How to make a rear shelf for speakers. Top shelf for car. Tools and materials

Having a hatchback body, the VAZ 2114 is distinguished by an impressive trunk, under which the entire rear of the car is reserved. It is separated from the passenger compartment by a seat and a removable shelf.

The shelf has bending points provided for by the design, along which it folds, increasing the volume of the luggage compartment. This design does not cause any complaints, especially if the presence of music is unimportant, but if music means a lot to the owner, a “surprise” awaits him - places for attaching an audio system are not provided in the design of the VAZ 2114.

The regular shelf is thin and light, any speaker will make it heavier, which will lead to its incorrect fixation, the shelf will rattle a lot, the audio system will resonate with holes and the rumble from behind will be simply unbearable, the presence of such “music” is very doubtful pleasure. Later, the sidewalls will also loosen, then it will become completely unbearable.

The problem is solved in three ways:

  1. The shelf is removed, there are no rear speakers, there is nothing to rattle, but there is no music either.
  2. Acoustic shelf VAZ 2114 buy it inexpensively, and it will improve the situation significantly.
  3. Make your own acoustic shelf.

In addition to the disappearance of external noise, the acoustic shelf will solve the problem of the rigidity of the trunk structure, provide the acoustic system with a reliable frame, and eliminate the negative impact of acoustic vibrations on the mechanical joints of the rear door and the trunk as a whole.

Working on the factory version


If the acoustic shelf of the VAZ 2114 is expensive for you, and there is no desire to do it yourself from scratch, then you can modify the factory shelf.

This requires the following tools and materials:

  1. Plywood.
  2. Putty.
  3. Upholstery.
  4. Self-tapping screws.
  5. Epoxy adhesive.
  6. Electric jigsaw.
  7. Emery (sandpaper).
  8. stapler.


The shelf is being finalized easily, for a good result, the actions are performed in the following order:

  1. We draw a template on cardboard, use it to draw places for speakers on the shelf, cut them out with a jigsaw.
  2. We use the shelf as a template, draw the necessary on the plywood, cut out the necessary on the plywood.
  3. Glue the shelf to the piece of plywood cut out for it with epoxy glue.
  4. We sheathe (paste over) the finished result with a carpet (another fabric), while not forgetting about the plywood ends.

Such a shelf, due to its rigidity, will significantly improve the sound, but in addition, you can soundproof the trunk and the shelf itself, this will make the music even better.

For soundproofing will come in handy:

  1. Bitomast and Vibroplast (1 sheet each).
  2. A smoothing tool (usually a roller).
  3. Building hair dryer.


Due to the fact that vibroplast perfectly dampens vibrations, it is enough for them to glue 2/3 of the trunk. Bitomast is applied to the shelf itself, it is a noise-absorbing material, it improves the sound and removes vibration echo and unnecessary sounds. To apply, the materials are laid out on the desired surface, after heating with a hair dryer, they are rolled over it.

Carefully monitor the quality of rolling, if there are bubbles under the material, the results of your work will fail very quickly.

We make from scratch


Do-it-yourself acoustic shelf vaz 2114 is easy to do, you will have to spend a little on materials, and do not spare a bit of your time.

The following "ingredients" will come in handy:

  1. Centimeter chipboard or MDF.
  2. Carpet (other fabric).
  3. Glue.
  4. Self-tapping screws.
  5. Electric jigsaw.
  6. Drill.
  7. Sanding machine (emery, sandpaper).
  8. stapler.
  9. Materials for the layout: cardboard, pencils, drawing supplies.

We will do it like this:

  1. We are preparing a template, after we try it on the car, it should be a little larger.
  2. We cut out the shelf according to the template, remove the irregularities, grinding off the gap laid down in the template.
  3. We double-check its dimensions on the car, if everything matches the car and the size of the expected speakers, then the shelf is ready.
  4. We prepare materials for covering (pasting), everything should be at hand.
  5. We smear glue on plywood, apply fabric, roll everything out to avoid bubbles.
  6. We fix the edges with a stapler.
  7. We leave to dry for a day.


In order for the shelf to come out foldable, you need to take care of the moving elements in advance, try on the hinges. It is better to do this before pasting with a carpet, so the design will look much more aesthetic, a moving technical gap can be closed with a strip of "elastic band" (elastic fabric), but not with a carpet or other non-stretching fabric.

