Fiberglassing my system

 

This is my first big fiberglass project I have been wanting to do for a long time.  I am almost done, just a few more layers, and then the sander is coming out.

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"...am I not Turtley enough for the Turtle Club?"

looks good, is that green stuff fleece??

nice...

Nice, where are the amps supposed to be?

That is foam.  I used it so the trunk wold not rattle.  I am just going to fiberglass over it.  It is two big pieces, just in case I need to removed it.  I have a whole air ride setpu back there, and will be making something extra to show it off.  The amps are mounted to the back seat.  I am almost done with the setup.  Just need a little more fiberglass and it will be done with that.  Then, sanding.

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"...am I not Turtley enough for the Turtle Club?"

IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just playing homey...I still can't find that foam. Like I told you though, just ask people on here if you got any questions about anything, together somebody has to have an answer. Looking good so far though man. I should be starting on my box here shortly.

Yeah, I am kinda new at fiberglassing.  I have done some work on my car with it, but on small areas.  If anyone could give me tips, that would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

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"...am I not Turtley enough for the Turtle Club?"

Like I already told ya homey, I don't know if the glass is going to separate from the foam...you might have to scrap it or remove as much foam from the back as you can if you are only going to use it as a mold. If you do have to start over be sure to spray some sort of "grease" over your mold before you start FG again. from here I would suggest covering all the green with about three to four more layers of glass (don't forget to tape off whatever you don't want covered in resin) sand it as smooth as you can, then start with the body filler. You might just want to start over and add your air compressor and amps to it now. Just a thought though.

I've never used foam, but I don't think that's not goin' to work ver well. Like said before, I'd scrap the foam and use a asphalt-based dampener, like DynaMat instead.  But again I don't know how well the foam would work.

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Slowly but surely working towards something. Not sure what though.

WHAT!?!?!?! Dynamat used as a mold for a speaker system? First I've EVER heard of that. If he were to line his trunk or the back of the FG enlcosure than yeah by all means...I just don't think that you can get a perfect mold by using dynamat.

I didn't pay close enough attention to see that he was using the foam as a mold. I was just going off a statement he had said. Saying that he used foam so the trunk wouldn't rattle. I wan't trying to be a p***k, only wanted to help.

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Slowly but surely working towards something. Not sure what though.

No it's all good, I thought that you were trying to suggest using dynamat as a mold...I read later that he did say something about his trunk rattling.

It cost me about $20 so far.  I was the foam to the fiberglass would not rattle against the box and the trunk moldings.  And it was much easier to create the shape that I wanted.  The box is bolted down, and I do not have anything back there, except the air tank, air compressor, and air release valves.  My trunk itself doe snot rattle, just the fiberglass.  I had made a box a while ago, but it cracked.  I did not use enough glass.  This one is going to be about 5-7 layers.  I already got 2 layers in there now.

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"...am I not Turtley enough for the Turtle Club?"

Before you glass it....well if you havent already you might want to put somethign over the foam so that the heat from the curing fiberglass doesnt melt or deforem the foam....just a thought.....Chris

Before you glass it....well if you havent already you might want to put somethign over the foam so that the heat from the curing resin doesnt melt or deform the foam....just a thought.....Chris

Go to alpine's websight and look at there new BMW. They use an MDF skeleton to make the shape. Maybe use something like that if your foam base does not work out. Just a sugestion. Good luck and keep us posted.