tweeters are in!

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:23 pm

i got my tweeters in today... installed in the sail panels sounds alot better than before thats for sure. but it doesn't sound as good as it should. I think thats mainly due to bad connections (my solders were terrible and then at one point my soldering gun was taking way too long to heat up so i twisted the wires on to the terminals and twisted it.

edit: pics will come tommorow.. i need some help with something else though.. how do i properly mix up bonda? i'd still like to try and put bondo on these and then paint them, last time i tried i ended up scrapping it off because i didn't have enough hardener (the container said 1/4 of the can of bondo to 1/4 of the tube of hardener

so i just guess)

what kind of texture should it have? ie, should i be able to apply it smoothly? (lets come pair to peanut butter.. lol.. should i be able to apply and mix and etc like it was a pretty smooth peanut butter. or as in my attempt, like crunchy peanut butter... ahrd to ge ton and spread well)

thanks

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:35 pm

If you use Bondo take out the mix of Resin you want. Add hardner until the color matches the scraper that comes with it.

swimmerdude · Post by **swimmerdude** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:37 pm

To your bondo question.... in my auto body class, what we usually do as a fast estimate is just flop some on the board and run a thin line of hardener straight across the blob of bondo. Make sure its mixed together really well.... like flatten it a couple times after mixing to get out air bubbles.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:05 pm

were you trying to solder wire directly to the tweet? i try to avoid this because i have seen people do this and then have problems with the tweet and you will have a helluva time returning a tweet that has a bad solder job....most tweets come with wire on them anyway but i have known some goofballs to try ;and solder larger wire on to them...

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:26 pm

the tweeter costs $4.60 from PE, im not really concerned about returning it. id din't feel like spending money on the connectors today so i just soldered it... the tweeter didn't come with any wires attached either. also, my bondo didn't not come with any sort of scraper....

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:31 pm

bondo is sort of a feel thing......ive used it a lot so i can just mix a squirt in and its good to go....just remember to mix thouroughly (?) and it will eventually dry it just drys faster the more hardener you use...the problem being that it gets real hot as it cures so using too much hardener can warp the surface you put it on.......for the amount you should be using at a ttime for those tweets though i would imagine that a small pile of filler with a dot or 2 of hardener would do it....and work fast to get it to spread smoother...if it starts to clump. just stop because it will be worse to sand than if you get it on there smooth....

Eaglflyrs · Post by **Eaglflyrs** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:40 pm

Hey, remember when you take pics to do your whole system and car too

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:43 am

thats pretty much what i did last time and it did not want to hardhen all the way (i waited like a day and a half) so i couldn'tr eally sand it.. so i ended up scraping the shit off. hrm.

but yeah i know im going to get my pictures today ... i got my car washed yesterday so i'll have decent outside shots now