custom consoles construction

[johnj_1978]

Does anyone know where I can find out information about construction custom consoles, dashboards, and speaker mods from either Fiberglass and/or resin. Something that has techniques for creating lots of curves and organic shapes.

[Vinny03]

the best thing to do is draw out the shape u want and then mess with the wood. or u can search on google

[Markgase2000]

fiber glass works , but make sure you making entire pieces like an entire door cus it dont bond with vinyl well and separates as time goes by from shrinkage

[jettaboy1884]

Here are two websites that go into detail on how to make fiberglass pieces for your car's interior. I found them very helpful.

http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/main/

http://www.therangerstation.com/Cust...riorPieces.htm

Hope that helps. I plan on making a custom fiberglass dashboard soon for my 83 VW Rabbit, since the original dash is in bad shape, and ugly anyway.

Good luck.

[Berlin IV]

Originally Posted by jettaboy1884

Here are two websites that go into detail on how to make fiberglass pieces for your car's interior. I found them very helpful.

http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/main/

http://www.therangerstation.com/Cust...riorPieces.htm

Hope that helps. I plan on making a custom fiberglass dashboard soon for my 83 VW Rabbit, since the original dash is in bad shape, and ugly anyway.

Good luck.

thanks, i have been looking into the same stuff and the sites you provided were very helpful. I havnt been able to find much free info on the net about the process. Any more sources you could recommend??? Once again a million thanks!!!

[jettaboy1884]

Since I last posted on here, I have almost finished my center console, and since it is coming out so well, I decided to fabricate a entire new dashboard for my 83 GTI... If you take a look at my webpage on http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/657135 you can see two pics of the center console under construction... Working with fiberglass is messy, time consuming, and a little hazardous, but with the right supplies the outcome is definately worth the effort because you will have created a one of a kind piece...

If you give me your email, I will be happy to send you some detailed info on how I went about fiberglassing.

I am just about to start laying the fiberglass for my dashboard, I will take a couple pics of what the mold looks like before I begin...

Mike.