3D printed door speaker brackets/enclosures

[aldente295]

I’ve recently installed an amp and subwoofer underneath my front seats, and figured while I had the door cards out to R&R the door latch mechanisms and power locks, it was a good time to upgrade the door speakers as well.

I looked around for a good speaker enclosure – the ones I currently have are cracked and don’t provide any sort of water protection. I couldn’t find anything – maybe I wasn’t looking for the right thing. Anyway, we have a 3D printer at work, so I figured I’d design and print my own.

After many, many iterations, this is the final product.






















I did it in two halves due to the way that 3D printers work. If I tried to do it in one piece it would have required lots and lots of 'scaffolding' which I wasn't keen on trying to clean out. This also gave me some adjustability in depth and how the holes line up.

[aldente295]

The cutout in the blue piece is to avoid the motor for the power windows.



I glued the two halves together using the yellow 3M weatherstripping glue, plus some rubber tape I had lying around. I also added some foam baffling I had - I wasn't sure if the plastic would vibrate or add any sort of weird sound to the speakers (I'm definitely not any sort of audio engineer...!!)



Here it is in place with the first of the screw clips in place. I had to drill some new holes to mount it.




This is the new speaker - a 5.25" Infinity.





The end result... I'm very happy with the fit and sound!





Let me know if anyone's interested in getting the STL files to print their own set - I'll see if I can figure out how to share...

[rennch]

That's so rad. Well done!

[DocG]

I don't have access to a 3D printer, but I would buy a set from you if you printed them up. I have been wanting to add a stereo to my car.

[dad911]

Originally Posted by aldente295

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Let me know if anyone's interested in getting the STL files to print their own set - I'll see if I can figure out how to share...

You could post them on thingiverse for free. Or if you want I'll do it for you and post a link here.

Nice work.

[aldente295]

Done!

Car Door Speaker Enclosure collection - Thingiverse

@DocG - I'm in Australia, I don't think you want to pay the postage from here to get a set from me, and I'm not really looking to make money off these things anyway.

But it looks like if you go somewhere like here - https://www.3dhubs.com/boston - should be able to print it off for you. You just need to grab the STL files from Thingiverse and you're off to the races...

cheers
Al


cheers
Al

[bigel]

Absoulely brilliant!!!!

This is the start of the DIY'er fabricating his/her own plastic replacement parts!

[Tippy]

Good job!

Those would be referred to as baffles, not enclosures I believe?