Very often, people do not want to fool themselves with jigsaws and glue, so they immediately buy ready-made ones. This solution has a significant plus, because there are a great many modifications of the shelves, both the usual “plastic shelf” and the solid “acoustic shelf VAZ 2114 with sidewalls” are sold, all intermediate options are also present in the online assortment. Although the purchased option will come out many times more expensive than a home-made one, but laziness and the “pursuit of beauty” sometimes overpower common sense and the desire to save.

We create acoustic podiums


Changing the shelf, investing effort, time and money and time in the good sound of music, leaving the regular podiums of the VAZ 2114, which are made of plastic and levels, most of your work does not seem logical. Plastic absolutely does not dampen the vibration of the speakers, on the contrary, it enhances it, creating rattling and extraneous noise. Therefore, we will make new podiums, more rigid, and making all previous torments justified.

For the new holder will come in handy:

  1. Columns.
  2. Mounting rings (from the kit).
  3. Gloves and brush.
  4. Epoxy adhesive and hardener.
  5. Fiberglass and lycra.

If you start creating a podium from scratch, some skills in woodworking and other work with materials will come in handy, firstly, for an unprepared person this is unrealistic, and secondly, people with similar skills even without this article imagine what exactly needs to be done. Therefore, based on the option that there are no such skills, as well as special equipment, on the basis of a standard podium, we will strengthen it using the materials described above.


This procedure is done as follows:

  1. We cut off the grid (its part) from the podium and fix the adjusting ring, the structure should come out monolithic and rigid.
  2. We put lycra on the design.
  3. Mixing glue and hardener.
  4. We smear the resulting solution on lycra and, as in papier-mâché, glue fiberglass (you need to stick 3-4 layers).
  5. Let the designs dry.
  6. We install.

The mounting foam option is “not an option”: firstly, body corrosion, and secondly, in addition to vibrations, the foam also dampens sound.

Useful video

You can find tips for making an acoustic shelf with your own hands in the video below:


Good sound is an important element of comfort, not only for young, but for every driver. The acoustic shelf of the VAZ 2114 is a good option that allows you to "cheaply and cheerfully" improve the quality of driver's comfort

You will need

  • Plywood 7 mm, carpet, tape measure, ruler, jigsaw, drill, screws and self-tapping screws, construction stapler, wood glue (fabric-wood), perforated steel tape, corners, hinges, piano hinges.

Instruction

The first thing to do is measure your shelf. It’s worth mentioning right away that in a sedan, a shelf needs one element, even if it consists of several. In a hatchback, it is also possible to have shelves with one sidewall element and a shelf, but in this case you will lose the functionality of the luggage compartment with this type of body, the optimal for a hatchback is to manufacture the shelf and sidewalls in the factory format. The dimensions of the elements should be measured in the position as they stand. Draw a sketch on a piece of paper and write down the measurements, write down the dimensions of the shelf elements removed from the car through a hyphen, so you get tolerance fields.

In order not to spoil the plywood and not to redo it all over again, first measure the dimensions of the blanks on thick cardboard (a box from a TV or refrigerator), cut it out with a margin and fit it into place in the car body. For a hatchback, the sides should first be made, they are usually mirrored, therefore, having made one, you can easily make the second. When the sidewall parts are ready, you can make a control fitting, fix the fasteners and install them in their regular places. Now, the distances for the main shelf are re-measured and the elements of the shelf are cut out along them.

Connect the elements of the shelf together with the help of loops, install the hinges and try them on. If all the parts fit into their regular places without tension, the seat back is installed and the tailgate closes without interference, then we can assume that the hardest part of the work is done. Now you need to decide on the location of the speakers, you can install both regular round speakers and more powerful and optimal sounding 6x9 inches. If they will stand on the side elements of the shelf, then try them on the installed sidewalls, so that later the elements of the car body do not interfere with their placement. Then we cut holes along the speakers or make directional podiums for them.

When all work with the tree is finished, we proceed to pasting the elements with a cloth - carpet. Cut off pieces of fabric with a margin of 3-4 cm on each side, this is necessary to wrap the edges of the shelf elements. We cover the front part of the shelf and the fabric from the wrong side with glue, putting the fabric on the shelf, carefully smooth the fabric over the surface, the carpet is a very pliable fabric, it stretches well along the bends and grooves. We fix the edges of the carpet with a construction stapler. After that, we install the fastening elements of the sidewalls, speakers and place everything in regular places. Now you will be surprised at how the music began to sound in the cabin.

