Fiberglass project, pics
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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
Forum Discription: Fiberglass Kick Panels, Subwoofer Enclosures, Plexiglas, Fabrics, Materials, Finishes, etc.
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Printed Date: May 14, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Topic: Fiberglass project, pics
Posted By: casedeez
Subject: Fiberglass project, pics
Date Posted: June 04, 2004 at 6:23 PM
Ok here is something I have been working on. Im making two of these enclosures to put in the back of a Neon. This is my first attempt at fiberglass and well Id like some opinions / tips if ya got some. https://oregonstate.edu/~klavitec/fiberglassproject/ The fleece was on sale, so make all the jokes ya wanna. As of now I have a coule more layers over the fleece and Ill be doing more and updating the pics as I go. FYI im carpeting the enclosure for a couple reasons. One i think aesthetically speaking it will look better and two I dont have the time nor the money to spend sanding sanding sanding, bondo-ing, bondo-ing sanding sanding oh, and sanding. The painting. gonna house a kicker c10 on each side.
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Posted By: mikedawg
Date Posted: June 04, 2004 at 9:01 PM
looks like a start to me. if you want a perfect example of what NOT to do just take a look at wht94stang's pics.
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Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: June 05, 2004 at 12:22 AM
It looks like you know what you're doing, good job. I had two kicker 10" subs though and I hated them. Maybe it was because they were low power/inexpensive subs and they were in a box that I didn't think was made very well after I took it apart and saw how they did it. They were the comp 10" subs but I think I'll be much happier with my one JL Audio 12W7 in the subzone box. -------------  Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: casedeez
Date Posted: June 05, 2004 at 2:10 AM
Oh i can almost garuntee that. HAHAH this is for my fiance who happens to not be so much on the loving of bass side of things. Myself... well I love to play and playing is what i do. She doesnt care as long as I dont ruin any of her sh!z, Ya know. :) Right now I have a couple 4 12's sitting in the backside of my dakota. Sh!z is real loud n sh!z. Anyway thanks for the props on the box.
Posted By: One_Evil_Necro
Date Posted: June 05, 2004 at 4:46 AM
looks great, btw I love your saw horses =) ~Jay
Posted By: casedeez
Date Posted: June 05, 2004 at 4:24 PM
Yeah, its my kegstand!!! :)
Posted By: defective
Date Posted: June 06, 2004 at 1:51 PM
happy halloween!
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Posted By: pAran0id
Date Posted: June 06, 2004 at 8:37 PM
how many layers do I need if I'm using fleece and I'm putting 2 subs in?
Posted By: mikedawg
Date Posted: June 07, 2004 at 10:54 AM
fleece or fiberglass? if youre asking about layers of fleece, just one. if youre asking about fiberglass, depends. i like to keep putting it on until i have about a quarter of an inch. that will make it so it doesnt flex. the fleece will really soak it up too. dont get the pint of fiberglass, the gallon is a better deal. youll use it ------------- always looking for new info and willing to give it
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: June 07, 2004 at 5:19 PM
Hey casedeez, Shoot me over some more pics of everything you're doing in the Dakota. I am customizing my 2000 Dakota as we speak. I'd really like to see what you did for the back seat if you have a club cab like me. If you did any other custom work in the truck I'd like to see that too. Bust out the digital camera ya lazy bum :))- ------------- Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: casedeez
Date Posted: June 07, 2004 at 9:14 PM
Posted By: mikedawg
Date Posted: June 08, 2004 at 10:13 AM
kinda old school but it looks really good. how does it sound?
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Posted By: casedeez
Date Posted: June 08, 2004 at 11:09 AM
Sounds amazing now. I put in some sound dampening and that made the world of difference. It was a real budget install. Im a poor college student so I have to make the most out of what I can afford, or in this case, what I already have. What do you mean old school?
Posted By: mikedawg
Date Posted: June 08, 2004 at 6:50 PM
yeah i hear ya about being poor. im on a lifelong budget. "old school" isnt a bad thing. its just a kind of style used back in the day. im kinda stuck in the middle of old school and new school. keep up the good work and i look forward to seeing more pics. mikedawg ------------- always looking for new info and willing to give it
Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: June 09, 2004 at 10:58 PM
I would say "old school" is making it look as custom as possible with all the curves and all without fiberglass?
