PICS of speaker pod and hatch area!

[spy54]

ok i must know what size speakers/subs are going into that and where is that going? b/c it just doesn't work out in my mind

[ci5ic]

It will be two 10" Kicker Solobaric subs, and it will be going where my back-seat used to be.

anyways, I stretched the fleece on the pod today, and I took some pics, but they didn't come out well at all because I used a black colored fleece material... Here's one of the pics anyways:

[ci5ic]

Aha! I adjusted the brightness/contrast for a better picture:

[gunnmen01]

dude that looks sweet, wish i could do fiberglass work......


gunnmen01

[slammed89civic]

what all do i need to fiberglass and where can i get it? i wanna give it a shot.... :-D

[ci5ic]

I took my car to some local car stereo shops to see if they would do my fiberglass for me, and they all wanted about $2000 for it. For about 1/4 that price, I can buy all the tools and materials, and I can do it my own damn self. So far, I've got everything I'll need, and I've only spent about $400 (mainly on the power-tools). So far, it's been pretty easy to do, but I've spent ALOT of time planning ahead and mapping things out...

All the fiberglass-specific materials can be bought at a local boating-supply store, everything else can be found at hardware stores and grocery stores. Shop around for prices though.

Basically, all you need is:

Fiberglass Resin
Fiberglass Hardener
Fiberglass cloth/matting
Mold release
Wood
Paint-brushes
Rubber Gloves
Mixing Pails
Masking Tape
Tin Foil
Power-tools (router, jigsaw, drill, Dremel tool, etc).
Hot glue gun
plastic squeegees
Acetone (to remove un-hardened resin from stuff)
Lycra or Fleece material (actually, I'm kinda wishing that I had used Lycra)
Sandpaper (lots of it)
Bondo (or other fairing filler)

That's about it... No everything here is an absolute necessity, but the more equipped you are, the easier the process is...

Here are links to all the web-sites that I've found on the subject:
http://www.diymobilesound.com/tutori...kickpanels.htm
http://www.rtol.net/scornell/2002NI.htm
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nismo/subs.html
http://www.diysubwoofers.org/audiolinks.htm

Not alot of resources, but good enough for me.

[spy54]

how is it coming man... MORE PICS :apoke: just giving you a notice that living vicariously(sp) thought you is tough if i dont know what i am working on

[chzdhippt]

Originally posted by ci5ic
I took my car to some local car stereo shops to see if they would do my fiberglass for me, and they all wanted about $2000 for it. For about 1/4 that price, I can buy all the tools and materials, and I can do it my own damn self. So far, I've got everything I'll need, and I've only spent about $400 (mainly on the power-tools). So far, it's been pretty easy to do, but I've spent ALOT of time planning ahead and mapping things out...

All the fiberglass-specific materials can be bought at a local boating-supply store, everything else can be found at hardware stores and grocery stores. Shop around for prices though.

Basically, all you need is:

Fiberglass Resin
Fiberglass Hardener
Fiberglass cloth/matting
Mold release
Wood
Paint-brushes
Rubber Gloves
Mixing Pails
Masking Tape
Tin Foil
Power-tools (router, jigsaw, drill, Dremel tool, etc).
Hot glue gun
plastic squeegees
Acetone (to remove un-hardened resin from stuff)
Lycra or Fleece material (actually, I'm kinda wishing that I had used Lycra)
Sandpaper (lots of it)
Bondo (or other fairing filler)

That's about it... No everything here is an absolute necessity, but the more equipped you are, the easier the process is...

Here are links to all the web-sites that I've found on the subject:
http://www.diymobilesound.com/tutori...kickpanels.htm
http://www.rtol.net/scornell/2002NI.htm
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nismo/subs.html
http://www.diysubwoofers.org/audiolinks.htm

Not alot of resources, but good enough for me.

another great place for this stuff is http://www.tapplastics.com

[ci5ic]

Got some new pics, gonna start a new thread.