wall mounted amp enclosure
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Printed Date: June 10, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Topic: wall mounted amp enclosure
Posted By: nitsuj
Subject: wall mounted amp enclosure
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 8:53 PM
hello, first post. i'm attempting to build a wall mounted amp enclosure that will be on the back wall of my Element. thus far i've taken a fiberglass mold of the area i want to mount it to, and a little extra so i can cut to size. did 1 layer of mat plus 1 layer of cloth once outside the car for reinforcement, but will probably need a few add'l layers of glass for strength. current plan is a few more layers of glass, than hot glue a platform onto the glass, wrap the wood shelf/fiberglass mold of wall in cloth and add resin to that to make a decent structure to mount the amp on, than eventually make a glass enclosure/top to hide the amp. a few questions for the experts as this is my first foray into glassing. how many layers of glass should be enough to support a vertically mounted piece of 1/2" MDF and amp? my thinking was the glass is mainly for form, than the MDF for strength, but the glass will have to have a certain amount of strength to support the MDF and eventually the amp. for mounting, current mounting thought is use a few existing screw holes to mount vertically, than also stabilize the base and have the weight of the base in the 'pocket' to keep from much movement. does all this sound doable or ridiculous? any input welcome. image to help visualize this. thanks in advance. 
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Posted By: nitsuj
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 8:55 PM
crap, pic worked in preview mode....maybe this link will work https://www.caraudio.com/vg/showimage.php?i=4932&catid=newimages ------------- intelligence level inversely proportional to beers consumed
Posted By: 1hot944
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 9:12 PM
Looks like a good start, might be a bit difficult to pull off . Are you going to use fiberglass fabric or fleece? If you use MDF for the sub ring then stretch fleece over the whole thing and resin it you will be able to get nice form . Then use filler to smooth it out and fill in any voids ,sand smooth then prime, fill,sand and prime before paint or if your going to use vinyl to match then you may not need to be as picky with the sanding. Keep posting the pics,iwe all like to see the finished product!
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 9:40 PM
i see you fiberglassed into that pocket in the panel. That may not be a good idea soince you wont be able to remove it.
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Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 9:40 PM
1hot944 I think he's building an amp rack, not an enclosure. Anyway, I think your off to a good start. 5 layers should be more than enough to hold your amp. Thats about what I'd put. Then you can position your MDF with dowels or whatever and wrap it in fleece blah blah... You get the drift. You can cut a hole in the MDF that the amp will hide. That way you can mount it to the car through the hold & run wires completly hidden. Sounds like you more or less understand what your doing. Hope to see some pics. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 9:45 PM
At first I didn't see what Alpine Guy was talking about but now I do. Take that pocket and make the glass go flat across it instead of into it. That might cause problems. Shouldn't be too hard to fix though, if you do it now. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: nitsuj
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 10:39 PM
actually, was already able to remove it from the pocket as i didn't glass it all the way in - just enough to get the rough shape. don't get me wrong, still a pain the arse to get out, but it's out now. 5 layers, cool, will post pics of the progress. for wall mounting i've got a few spots that i can remove the OEM screws and use a longer screw to mount. should i also use industrial strength velcro tape for the rest of the mounting? the pocket form is there to help support some, by running MDF into it, but anymore suggestions? ------------- intelligence level inversely proportional to beers consumed
Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: February 28, 2005 at 11:45 PM
Velcro could be used to help. But I wouldn't rely on it to be any major source of strength. I guess since you did get it out, going into that pocket would be a good thing. I imagine that, the screws, and the velcro should handle it. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: Master Asylum
Date Posted: March 01, 2005 at 7:28 AM
Depending on how tight that FG was applied that is entirely removeable :P Even deep it prolly still could have been brought out(As long as you don't go past like 6 in). Mainly depends on how tight the FG is to the top portion of the wall. If it is tight it'd be incredibly hard to sufficiently bend for the pop out. If it isn't so tight, it should slide up and out well enough... Though I could see the initial concern. First project and not bad at all... I'm guessing considerable reading? My first project sucked. :) ------------- 1998 Monte Carlo w/
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: March 01, 2005 at 8:19 AM
Hey man awesome job so far. I think the velcro should do ok. Like nik said though I wouldnt make it my only way of mounting, but with the screws and the pocket it should not be any problem. I've used that stuff on all my speaker enclosures to hold them in place and its never came undone.
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Posted By: nitsuj
Date Posted: March 01, 2005 at 10:38 AM
"I'm guessing considerable reading?" understatement. let's hope it all pays off when i finally finish. ------------- intelligence level inversely proportional to beers consumed
Posted By: nitsuj
Date Posted: March 05, 2005 at 3:20 PM
Made a little progress today, starting to take on the final size/shape....altho lately I've been thinking about just redoing that whole wall....Have yet to decide/figure out how to do a cover for the whole thing once I have a platform for the amp to hold onto, baby steps I guess. https://www.caraudio.com/vg/showimage.php?i=4979&catid=newimages (Huskies up on Stanford 11-9, oh yeah!) ------------- intelligence level inversely proportional to beers consumed
Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: March 05, 2005 at 3:27 PM
lookin good, I'm waitin on some of mine to dry right now. I have a design put no sub (since FedEx lost it)so I can only go so far today. ------------- Nik
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Posted By: nitsuj
Date Posted: March 05, 2005 at 5:25 PM
fedex lost the sub? ouch. what are you doing, glassing a sub box or ? let's see some pics! i think i'm going to take the leap and just redo that whole wall...biting off more than i can chew, typical of me. ------------- intelligence level inversely proportional to beers consumed
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