Pelles Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 ok chaps, i need your help... originally i was gonna buy a parcel shelf from my local audio shop, a mate of mine told me they made them for 20 quid, so today, i desided to look into it, it seems that there £70.... lol for a sheet of mdf, and 6x9's holes, and there the stealth shelfs, but there easy to make with some mdf and some clothe for a fraction of the price of buying one...would yous not say? whats the best way to do it? i.e. whats the best thickness of MDF? what tools do you suggest for the cutting of it, i dont have alot of tools, i just borrow my oldmans, and my grandads tools and one thing, i aint got my car back yet, am i safe to use a mk6 standard parcel shelf as my guide, i.e. is the mk6 parcel shelf the same as the mk5b? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m888arc Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 i cant remember the thickness. but use pretty damn thick stuff, only prob i had woz that the weight cracked the plastic rest thing the parcel shelf sat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Si Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 12mm probably best m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Si Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 actually now thinking bout it bout 8mm will do :madbugger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sortedford Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 i wouldnt use too think mate or it will strain the plastics at the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS2000 Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 At least 12mm, thinner will only sagg in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cossie rep Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Hi mate if you want i can make you one like this, i got my hands on a professional one and stripped it to see how the made them, so i had another go and it come out like this so if you want one i make them for about £30-£40 using all the tools they use, can use any fabris mate but some are not as good as others. You can have what ever size speakers you want, and these are as tough as anything. Plus you see that i have only one compartment on there if you want you can have 2 rectangles/squares or even triangles to be different. If you are interested let me know mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damien Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 if you convince a mate he needs some 6x9s which are over £100 from halfords, they will do you a shelf for £50 ! thats what i did ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 why hack up a perfectly good parcel shelfimagine u buy something that requires the back seats to come forwardor youve got more than a couple of corpses in the boot the 6x9's will get right in the way.... Why not just put them in the existing speaker positions like i have and quite a few others have? u can always remove the parcel shelf then..Its one less annoying thing to rattle about and believe me parcel shelfs can rattle..... http://www.escortevolution.co.uk/how-to/6x9.htm Whats Green and smells of pork?.... Kermits Finger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorted4 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Well this is an escort board u ask question relating to cars, it the only way u going to learn and it also his 1st car, I wreck my 1st car in 9 months as i didnt know fcuk all aobut cars back then but im alot more wiser now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean-o Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 IVE GOT 1 OF THOSE STEALTH SHELFS AND THERE NOT BAD CAN ANY1 MAKE THE STEALTH BOXES JUST THAT I DONT WANNA FORK OUT £300 FOR THEM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaterj20 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 u cant expect a 8mm shelf to give decent strength or sound any good bouncing over all the bumps ! u need to make it out of decent MDF about 20mm and if u have chance to get ur hands on a router they are handy pieces of kit , gives u all the angles and bends . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissyboy Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 20mm MDF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappy Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 boy stealth box, do you mean something like this? if so.. I can make them Amit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorted4 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I have a feeling a post been deleted, as my post dont make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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