When I installed my aftermarket front door speakers I really hated drilling into the inner door panel when there was a perfectly good stock mounting system already in place. To add insult to injury I also ran into an issue with the back of the magnet hitting the window track and causing a gap between the mounting surface and the door panel. At the time I couldn't really do anything about it, but recently I went back into add sound deadening and fix the problem.
I have Autocad Inventor at my school (UNCC) so I made up some mounting brackets (out of PLA) that would utilize the existing stock system. Here is my first prototype.
I added a chamfer for the mounting hardware so the flange would sit flush and added double sided tape to make sure it was sealed properly. The tabs slide down and back to the door panel with the top tap securing it in place. The pics don't show the back of the tabs because I messed them up. I needed to shave quite a bit off of the sides and back for it to sit back onto the door panel.
I've made an updated version that fixed all of the issues I ran into with the first prototype and plan on remaking it in ABS.
I have Autocad Inventor at my school (UNCC) so I made up some mounting brackets (out of PLA) that would utilize the existing stock system. Here is my first prototype.
I added a chamfer for the mounting hardware so the flange would sit flush and added double sided tape to make sure it was sealed properly. The tabs slide down and back to the door panel with the top tap securing it in place. The pics don't show the back of the tabs because I messed them up. I needed to shave quite a bit off of the sides and back for it to sit back onto the door panel.
I've made an updated version that fixed all of the issues I ran into with the first prototype and plan on remaking it in ABS.
