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magnumboy22

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Posted: June 20, 2006 at 12:44 PM / IP Logged

This is a video clip of Reme from Unique Whips making a fiberglass enclosure...he makes it looks so easy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1hdEHTfm7yY&search=unique%20auto

PS..this is my first post...im planning on making a fb enclosure for my dodge magnum. Im using two 12" Kicker subs....i'll be using all of the resources of this forum for my build.

Melted Fabric

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Posted: June 20, 2006 at 3:36 PM / IP Logged

Damn, I have been on a YouTube benge lately for all kinds of stuff, but never though to "fiberglass" a search.

I am going to get a camera, I want to start youtubing all my projects, that would be pimp.

Let me know if anyone else will be youtubing content relating to this forum.

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pmh61

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Posted: June 21, 2006 at 12:14 AM / IP Logged

those curves he make to give it some shape what do you think it the easyest way to do it i am like the worst free hand drawer so i couldn't make that curve free handed but if drawn i could cut it

Melted Fabric

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Posted: June 22, 2006 at 10:48 AM / IP Logged

I'd use something as a stencil for the kind of curve you want. I would grab some cardboard and draw curves on it with a pencil or pen. See what the curve looks, if you like it, cut out that shape from the cardboard, place it on the MDF and duplicate the outline onto. Then cut that curve or angle out of the MDF.

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Posted: June 30, 2006 at 9:02 AM / IP Logged

I didn't think that the enclosure was very good. Considering that this is suppose to be a high end company with I expected a better end result. This is my opinion though, coming from a seasoned installer. The Escalade deserved a more intricate / elaborate enclosure and amp rack IMO. Good step by step though regardless for anyone that is trying to build their first enclosure.

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1qwkfox

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Posted: June 30, 2006 at 10:04 AM / IP Logged

Yea but I think alot of it is That Will Castro doesn't give him alot of time ( OR so it appears) so he cant really do any crazy ish .

Melted Fabric

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Posted: June 30, 2006 at 2:56 PM / IP Logged

nouseforaname wrote:

hey, reme is da man! hey makes it look so easy cause it IS easy to him. its everyday work. lots of practice and patiance will get anyone with the desire to do that there. i've been fiberglassing for years and i still learn something new almost every day. thats what i love about the installer profession, lots of learning, no matter how much i think i know.

I would use that as my signature if I could, very well said.

That clip did not show enough steps of the whole process IMO. Video is tricky anyway, making you think something took the same amount of time as it did for you to watch it.

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blufab

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Posted: June 30, 2006 at 4:18 PM / IP Logged

On all the boxes i have seen him do not once have i ever him seen him apply any layers of fiberglass mat, now for all these hard hitting systems they r supposedly building i would think that would be a no go. Like one episode, all the resin had dried on his fleece coat, and they delivered the enclosure to the body shop as to be painted or covered.

Melted Fabric

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Posted: June 30, 2006 at 5:42 PM / IP Logged

Yea, that is what it looked like in that YouTube clip. Resin was applied, then all of a sudden, it is sanded, then painted.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.

sawhit4

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Posted: June 30, 2006 at 11:47 PM / IP Logged

yeah who knows though. But you've gotta remember those shows are edited for time, and i doubt the guy in the editing department knows anything about fiberglass. He sees a shot that maybe doesn't look that great, cuts it from the show, and we end up seeing something that doesn't make any sense to us. All i'm saying is maybe he did put in mat, and i just got cut from the show.

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