front door pods

[reecey]

Hey, i have had a long search through the forums but haven't found an answer so here goes..

I got a VN Series 1, and I have the trims off the doors for installing VR pods. Im wondering if I need to drill through the metal frame of the door to screw on the black plastic holder. I can only see 1 major hole for the outside of the holder, and 2 smaller holes. It doesn't all line up very well and would be too unstable with only a couple of screws in it. Also should the black plastic caseing be upside down when fitting it?

If you need pics that can be done.

[fazz1977]

I thought they just went on with self-tappers through the back of the door skin into holes in the back of the pods themselves...

Interesting, because it's a mod I've been considering myself.

[georgeonboost]

the black speaker pod screws onto the door itself (the metal part where the big hole is where the speaker goes). you have to cut a hole in your door trim so that the speaker mount can go throuh. ill post some pics of how i did it in my VP.

EDIT: That sound deadening was temporary

[reecey]

thanks for that, its exactly what i managed to do. Unfortunately when i took off the door trim the blue spikes didn't come off with the trim so im going to have to try my luck with some very strong glue.

[fazz1977]

Those bloody retaining spikes are a pain. In the course of fixing my central locking, all the door skins were removed several times, sometimes the spikes would come out, other times they wouldn't.

[1vngal]

Are the screw holes already there for the speaker spacer to screw to the door?

[reecey]

not on the VN there's only one hole in the door. You have to drill through the steel to make a couple more.

[mischf]

What size are those speakers? 6 inch or 6 1/2 inch?

[georgeonboost]

mine are 6.5". u have to mod the speaker mount or make custom ones which i am going to do as these are ****!

-George