Help design me a speaker enclosure... Pics
 

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Any ideas of how to mount a pair 5.25 components (comes with 2" tweeters and 5.25 woofers) up here one set pointing at passenger the other at the driver? I would like something custom but not too difficult. I am pretty handy. Pics of any ideas would be extremely helpful. Thanks!

NO one has any ideas?

i have a 98 24ft OL with 8 6.5s and 4 10s. one of the sets of 6.5s is mounted on either side by the driver and passenger legs. the only other way i could see you doing something "custom", is to fab up a fiberglass enclosure to mount on the dash. it is time consuming, but if done right, looks very sweet!

I was thinking about moving the compass, and making a custom (probably fiberglass) enclosure and encorporate the compass in the middle of it...

I would do a fiberglass enclosure in the middle of the dash that has the speakers facing aft.

Well here is a very ROUGH illistration of what I want to accomplish (all done in MS Paint)

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The only thing I can forsee being a problem is getting the curvature of the piece to match the windscreen... any ideas on how to accomplish this?????

I am going to use a Exterior treated piece of 1/4" plywood to make a piece that angles from the windcreen to almost (about and inch away from) the edge of the ledge that will form the main part of the structure as wel as the "continuance" to fill in the gap between the dash and windscreen.

The speaker rings will be mounted with dowels to this peice on an angle that would be most appealing and sound the best (towards passanger and driver). The compass will have its own ring to be mounted on, and recessed a bit in the plywood to make it look as iff it was meant to be there. LED lights will be recessed (unable to be seen) and will illuminate a BAJA vinyl sticker.

Fiberglassing will consist of stretching cotton/polyester fleecing around, resining it, and then follow with fiberglass cloth and resin. If I find this un suitable or weak I will follow with fiberglass matting. Bondo body filler will be used to smooth out the entire object.

Sanding will the commence untill it is smooth. I will then take it to a painter to have it painted white and cleared. Speakers will be mounted.

Sound like a good plan?

i have done fiberglass enclosures before, and its sure seems to me you know how to do it from what you have said. from my previous post, thats what i was thinking anyways, but i didnt know if you would know what i was talking about. use a cardboard templet to get the angle of the windscreen correct and build a wood frame to wrap the mesh over. measure twice, cut once.....

If you goal is sound while under way, consider head phones. Too much wind noise in a sport boat. If you want sound while docked, I think you could find alternative speaker locations vs. the dash.

With the speakers on the dash like that you'll be able to hear clear as a bell while running.

Thats what I thought...I hope so anyways!

A good friend has a similar setup, just more speakers. 4 pairs of Polk 2 ways in the cockpit. 2 pairs behind the bolsters, 1 pair by the driver/passenger, and 1 pair on the dash. While runing 50 mph he only has to turn the stereo up to around 22 (max 33) for it to be LOUD in the cockpit.

You will be able to hear that very easy.

on my 28zx we took out the depth gauge and molded in 2, 5 or 6 inch speakers, left all my subs downstairs but with those two up on the dash everyone in my boat can hear every word.
you may consider mounting the larger sub type speakers on the sides next to the driver and passenger or putting them in the cabin for better sound, then mount the highs up in your enclosure on the dash.. I'll look around for a picture of what we did on mine.

here is a link to pics i posted of my install a few years ago, in between the two on the dash wash going to be a Tv but i liked the function of the mirror better. The stereo pics are 3 posts down
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/d...8-zx-sale.html

Thanks for the pics!

I am mounting my 2 - 12" subs in a sealed box under the rear seat... those should THUMP

I am putting one set of 5.25 components in that custom enclosure, and then a 6x9 in front of each bolster seat around the feet (passenger and driver) another set of 5.25 components will be mounted behind the bolster screaming at the rear seat. 2 more 6x9 will be mounted on either side of the subs under the seat.

All powered by a 1500W 5 channel Amp...

What yall think?

you might want to think about getting a second amp just for the subs. make sure to do a build thread when you start on it. it will be cool to watch it come to life on here.

Why you think I should get a second amp for the subs? @ 2 ohms the amp puts out 500W on the sub/mono channel and @2ohms it puts out 200W on the other 4 channels...

I am also going to upgrade the switches on my boat to newer 2008 style Baja Switch panel and add red LED lighting in the cockpit (a 48" long 120 LED strip) on either side of the cockpit under the gunwall. A third strip will be mounted in the engine compartment. I think I am going to try to make some sort of paneling inside the engine compartment to try to set the engine off more and hide the batteries and crap. Any Ideas?