Fiberglass Enclosure with a Wire Frame?

Has anyone made a fiberglass console or enclosure using a wire frame such as chicken wire or something to that extent...im not using fleece im just laying the wire with fiberglass matting... If at first you dont succeed then sky diving isn't for you.

It's too porous and will not hold up to the weight of fiberglass resin & matting. Not to mention that the holes will allow the matting to sag in those spots causing you more work in the end.Jeff

Velocity Custom Home Theater

Mobile Audio/Video Specialist

Morden, Manitoba CANADA

could you stretch fleece over it? i have a very limited space for my dash redesign, and was going to make a wire snapsnot of the existing profile of the beast, and fill it in from there. was going to fleece and hot glue to the wire frame the frame was going to be copper wire with solder points and braces so it holds its shape despite having fleece stretched onto it...

well i have my first layer of fiberglass over the top area.. i desided to start from the top and work my way down, I also have several braces inside the console to give it strength...now the issue with the fiberglass sagging i havent seen that yet i have my first coat of glass over it and its actually holding up better then expected...i figured if i build the glass up evenly around the wire then strength wont be an issue... once i get a few layers on ill post some pics... If at first you dont succeed then sky diving isn't for you.

Ok, if im using wood as a skeleton how thin can the wood be? as long as the board isnt flexing i should be ok correct? If at first you dont succeed then sky diving isn't for you.

well since im not to far into the first console with the wire frame ive done some thinking... and im probobly not going to waist my time with the wire is there anyone that can give me the best way to build this to house 2 jl 10w7's...help me out guysIf at first you dont succeed then sky diving isn't for you.

that is gonna be one huge console my man. Housing one w7 i could see but 2 in that small space is going to be rather hard for you to do. you need about 1.5 cubic ft for each speaker. Im not sure how much room you have in the back of the cab but the box would have to flare into the area where people put there feet.

i agree with big...if u haven't bought the subs yet, get some w1's or w'3s.  But if you are really wanting to then do the damn thang!. Make a mold over the transmission hump first. Make the sides out of mdf.  Mount your rings where you want them and then place boards in the frame to separate chambers.  Then you can staple you cloth to the dividers or just resin/glass the hell out of the cornes where the dividers meet the frame. The cup holder can be done by wrapping a cup in foil, mounting it, and apllying resin, then removing it.

well a buddy of mine talked me into putting to kicker 10 cvx's in instead of the jl w7... but you say make a mold over my transmission hump ... why cant i use mdf for that or is it better to use fiberglass and if i do it with fiberglass how many layers should i use and how do i attach the mdf to the glassIf at first you dont succeed then sky diving isn't for you.

ive used a small metal mesh and it worked just fine. no sagging since the holes were too small.