Trunk lid screen/speaker fiberglass insta
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Topic: Trunk lid screen/speaker fiberglass insta
Posted By: BoominRolla
Subject: Trunk lid screen/speaker fiberglass insta
Date Posted: January 30, 2005 at 1:16 PM
Does anyone have a good site where someone may have installed a screen and some speakers onto the underside of their trunk lid? I'd just like to see how they molded and mounted it... THANK YOU!!!
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Posted By: DukeDuke
Date Posted: January 31, 2005 at 7:18 AM
First off do a search on it, I saw some people who did it before on here, as well, the best way I have seen is to make a mold of your trunk lid, then glue your speaker rings and screen trim to the trunk lid mold and fleece it and then add a few layers for glass and sand and prime and sand and paint.... but get some others thoughts, that is just how I would do it... ------------- Duke Duke
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 31, 2005 at 8:01 AM
Yeah I think thats exactly how they did it, on the one where the guy posted pics of the grand prix and did the trunk. Then he just ran some bolts through it.
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Posted By: HottAccord
Date Posted: January 31, 2005 at 1:02 PM
Yea thats the next little project for me. Its mostly the same way you'd make a mold for a box. Just tape/foil your inner trunk lid, mark the area you want the glass to shape, pop off the mold, set up your rings/monitor trims, wrap etc. I think the bolting part may be the only tricky part to securing it.
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Posted By: bluetruck
Date Posted: February 01, 2005 at 1:39 PM
probly easier to take the trunk lid off the car to work on it. just a thought.
Posted By: iday
Date Posted: February 01, 2005 at 8:39 PM
i saw some article on how to secure the piece to the trunk lid. The installers bonded pieces of wood to the trunk lid. My guess would be with some type of expoxy. When the piece was done, they bolted it to the wooden parts of the trunk lid through the speaker holes or monitor holes and then mounted the equipment so the mounts wouldnt be visible.
Posted By: iday
Date Posted: February 01, 2005 at 8:39 PM
i saw some article on how to secure the piece to the trunk lid. The installers bonded pieces of wood to the trunk lid. My guess would be with some type of expoxy. When the piece was done, they bolted it to the wooden parts of the trunk lid through the speaker holes or monitor holes and then mounted the equipment so the mounts wouldnt be visible.
Posted By: iday
Date Posted: February 01, 2005 at 8:40 PM
oops, sorry for the doulbe post.
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 01, 2005 at 11:15 PM
Posted By: BoominRolla
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 6:08 PM
as always the .hzemall.com site pulls through but I have another question... I have the factory trunk lid carpet cover... can I just fiberglass that for my base? Maybe i'll just stick to using a couple layers of tape like he did... but how do you mount it to the underside of the trunk lid? The lid has many braces in it with many previous holes for the factory carpet to mount from can I just buy some of those screw anchor things and put like 6 of them in there to hold it up?... But i'd like to be able to remove the piece if I ever sell the car so are the anchors ever removeable? maybe you guys know of a better way to anchor it to the underside of the trunk lid?
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Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 08, 2005 at 1:12 AM
Tim says on one of those installs that he had two screws behind each speaker holding the whole thing to the bottom of the trunk lid. If you need more info, I recommend that you email him from the link on the Hzemall site. -------------  Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: soda pop
Date Posted: February 08, 2005 at 3:39 PM
The best way that i have found to do a trunk lid mount screen is to remove the lid and make a mold of the underside using tape. remember to sound deaden first or esle it won't fit. as far as mounting, before you glass on the tape mark a few spots along the cross bracing with a sharpie. Make sure that you can reach the marks through the speaker and screen holes that you'll be making later. Then I used fat screws with speed clips to attatch the pod in place.
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if at first you don't succeed, kick it, burn it and throw it away.
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: February 08, 2005 at 3:59 PM
What is speed clips with fat screws????
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Posted By: soda pop
Date Posted: February 09, 2005 at 3:31 PM
you know speed clips.. also known as tenerman clips.
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: February 09, 2005 at 3:59 PM
Like these,  ------------- Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: February 09, 2005 at 4:02 PM
Quick question im going to be building a vanity piece for my trunk lid. Basically im going to put sound damping material on my lid then im going to fiberglass over it and make a panel. Then I want to carpet this panel, so my question is. How can I attach this panel since there will be carpet over it and I cant screw into it????
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Posted By: soda pop
Date Posted: February 09, 2005 at 8:01 PM
those are speed clips alright.. as for mounting, it depends on the texture of the carpet. carpet is very forgiving. usually you can make a small incision and glue the carpet back down with no visablity. just be carefull. also you can use a carpet nap tool or a small wire brush to hide the seam. if you need more info you can e-mail me at www.brandon@wired-up909.com. or just check out our site at www.wired-up909.com. now my question is why carpet? why not vinyll or paint? ------------- if at first you don't succeed, kick it, burn it and throw it away.
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 7:19 AM
Well I dont want to vinyl or paint because the rest of the trunk is still the factory carpet. I have my fiberglass box painted, but thats the only thing. So I want it to match the factory carpet as best it can, to continue to match.
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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 7:41 AM
Yeah hey man that scions pretty cool I like the box you guys built for it. Is that a pocket for the amps or is that a hole that is going through there? With the slits you were talking about making in the carpet I wonder if I could drill holes and mount those speed clips you were talking about screw them in and then glue the carpet back. Anyone have another idea for how to mount it?
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Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 11:16 AM
Tim had the speakers mounted last I think. The screws were right under the speakers in the holes. So you can carpet the whole thing and finish it up and then screw it down and then mount the speakers to it last to cover up where the mounting screws are. ------------- Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 2:48 PM
No im not building one with speakers or tvs or anything mine is just going to be a cover for all the sound damping material im going to be putting on the trunk lid. I was going to show you what im saying he has disabled the function and im at work so I cant get it here, but if you go to this site look at the very last picture. https://www.hzemall.com/installs/cop%20car/install.htm------------- Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 3:37 PM
I would just use glue or contact cement if your cover won't be too heavy. ------------- Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: February 11, 2005 at 11:07 AM
Yeah but I want to be able to remove it later on. If i ever have too.
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Posted By: soda pop
Date Posted: February 12, 2005 at 5:59 PM
that scion actually had the amps going through the enclosure. did you notice the 8's in the doors. that's right 8in jl w0s. you can use the speed clips or short screws under the carpet.. just looked at the pics. good lookin stuff man. gonna turn out nice. i like the boost meter.  ------------- if at first you don't succeed, kick it, burn it and throw it away.
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