tekkie

I like to tinker with everything, i have since i was a kid, even back then as soon as i got something i would go hide away and take it apart.... sometimes even get it back together lol

these days i like putting things together as well, i am in the process of upgrading my stereo and i like doing it myself... some challenges on the 996 of course

focals in the dash, yeah they dont fit, a 3d printer and a micrometer can come in handy, after a few measurements and a few failed prints of different designs i have found a solution

the printer in action



the top of the speakers, you can see the ring that slides down inside the speaker covers



Here you can see the tabs after being dremeled off, and the speakers friction fit inside of the rings. I will add a little glue or silicone just to be sure they dont come out.



Here you can see the inside.ring sliding inside, again friction fit but i plan to put a couple small screws in the side as well




and finally once its in its final location



the tweeters i dremeled off everything but two tabs and then customized them so the slots in the tweeters fit, add some silicone around the outside and all should be good





then all together and looking good (minus the glue /screws)

tekkie

for the stereo i have been wondering how to put in the 2 USB ports and came up with this

bye bye lighter i will put a replacement one elsewhere if needed

dan_189

Nice work on the USB lighter replacement, looks good.

philooo

did you 'make' the usb bracket ? or did you happen to find something off the shelves that fit the location ? if so please share a link

zak996

Hey I think the USB bracket is great! I have access to a 3d printer at work and if you would be willing to share the files or a link to them I would appreciate it. Thats a great replacement for the lighter.

tekkie

the USB bracket is pretty simple, although I have not validated it fits in the car but from photos it should

you just cut off the back part as you can see in the photo and then put the nut on there

I got it from ebay 17 bucks, there is a slight gap around it as you can see but I am vinyl wrapping the trim anyway so I am not to concerned by that http://www.ebay.com/itm/111920368411?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
if you want to wait longer looks like you can get it from CN for 11 bucks http://www.ebay.com/itm/Male-to-Fema...3D111920368411

the 3d file for the speaker mount you can download here https://www.tinkercad.com/things/5Np...sdS1daT40TUvk=

bw1999

The USB bracket looks like a great mod, but I must be missing something. Don't you need a converter and a connection for the lighter power?

tekkie

my new dual din stereo has 2 USB ports so these ports plug into that, then i can hookup my iphone for carplay and the other usb for whatever

joe-1972

WOW!

Great job on the speaker rings and the USB!

What are you doing with the door speakers?

tekkie

for the doors I am putting these 6.75" kicker subs, havent tackled that part yet but I will find a way to make it work
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_206CWR...43CWRT672.html

tekkie

Crap i just realized a possible issue, these subs are dual voice coil @ 2 ohm, i just saw 2ohm and went perfect and ordered them. The easy solution would have been to buy the 1ohm one and put the 2 voice coils in series for 2ohm

so in series these are 4ohm, in parallel its 1 ohm

can the stock (non bose) amp handle 1 ohm? definitely I dont want to use 4ohm on the stock amp

i plan to replace the stock amp anyway I just didnt plan for it at the moment

joe-1972

The factory amp is 2 ohm on the door speakers I believe... just use one coil for now... then change it up when you get your amps.

tekkie

yeah after hooking up the new stereo last night that amp will be going quickly as its under powered for sure

5CHN3LL

Be sure to upload those parts to thingiverse...great contribution.

Did you print ABS or PLA?

tekkie

yeah thats a good idea

i used pla, i tried bending the crap out of it and amazingly it was far stronger than i expected

didnt have any black ABS but yeah that would be stronger, but for this I dont see a problem, if it was a 12" sub I would be concerned with the bass rattling it apart though lol