Finaly covered my stealth shelf

[Chris26]

I made a stealth shelf a while ago for my alpine type-r's but left it ages to buy some acoustic carpet for some reason.

The carpet arrived today so i thought i'd get the shelf covered, i tooks some photo's along the way for anyone thats intrested in how i did it.

Was a fairly cheap project making the shelf, using scrap wood from my garage, a jig saw, acoustic carpet and some tacks to pin the carpet on. The tacks probably wern't the best thing, but the only thing i had on short notice, and they did the job. anyway, the shelf:

Test fit of first wooden bit
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/1985/p11300735ch7me.th.jpg (http://img465.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p11300735ch7me.jpg)

Speaker mount
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/6789/p30501243hm0ae.th.jpg (http://img465.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30501243hm0ae.jpg)

Start of carpeting
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/7536/p30501267pu1zy.th.jpg (http://img342.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30501267pu1zy.jpg)

finishing carpeting
http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/1775/p30501304bi2bo.th.jpg (http://img435.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30501304bi2bo.jpg)

Carpeted shelf with speaker mount on, the speaker mount will be painted black at somepoint
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1773/p30501319nm5zh.th.jpg (http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30501319nm5zh.jpg)

Speaker mount painted grey, the black paint wasnt black
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7416/p30801435ha.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30801435ha.jpg)

Shelf in car 1
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/702/p30501346em.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30501346em.jpg)

Shelf in car 2
http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/1230/p30501369ud6jz.th.jpg (http://img435.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30501369ud6jz.jpg)

Head unit
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6328/p30101313fx.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p30101313fx.jpg)

At the moment i have Alpine type R 6x9s and pioneer front comps

at the end of it, all it cost me was £6.75, inc. P&P, that was just for the acoustic carpet at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLACK-Acoustic-carpet-car-boot-parcel-shelf_W0QQitemZ5874965904QQcategoryZ18805QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem and obviously the price of the speakers, which were £60 in a sale.

It only took an afternoon to do the cutting, and a seperate afternoon for the carpeting :yes:

comments welcome, thanks

Chris

[D4VO J]

Where did u get ur headunit fascia adaptor from? looks a lot better fit than mine!!

[Chris26]

Where did u get ur headunit fascia adaptor from? looks a lot better fit than mine!!

ebay i think, cant really remember, there's abit of a gap at the bottom tho, doesnt fit too flush

[D4VO J]

fits a lot better than mine! look at the top of it!
http://www.d4vo.co.uk/stereo.jpg

[PearsonDK]

Just fitted my facia adaptor and it looks the same as feederfan's..

Yours looks brilliant..

PearsonDK

[D4VO J]

was it an autoleads one? mine was, regretting it now! oh well, does the job!

[BiL]

All autoleads facias on the c's do that - such an *rse

[D4VO J]

yeah looks crap, ill get a betta one when ive got the money!

[Steve]

mine bends a bit!
Cut a little piece off the lip inside and it fits better ;)

Shelf looks good mate!
I made my own for my old nova - simple when you know what you're doing really!!!

Ste

[D4VO J]

cut which bit off? ill have a go 2moro!

[Steve]

its hard to describe without a picture!
If you look at the top of the facia (face on) then rotate it 90 degrees towards you its the small lip that actually sits just under the heater vents (the bit that bends
Cut a little off at a time then trial refit!
Hope that helps! (and makes sence!)

Ste

[D4VO J]

Yeah sorted mate, ill get the dremel out n have a crack at that 2moro!

[Steve]

REMEMBER!!!

A little at a time!!!!

Dont get too hasty and ruin the facia!!!!
:thumbs:

Ste

[D4VO J]

lol, no, i wont, but it looks cak at the moment so cant make it look a lot worse!

[Steve]

Good Luck to you then Son :salut:

Go forth and modify :lol:

Ste