The optimal price-quality option for a sound system on a VAZ 2109 would be to install 4 speakers, two in front and two in the back. There are no problems with the front seats, as there are regular places for 13-inch speakers in the front panel. For those who are not enough 13 inches, they can make and install speakers of the 16th diameter. The rear regular places for speakers in plastic inserts on the sides of the rear shelf are no good - they are too small to reproduce a more or less noticeable bass, and the standard shelf is too flimsy to withstand the most suitable 6x9 inch oval speakers for placement in it.

Therefore, in this article we will look at how you can make a good rear acoustic shelf to accommodate two 6x9 speakers on it. The material is useful to owners of VAZ 2109, 2108, 2114, 2113.

From the materials we need:

  • 18 mm thick plywood sheet
  • A piece of carpet measuring approximately 1 m x 1.5 m
  • Aerosol adhesive for carpet
  • Wood stain
  • Staples for furniture stapler, size 8 mm
  • Two hinges for the folding part of the shelf
  • masking tape
  • self-tapping screws

Required tool:

  • Electric jigsaw
  • Plane
  • Screwdriver (or drill)
  • Furniture stapler
  • Stationery knife
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Pencil

However, this list can be shortened, but spend more time on performing certain operations manually, without the help of a tool.

The shelf template can be cut out independently, taking into account your preferences. To do this, you need to take a piece of thick cardboard, and by measuring and fitting, make a model of the future acoustic shelf. For example, the contours of the future shelf can be outlined by removing the regular shelf with plastic sidewalls (it is highly recommended to make a full-size shelf, from glass to glass) and laying this out on a sheet of cardboard.

For the lazy, I can offer this ready-made (download), many thanks to its creator. You just need to print it on A4 sheets on a regular printer and arrange it in a certain order, you'll figure it out.

It is also worth considering the fact that on our cars a certain variation in dimensions is possible when assembling cars. Therefore, if you use a ready-made template, you still have to adjust the shelf in place.

We put a plywood sheet on the workbench, apply the contours of the future shelf according to the template on it. Do not forget about the holes for the speakers, as well as the processing of the edges for the contours of the rear pillars and the rubber of the rear window.
Then we cut out the reclining part of the shelf, fasten the stiffener and cover all the details with stain. After the stain has dried, you can fasten the hinges.

Now we spread the carpet on the future shelf, and measure it, leaving an allowance of 4 centimeters from the edges. We cut it out, apply glue and evenly carefully glue the carpet to the wood of the shelf. Some places require careful gluing.

From the ends, the shelf also needs to be glued with carpet, the rest is wrapped on the bottom edge. In order not to smear everything with glue, we use masking tape.

Next, we break through the edge of the carpet along the perimeter of the shelf with construction staples using a stapler. You can leave a carpet allowance over the hinges for the lid, and they will not be visible from the outside. Now we cut off the extra non-adhered carpet with a clerical knife.

It remains only to screw the hinged part, and that's it, our shelf is ready, you can install it on the car.
This is how it looks on the outside:

Plastic sidewalls, where the holes for the standard speakers are located, do not need to be removed, our shelf is placed on top of them and screwed from below with self-tapping screws.

You can enhance the bass and sound quality of the rear speakers by installing, which can be placed on the same shelf between the speakers, it will withstand.

Not so long ago, a 2.0 SVEN Royal 1R acoustic system appeared in my house. The thing is inexpensive, but has excellent sound and beautiful appearance. Before that, for several years now I have had Top Device TDE-255 2.1 acoustics and, to be honest, it has ceased to please something: from old age, apparently. the capacitors dried up, the sound lost its former brilliance and purity. As a result, I did not refuse the opportunity to replace my exhausted system.

The first thing the speakers were installed on the desktop, as expected. And I must say that my workplace is arranged in such a way that there is a TV set to my right in the corner, which allows me to watch something from time to time without looking up from the desktop, and also comfortably watch anything while sitting or lying on the couch. The old speakers were spaced further away so that the stereo base of the satellites included both the workplace and the TV, which only benefited the impressions of watching movies and listening to music. The subwoofer hung out somewhere in the middle.

The new speakers are bulky and it is not easy to organize their arrangement according to the old scheme, and even standing on a rather big table, they eat up the lion's share of the space. Moreover, it was impossible to reveal the potential of the speakers when they were at arm's length from the listener: the sound picture was blurry and dirty. But a meter or two from the speakers, the situation changed: the music began to play with colors, the purity of the mids and highs were revealed as they should. As a result, it was decided to arrange the speakers in the old way, and since they did not work out on the table or in the compartment under the TV (huge!), I decided to install them on stands. A quick search showed that it would not be so easy to find the right option for me: the prices for such gizmos are just fucked up. Well, not a problem. Let's do it ourselves.

