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overhaulin67 
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Posted: March 20, 2006 at 10:38 PM / IP Logged  
My name is john and i have gone thru this forum and have seen some really nice setups. I have been working with fiberglass for about 4 years but it's been on small projects. Anyway here is my current project...My wife's 67 VW bug.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
This is after taping and waxing. Took about an hour to get here.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
As you can see I taped the fiberglass in place to make it easier to saturate.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
Last coat of bondo!!
As you can see it got better.
This was after the first two layers of Fiberglass. Eventually I finished 4 layers.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
This is after curing and clean up. The wood braces you see are dividers.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
I make my own rings all the way up to 24 inches.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
I braced it all up and then fberglassed the braces to the main mold.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
This was after the fleece was pulled over and cut away. Looks decent.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
After the fleece dried I sanded it....and then the work began.
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This was the first layer of glass..I didn't like it.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
This looks worst than it really is.....but it gets better.
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Finally a done deal...well on side is done.
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
Now we are done!!...The boxes are going to be wrapped in leather the same color as the interior.
I still have a couple more fiberglass projects to finish on this bug i will post pics of those also.
overhaulin67 
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Posted: March 20, 2006 at 10:52 PM / IP Logged  
It's all mixed up but I'm sure you get the Idea....
placid warrior 
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Thats looking really awesome man, coming along real nice. Gonna have more pics up soonNew but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.? Would u happen to have pics of some other work?
jlord16 
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Posted: March 21, 2006 at 5:57 AM / IP Logged  
thats looks sweet as,  a big project but its looking good
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overhaulin67 
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Posted: March 21, 2006 at 8:44 PM / IP Logged  
Here is a dash that I customized using Fiberglass over a steel frame. it use to look like this:
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
Now it looks like this:
New but not a Newbie to fiberglassing - Last Post -- posted image.
13r1an 
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Posted: March 21, 2006 at 9:14 PM / IP Logged  
bravo.  my only suggestion is a mistake that i see almost all people make when they do glasswork.  if possible, try and rip the fiberglass matt, rather than cut it.  the interweaving fibers makes it stronger and also more even.  usually, you can even get the shapes better than using rectangular cut pieces.  just my 2 cents though.  either way, the output is fantastic, congratulations.  I would love to see it upholstered.
no0p 
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Posted: March 21, 2006 at 10:39 PM / IP Logged  
thats tight man, nice job.. I can't wait to start on my project. Do you have any pics of your other projects?
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crazyoldcougar 
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Posted: March 22, 2006 at 7:06 AM / IP Logged  

that is looking really good...not sure why you went with two different sized woofers..but it looks tight anyway...are the enclosures separated by the brace inside or no? your ganna have to do some crazy Xover network to get her sounding right...

but at any rate i love the fiberglass so far...i am glad to see you went with a relatively moderate shape to upholster over rathern getting all crazy with curves and stuff..you should have no troubles stretching the leather over those boxes...

are you gonna do some nice inlay work aswell or just leather the whole thing? a couple inlays colour matched to the body of the car would look awesome in there...

Fiberglass Guru.
overhaulin67 
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There are two 10 inch Infinty VQ subs and two Infinity component speaker systems. The smaller speaker you see is a 6 inch mid and it has a tweeter that comes with it along with a crossover. I also have a 5.5 inch mid in the door with a tweeter.
The speakers are seperated inside. Not sure about the inlay work..still trying to figure out what we are going to do. I may fiberglass inside the roof. we will see.
crazyoldcougar 
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Posted: March 24, 2006 at 9:01 AM / IP Logged  
nice...my bad i thought you had like 12" subs mixed with 8's or something going on there..10's will be nice, and i am glad you separated the enclosures..it looks really good...the dash is nice too...
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