DIY Tweeter Mounting on A-Pillar

Due to the influence of my friend Gary who DIYed his A-Pillars with tweeter and midrange mountings, and thanx to his ideas, here comes my version of customised A-Pillar for my pair of tweeters.

The entire process of the job is fairly long which took me about 2-3 days to complete everything including the wrapping process which took me sometime to hunt for it.

This is a very good experience for me to deal with fiberglass materials and custom fabrications. This is the 1st time dealing with fiberglass fabrication, so my workmanship isnt that good. Heheh...

The baffle rings are cut from the scrap pieces of MDF board. (From Gary's A-Pillar job.. Thanx mate!) 800x600	The drill set does not have the correct size for the tweeters, so i chose a slightly smaller one. 800x600	Grind the inner ring to enlarge the hole so that the tweeter can fit into the baffle ring. 800x600
The baffle rings ground and smoothened the edges as well. 800x600	Now the tweeter fits nicely on the baffle ring. 800x600	Mount the tweeters in place with blue-tag and get the desired positioning together with the baffle ring. Right Side. 800x600
Mount the tweeters in place with blue-tag and get the desired positioning together with the baffle ring. Left Side. 800x600	Once the desired tweeter positioning is done, carefully remove the pillar covers together with the tweeters in place. 800x600	Prepare a hot melt glue applicator and a pair of wooden chopsticks. 800x600
Cut the chopsticks into shorter pieces and stick them in place to support the baffle ring. Make sure the baffle ring is secured firmly. 800x600	Carefuly remove the tweeter from the baffle ring with a flat head screwdriver. Remove the blue-tag as well. 800x600	Get a stretchable cloth for the base layer to give the baffle mounting a shape. I used normal cotton T-short material, just cut from a T-shirt.. hehe... Apply contact adhesive a.k.a. DUNLOP GLUE to the pillar and stick on the cloth. 800x600
Apply the glue according to the guide to get the desired shape after the cloth is sticked on. 800x600	Stretch the cloth and stick it on the other side of the pillar. 800x600	Trim off the extra parts of the cloth. 800x600
Base layer done. 800x600	Initially i tried to harden the cloth material by spraying paint lacquer (clear coat) onto the cloth. But it didnt work well. This step can be skipped. 800x600	Left : The Fiberglass filler that i used for this DIY. Right : Putty for smoother finishing. 800x600
The base layer dried with paint lacquer. 800x600	The fiberglass filler with the hardener paste. 800x600	Can you see the fiber?? 800x600
This amount is enough for one layer for one piece of pillar. The hardener paste and the fiber paste... mixed them well before application. 800x600	Apply the fiber filler onto the base cloth with a small scraper. Spread it evenly. 800x600	First layer of fiber done. Let it dry and apply another 2 layers until they are hard enough. 800x600