and to get the corner right.

myfirstbenz

Next time I drive through SEA-town I would love to hear that system....! I know that having owned a 400E with the front door speakers and going to an 89 TE w/out the front speakers it is an amazing difference, one I miss... oh well. When I get time i'll attempt something of this magnitude. I am very glad to see the quality and craftsmanship that you put into this, I hate cheap systems Your Benz, nay any benz, deserves this! Don't sweat the price, you know you will be happy when it is done and you are cruising and rocking that ****!

Bigpete123

thanks man!

pvision

Just to let you know - the notch is there to allow a document to be seen when it's in the pocket. Can't remember if it's the service book or something else, but that's what it's for

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk