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Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Fri, 21 November 2003 10:10
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Hey all,
Does anyone know a good and cheap place where I can get custom made door pods for my speakers around sydney? I need to mount my front speakers properly but theres no space anywhere to mount them on the door without having a custom pod attached. Its an corolla sx 89 model. Thanks
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Sun, 23 November 2003 08:18
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Hey,
All car audio shops can make you custom door pods, the best car audio place in sydney would be Doranproaudio:
Doran Pro Audio is located at Unit 6/42 Canterbury Road, Bankstown NSW 2200
Contact Phone: 9791 6311
StephenT 
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I supported Toymods
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Australia
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November 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 04:16
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| zorrt wrote on Fri, 21 November 2003 18:10 |
good and cheap.....custom
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These words dont belong together
Custom door pods range from about $80 per door for a basic mdf vinyl wrapped pod (read: very basic)
to up to well over $500 a door for full custom fibreglass carpeted
most are $150-$250 a pod
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Canberra
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December 2002
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 05:52
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just make your own its really easy. I think mine cost me about $40 all up
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Bayside Melbourne.
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May 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 05:57
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I'd make my own if I needed them... I made my own sub box and amp mount to suit the dimensions of my boot. Door pods would be a little harder but couldn't be too much harder.
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 07:12
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SX door trims are a bastard to work on.... thus expect MINIMUM $300 per door to get something neat and good.
That is cheap, for what you asked for. Expecting less would be like expecting 8 sec 1/4 miles from your stock 4a-ge.
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November 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 10:02
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Yea I called around a few places and decided its not worth it! So I'll just have to put up with the current mounting I have on my speakers. I think I'd prefer to put that money into a sway bar or some shit.
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Brisbane
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June 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 10:21
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make a cardboard template. I did for an ma61 door, which is how i built my pods, and also built norbie's for him. Piece of piss really. Just requires patience to get everything right.
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 13:04
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Yeah, I've decided door pods are all easy now that I've seen it done. It's even easier when you get someone to do it for you! 
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Canberra
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December 2002
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Mon, 24 November 2003 23:22
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i did mine because i didnt want to chop the door up for my set of splits and they look a treat.
Make a base templet out of 3mm chip board or MDF and stretch flece/sloppy joe material over it to get the desired shape and then cover the whole thing in polyester resin like you were going to fibreglass it. Then cover it with the desired material took all up about 3 hours and about $40.
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Tue, 25 November 2003 00:25
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guys!
you are forgetting this dude has an AE92 SX corolla, which has MOULDED fibreglass doortrims (read: NOT FLAT) like your poopras and celicas... which is why i mentioned them being a bitch to do.
It requires a lot a fibreglass work, stuffing around, sanding, trimming and more moulding..... it sux!
That said i have built a few flat onese before.. and yes piece of piss. SX trims are not.
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I supported Toymods
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November 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Tue, 25 November 2003 00:29
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can someone post a pic of a door trim for us then?
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Location:
Canberra
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December 2002
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Tue, 25 November 2003 00:43
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Sorry for trying to help i guess 
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Tue, 25 November 2003 01:04
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dude.. i wasnt having a go, just making sure both he and everyone else was aware that its much harder to do the SX trims.
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Location:
Canberra
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December 2002
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Tue, 25 November 2003 04:05
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fairies nuts 
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April 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Tue, 25 November 2003 10:59
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go to www.caraudioaustralia.com and they have a few tech articles how to make your own dorr pods and kick panels.
Door pods are not hard to make they are more time consuming then anything else.
Hope that helps
Cheers
Andrew
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November 2003
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Re: Custom Made Car Speaker Pods
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Wed, 26 November 2003 10:59
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Yes the stock door panel on the sx is a bitch! if only it was flat, then at least I could ofjust poked a hole and stuck my speakers in. Does anyone have any pics of the speaker installation on an sx?
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