Under the cut, a story on how to make racks for a speaker system at a price of 1000 rubles per pair (it can be much cheaper!). Everything is easier than it seems.


1.

So what we need:
1. 1 sheet of chipboard or solid wood (already sawn into 4 parts in the photo)
2. Table legs (2 pieces), stainless steel, diameter 60 mm.
3. Mounting legs (4 pieces).
4. Spray paint
5. Wood drill 2 mm
6. Screwdriver / screwdriver
7. Optional furniture dowels 6x30 mm, which I did not need in the end.

Now about the prices. At first I wanted to buy a chipboard sheet, but while walking along Leroy Merlin I saw an array of wood for sale and decided that it would be even better. A sheet of 800x300 mm came out at 140 rubles. A chipboard analogue would have cost a little less. Here I was lucky, because I measured everything in advance and adjusted the dimensions so that this sheet was enough for me exactly for everything and with virtually no waste. Sawing done immediately in the store - so smoother than suffering with a jigsaw.

Table legs were sold in Leroy in a set of 650 rubles for 4 pieces, while one piece cost 350. The choice was obvious, especially since I needed 4 mounts, not 2.
It was possible to take ordinary simple furniture legs at a price of about 100 r apiece, but they would look dystrophic to me, and I would also have to come up with a new mounting option.

Paint - 150 rubles per can.

Dowels - 15 rubles.

A bag of screws 3.5x16 mm - about 30 rubles.

In total, we get 1000 rubles, although, apparently, it was possible to get by with a much smaller amount.

2.

We take two legs, pick out the plastic tips to adjust the height, freeing the holes for the second flange for fastening. The mounts are designed so that after installing them on the leg, you need to open three petals inside the leg. For this, a special screw and a hole in the leg are provided to tighten this screw. I tried to drill the same hole on the other end of the leg, but the stainless steel from which the pipes were made did not agree with me and I scored for drilling. At the end, I simply spread the petals of the flanges a little with a screw so that they entered the pipes with force, and then I just pressed harder, inserting the petals into the pipe.

3.

We cut the sheet into 4 parts: a couple of larger parts - we will have them as bases, and a smaller pair - shelves. I took my shelves in size as a section of columns without a front part (which protrudes slightly forward). The appearance of the combination of speakers and legs will be more holistic.

4.

We process the details. I chose matte black paint because the solid wood painted with it perfectly matches the texture of the speaker finishes.
Of the other options, a self-adhesive film of the desired color also came to my mind.
If I had taken chipboard, I would certainly have done so without even processing the edges. If the color of the chipboard sheet suited me, then I would buy an edge tape and iron it to the edges. You can also cover the wood with stain and varnish. And you can paint and varnish.
Or you can completely do without the top shelf, replacing it with a metal cross to fit the legs, screwing the speakers to it. In general, there is room for imagination.

The paint took a long time to dry, almost a day. Without this, the whole job would have taken no more than an hour and a half.

If suddenly you decide to paint with a spray can, I recommend painting in 3 layers. I only had enough spray for two, but even two layers in places did not lie as high quality as we would like. The option with acrylic water-based paint and a roller seems to be more preferable to me now.

5.

Next, we attach the flanges to our shelves and bases using self-tapping screws. It is useful to pre-drill holes for self-tapping screws with a diameter of 1.5-2 mm. So the screws will go in easier and more accurately. I attached fasteners to the foundation details not exactly in the middle, but with a slight offset back.

6.

Collecting! We insert the fasteners into the legs, fix it, check whether everything is connected evenly.

7.

We stick felt pads to the bases. Such things are glued to the legs of tables and chairs so that they do not scratch the floor. With us, they will replace the legs and prevent the transmission of sound waves through the racks to the floor. For especially aesthetic audiophiles, I recommend putting special spiked legs. I did not find the usual dwarf legs in the store. If I see it, I'll replace it.

8.

Ready! This is what the columns look like on the racks. The stands look and feel as if they were one piece with the speakers, and it's impossible to tell from the outside that they were made by hand.

Now about not useful dowels. I had never seen speakers stand on stands and was worried that they could move off the pedestals from vibrations. At the same time, the speakers themselves are equipped with small short legs empty inside. If the vibration drove them up the rack, then I would just stick the dowels into the shelves so that they go into the cavities of the legs, preventing them from sliding.

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