I was told in the pic of your ride thread to post what you have done lately in this thread. Just completed this project so I thought I would share. Love the site so far, albeit I am brand new :thumbup:
I started purchasing the necessary items needed for this about 3-4 weeks ago. I seem to have stumbled on some "extra time" if you will so I thought I would embark on a journey of professional fiberglass speaker box fabrication. Before I get any hate language about the choice in speaker and amp, I wanted sound quality like the Harmon Kardon subs in my wives x5, so I didnt go with a ported box or large speakers. Turned out exactly like I wanted it to! Sounds great!
PS. Sorry for the blurry pics, Cell phone and hours upon hours of work your hands get tired and you dont exactly hold still
Started out with this, standard trunk
Taped down to block fiberglass resin from getting on the carpet. Helped to
create the mold.
First layer of resin and cloth laid down
Mold pulled out of car
Second or third coat, cant remember
Base mold completed and test fit in trunk
Cut out the MDF to mount the speaker to. Shaped to fit so I could marry the MDF and fiberglass
First coat of 'glass to marry to the wood
Backside of box, fourth marrying coat laid down
Test fit into car as complete box, unfinished
Carpeted and uncut for speaker to be remounted
Finished product outside of car
Inside the trunk. Ignore the amp.
I didn't take any pictures during the build process of the amp shelf/rack as that was rather simple. Just cut out the pieces I needed from the remaining 1/2" mdf I had and screwed and glued it together.
Here are a couple pics of it outside the car before I mounted it
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And this is the best picture from the same angle I have taken all the other shots. How's how much room I still have and everything is stealthy, or at least as factory as possible
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