FD - Easy non Bose rear speaker covers
07-21-15, 06:34 PM
#1
FD - Easy non Bose rear speaker covers
Anyone who has converted from Bose has looked at rear speaker covers and knows how much they are. I made some covers inexpensively that I think came out pretty well.
You have the makings of some good frames for fabbing speaker covers from the pocket covers that are already there in the quarter trim. All I did was cut off the excess plastic and then cover them with fabric.
Pic 1 – rear pocket cover
Pic 2 – there is a ridge on the back of the cover
Pic 3 – I marked, 10 cm I think, from this ridge all the way around to make a guide for cutting
Pic 4 – Cover, after cutting. I cut the cover using a jig saw with a metal cutting blade (so the teeth would be small). There could be better ways of doing the cutting. If you have an older jigsaw or one that is worn I would definitely use another method to cut. You can’t have the saw bouncing around, either you won’t get a good cut or you could break the cover. I have an inexpensive $60 Porter Cable jig saw but it is nearly new and has a nice smooth action to it.
After cutting, to smooth things out and make some adjustments, you can drag the blade of an Exacto knife sideways (perpendicular) over the cut edge. This can shave off some additional material anywhere needed.
Pic 5 – I drilled some very small, 1/16”, holes all the way around the ridge on the back. I used these as a place to sew the fabric to the frame.
You have the makings of some good frames for fabbing speaker covers from the pocket covers that are already there in the quarter trim. All I did was cut off the excess plastic and then cover them with fabric.
Pic 1 – rear pocket cover
Pic 2 – there is a ridge on the back of the cover
Pic 3 – I marked, 10 cm I think, from this ridge all the way around to make a guide for cutting
Pic 4 – Cover, after cutting. I cut the cover using a jig saw with a metal cutting blade (so the teeth would be small). There could be better ways of doing the cutting. If you have an older jigsaw or one that is worn I would definitely use another method to cut. You can’t have the saw bouncing around, either you won’t get a good cut or you could break the cover. I have an inexpensive $60 Porter Cable jig saw but it is nearly new and has a nice smooth action to it.
After cutting, to smooth things out and make some adjustments, you can drag the blade of an Exacto knife sideways (perpendicular) over the cut edge. This can shave off some additional material anywhere needed.
Pic 5 – I drilled some very small, 1/16”, holes all the way around the ridge on the back. I used these as a place to sew the fabric to the frame.
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box-o-aces (06-26-19)
07-21-15, 06:37 PM
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Pic 1 – Ladies black leotard. I used this as my covering material. Cut the legs off and used one leg to cover each frame. Again, could be something better, but this is the best I could think of.
Pic 2 – I put the frame into the cut leg of the leotard.
Pic 3 – I used some very fine wire to sew the fabric to the frame at each end of the leg. In hindsight, thread would work maybe better but I have wire and even sewing needles in the garage but not thread.
Pic 2 – I put the frame into the cut leg of the leotard.
Pic 3 – I used some very fine wire to sew the fabric to the frame at each end of the leg. In hindsight, thread would work maybe better but I have wire and even sewing needles in the garage but not thread.
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box-o-aces (06-26-19)
07-21-15, 06:39 PM
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Pic 1-3 – There was a hole in the fabric on one side of the frame (where the leg was cut off) and the toe of the leotard on the other. I cut the toe area off and sewed the 2 “hole” areas of the fabric to the holes drilled in the frames earlier. Probably ok to just sew the fabric to itself, though, just need to ensure the holes don’t work their way around and show on the front side at some point.
Pic 4 – Made a small slit where each of the fasteners are on the frame to make sure they would attach to the trim panel when installed. It would be best to sew around these slits with some thread but I didn’t and it still came out ok.
Pic 4 – Made a small slit where each of the fasteners are on the frame to make sure they would attach to the trim panel when installed. It would be best to sew around these slits with some thread but I didn’t and it still came out ok.
Last edited by CrimsonPride; 07-21-15 at 08:53 PM.
07-21-15, 06:41 PM
#4
Pic 1 – Covered frame.
Pic 2-3 – Covered frames installed.
You could get an even better result by smoothing out the front surfaces of the frames after cutting them down using some fiberglass or maybe gluing some very thin foam on them. Would need to spray paint the foam or fiberglass the same color as the fabric covering. In mine you can still see through the fabric some of the bead pattern that is made into the cover. A better result if you can eliminate or obscure this in some way. Also, I wish I had rounded the outside of the cut edge. This is sort of visible through the fabric too as you can see in the final 2 pics.
Pic 2-3 – Covered frames installed.
You could get an even better result by smoothing out the front surfaces of the frames after cutting them down using some fiberglass or maybe gluing some very thin foam on them. Would need to spray paint the foam or fiberglass the same color as the fabric covering. In mine you can still see through the fabric some of the bead pattern that is made into the cover. A better result if you can eliminate or obscure this in some way. Also, I wish I had rounded the outside of the cut edge. This is sort of visible through the fabric too as you can see in the final 2 pics.