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: casedeez
Date Posted: June 09, 2004 at 11:55 PM
Yeah im not sure what old school is either. I dont think ive been doing this long enough to know what old school is. In any caase it bumps good sounds good and IMO looks good. good+good+good= pretty good.
Posted By: mikedawg
Date Posted: June 10, 2004 at 10:02 AM
well if you look at old mini trucking magazines, back in the day before fiberglass was mainstream, you'd see alot of your sytem types. new school would be if you had a bunch of fiberglass and curves and it looked like something from outer space. i like it your setup though. it looks like it bumps pretty hard.
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Posted By: mv2123
Date Posted: June 10, 2004 at 5:01 PM
it think it would real good if he glasses the front of it and put a couple of neons in there
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wait , you hear something sparking?
Posted By: casedeez
Date Posted: June 11, 2004 at 5:05 AM
I have a total of 6 LED strips in the box. One for each su and one for ach amp. I tried taking some night shots they just didnt turn out good. I would fiberglass it but i havnt done a lot of fb yet and im just getting into that.
Posted By: mikedawg
Date Posted: June 11, 2004 at 1:35 PM
yeah man, its a good idea to practice on small things first. i wouldnt want to mess up that box. and nights shots are a bitch.
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Posted By: drunkenbreaker
Date Posted: June 12, 2004 at 3:18 AM
In reference to carpeting the enclosure. Carpet really downplays fiberglass work I suggest vinyle that way you get a good curvey feel and look without have to finish to paint like you were saying. To make vinyle even easier you can lay foam batting first and let it even out the surface to you barely have to do any finishing at all.
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: June 14, 2004 at 10:01 PM
Hey Casa, what did you use for the front windows? Is that Lexan or plexiglass/acrylic? If so, where did you buy it from and how much was it? If not, what is it? Also what type of LED's are you using? Do they look good? How much were those? Thanks ------------- Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: casedeez
Date Posted: June 15, 2004 at 1:57 AM
Sorry I havnt been on in a couple days. I started fire season here in Oregon. Thats how I have paid my way through 4 years of college. (wildland fire) Anyway it is plexi glass. Dude I cant remember what it cost, I think the sheet was between 30-40 bones and I still have enough left over to do a box with two 12's and maybe 2 10's. The LED's I dont remember what kind they are. They have about 10 leds in each strip. They cost me 15 dollars a pop. I pretty much got screwed on them because I was in a town which I wasnt from and it was late in the evening and we were trying to get this box done asap because my buddy was having to heaed home. Something happened to his mom, she is ok though. In any case I personally think i got hosed on the LED's but if i wanted to have some lights I had to buy those because of the circumstance I was in. The LED's look pretty good, if i could goback and do it again I would prolly go with Neons, I had neons in my blazer a couple years back and In my opinion they looked better.
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: June 15, 2004 at 2:07 AM
That's cool, thanks for the info. I won't be doing much on my truck for the next few weeks. I have off for nine days from work starting July 3, so when I'm not at the lake/river on the SeaDoo, I'll be home finishing the dynamat in my truck and I will probably build the frame for the amp rack. I won't be home that much and I won't have the money I need to buy everything else I'm going to need, so I probably won't get much more than that done in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, money is holding my project up more than time. I can work on it every night if I want to, but I don't have the money to buy everything. I got my two PPI amps which were expensive, even at a very good price. Now I have to buy my JL Audio 12W7 sub, I have to pay to get the door pop kits installed after I buy them and same with the power windows. I plan to have my handles shaved later on when I do the exterior. So since I had manual locks and windows I'll be replacing them with power everything. I'll have to buy the switches and either install them into my dash or make a custom center console. I'm going to glass the amp rack in the back seat and also do my dash and doors. Well enough babbling. I'll hopefully get some pics up once I start the real work. I don't think I need to post pics of dynamat and a mostly empty truck right now. ------------- Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: lensam69
Date Posted: June 28, 2004 at 9:34 PM
Hey, just saw this... How much material did you use on the neon???
I'm about to do the same thing for a 12 inch sub... Mine needs to have 1 cu Ft. How big was your enclosure? aprox...
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