Subject	to hole saw or knife: for tweeter install
Posted by	dialectic on April 22, 2015 at 9:41 AM
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Message	Hello Folks, Will be installing some nice Polk Audio tweeters this weekend on the door panel, above the vents, in a flushed format. Should I use a hole saw to cut a 1.75" hole or employ an xacto knife? A search shows, surprisingly, that most people have used a knife. Is this because the hole saw melts the vinyl? Thanks in advance. Jack
Follow Ups	to hole saw or knife: for tweeter install - dialectic 09:41:27 04/22/15 Xacto IMO - ConVerTT 10:02:34 04/22/15 Don't cut up your door panels. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 10:49:57 04/22/15 A true purist. - Schmeal (NV) 11:22:57 04/22/15 2nd. I managed to improve my audio system back in the day - Zuberman 14:10:02 04/22/15 Didn't you remove the CC and related components? (n/m) - FrozTTy 08:21:04 04/23/15 I did the Carbon Canister delete, but I did it completely - Zuberman 09:16:21 04/23/15 Why not? The doors are just cardboard and vinyl. Nothing - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 18:45:46 04/22/15 $$$ to replace once they are cut up... (n/m) - BoneZ (MD) 21:33:30 04/22/15 Amen. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 21:48:19 04/22/15 lol. anything costs $ to replace when "defectively" cut up. - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 01:19:39 04/23/15 I think the best advice in the thread is to not cut holes - BoneZ (MD) 01:39:25 04/23/15 You<--------------------------------------------->the point (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 02:16:02 04/23/15 Nope! Typing a long arrow doesnt make it true, Bernie. (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 12:11:21 04/23/15 Actually, I think they ARE getting to be ancient artifacts, - Zuberman 09:18:34 04/23/15 Not ancient... just expensive - vorpalZ 12:43:01 04/23/15 problem with new panels is the rest if the interior - BoneZ (MD) 13:10:16 04/23/15 chuckle... then buy used. - vorpalZ 14:58:38 04/23/15 When I bought my vert it had tweeters surface mounted - Musashi Sword 15:06:17 04/23/15 I had a set of new panels I sold. the used panels I've looke - BoneZ (MD) 15:51:50 04/23/15 I've seen plenty of hoopty Z's with holes in the door tho (n/m) - Antihero 18:24:51 04/23/15 lol, now we're talking about hoopty Z's? - vorpalZ 23:38:23 04/23/15 Preach on! (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 01:21:04 04/24/15 Amen brother! - ConVerTT 08:56:20 04/24/15 Changing the airbox is not the permanent modification - BoneZ (MD) 09:33:09 04/24/15 A couple of points.... - ConVerTT 14:56:03 04/24/15 Like I said- ridiculous. - BoneZ (MD) 15:17:08 04/24/15 Amen brother! (n/m) - ConVerTT 15:52:12 04/24/15 lol minty door panels (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 02:33:35 04/25/15 I think those are leftover Nissan parts inventory. - Zuberman 00:14:33 04/24/15 mods that are not reversible should'nt be taken lightly - Antihero 18:23:35 04/23/15 this is my thinking, the hole is permanent but the tweeter - LJZTT 14:43:16 04/24/15 I agree with you, I don't see the big deal, it looks stock - moxie (SF) 15:43:33 04/23/15 Re: Don't cut up your door panels. - bogart101 (NoVA) 13:44:27 04/23/15 Huge second, absolutely no need to do so. Hate the shop - BigTDogg (MA) 17:57:25 04/24/15 Composite set that fits in the stock location. (n/m) - Paulym1111 11:03:36 04/22/15 I used a hole saw in my old Z. - Ryan1001 11:11:46 04/22/15 Mount the tweeters in your air vents (n/m) - s3trios 11:15:19 04/22/15 This. (n/m) - Antihero 13:26:52 04/22/15 ^Yep (n/m) - -Grimm- 18:35:55 04/22/15 2nd (n/m) - sak01 21:38:36 04/22/15 Re: Mount the tweeters in your air vents - bogart101 (NoVA) 13:47:35 04/23/15 The best way.... - Multi_Read (CA) 11:29:03 04/22/15 agreed. I put wide painters tape over 1st - vorpalZ 12:02:46 04/22/15 I used a hole saw to great effect the first time. - Nate (NoVA) 14:17:32 04/22/15 or this. (n/m) - Antihero 14:18:44 04/22/15 This! idk why people ruin their doors or clog the air vents (n/m) - Red Hawk (CO) 15:23:16 04/22/15 if it is properly done with quality components - vorpalZ 15:55:57 04/22/15 A brand new a-pilar cover is like $50. - Antihero 18:19:29 04/23/15 then do it right or don't do it at all - vorpalZ 22:15:24 04/23/15 Nate, u have a pic of the mounting on the triangle piece? (n/m) - ZXoltan 16:19:52 04/22/15 Here's mine - black300zx 17:27:30 04/22/15 Nice and unobtrusive. One question tho... - ZXoltan 17:37:20 04/22/15 and they're aimable...My first Z was a black 2+2 :) (n/m) - black300zx 20:59:18 04/22/15 nice (n/m) - LJZTT 19:33:37 04/22/15 Too dark now, tomorrow. (n/m) - Nate (NoVA) 19:54:52 04/22/15 Here is a post that shows mine. The direction that - not4resaleZ 22:22:37 04/22/15 I have a set of pristine door panels already cut..... (n/m) - ShakaShaun(Denver) 20:12:21 04/22/15 Thanks for all the great info... - dialectic 23:14:07 04/22/15 My solution was to use the mirror sail panels - AndrewG 01:50:29 04/23/15 Did you mold those yourself? Very nice! (n/m) - ZXoltan 06:38:22 04/23/15 That looks great! Definitely the best way to do it - RobZ32 10:07:55 04/23/15 This is how I made them - AndrewG 10:49:02 04/23/15 Very nice. Time for a vendor to get a mold made. (n/m) - Woody75 (Denver) 11:09:57 04/23/15 Tweeters vary far too much in size and depth for that - Multi_Read (CA) 13:32:23 04/23/15 which is exactly why you don't cut your doors (n/m) - Antihero 10:54:39 04/24/15 Wow...nicely done. (n/m) - CameronSF 13:43:33 04/23/15 Very nice work! (n/m) - Musashi Sword 15:03:02 04/23/15 Awesome! I put mine there, but just screwed in place. (n/m) - Ted (92TT) 15:37:08 04/23/15 Those are fantastic! Nice work! (n/m) - ConVerTT 20:24:46 04/23/15 Excellent! Great work! (n/m) - Zuberman 00:23:05 04/24/15 Very well done indeed! (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 17:58:44 04/24/15 I bracketed mine in the air vents in the doors.. - XTZ 02:21:46 04/25/15 Very tastefully done. (n/m) - SeanK (StL) 14:09:04 04/23/15 15 years ago. - njz 05:57:52 04/23/15 The hole saw will pull and tear the vinyl, if you are dead - Musashi Sword 15:00:13 04/23/15 If you spin it backwards, it makes a clean cut in the vinyl (n/m) - vorpalZ 15:02:33 04/23/15 Nice tip! (n/m) - Musashi Sword 15:06:51 04/23/15
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