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Giving Old Speakers a New Makeover

Giving Old Speakers a New Makeover
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Ok so what I did was take a set of old, USB powered speakers, and then extracted all the guts out of the original casing. Some modifications were made to the car to fit the speakers and its guts, but it didn't change the appearance (except for the addition of stronger and multiple LED lights.

I put the speakers at the front lid and back trunk, so when it's closed, it just looks like another one of those model cars. But when you open the lid and trunk, speakers pop out of nowhere! Cool eh?

I also rewired the LED so it would reach the bottom of the car, and I added a couple more LEDs (in series, I think) to give it a nice underglow look. It also serves a purpose, as it turns on when I turn on the speakers so I know that it actually works.

I had some problems trying to get everything to fit, and while doing that I broke a few wire connections and the original LED. However, with the help of trial and error, and a whole lot of patience, time, but mostly hot glue, it turned out in the end.

Thoughts and ideas to make it better? Thanks for looking!
8 comments
May 9, 2011. 7:44 PMLegoman200119 says:
I have the same speakers and im currently making a music box out of them
Apr 22, 2011. 9:27 PMi-blaze says:
!!! damn u have scratched em poor speakers pretty bad !!!!
but liked your idea though !!!
Jan 1, 2011. 4:57 PMbiggunner says:
that is AWESOME, i have a 1969 dodge charger (general lee) model im probly going to do that to. that is just awesome. great job.
Jan 30, 2010. 5:42 PMTSC says:
sorry i do not have the same car but it look like it
Jan 29, 2010. 2:34 PMTSC says:
I had the same car!!!!!! This is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 22, 2009. 9:54 PMpower says:
lol in scale you will have two 26 inch subwoofer in the nissan 350z I wonder how much bass will it be :P
Jun 28, 2009. 10:51 AMspydyr says:
Thats bada$$. Is there a method for doing this with surround sound home theater speakers?

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