July 14, 200817 yr Author Baffle is cut. T-nuts are fiberglassed in place. When measuring the volume I filled it up with water and noticed a couple leaks. Fixed those too. Only thing left to do now is attach the baffle. Any ideas how to do it except dip pieces of mat in resin and place them on the seams by hand, through the cutout ? It's a messy procedure
July 15, 200817 yr Author Looks even better now that the baffle is in place A little bit of sanding and then it's time to fill the space between the mold and the plastic panel. Pics later.
July 15, 200817 yr I forgot to mention I added too much hardener to the mixture and in a corner it got really hot and even smoked. Scared me and I had to pull it out BINGO , there is the culprit . A mix that is to hot will cause shrinkage
July 15, 200817 yr Author Ended up griding a bit of the fiberglass edge and filling that gap instead of doing it from the inside. I hope it's going to be ok Everything in place and ready for fixing the gaps. Probably going to use fiberglass for the bigger ones and polyester filler for the fine touches.
July 15, 200817 yr Looks good, man. A little fine-tuning and it will look great!It's definitely easy to mix too much hardner in there, especially in hot weather.
July 16, 200817 yr Author I think this is the reinforced filler Ramos mentioned. Worked like a charmThanks again for the tips on filling the spaces. The wonderful bench where I carpeted the boxExcept deadening and fill (real wool) it's done I found gray carpet...but the shop only sells huge rolls and I have no use for 150sqft of carpet Time to start playing with tweeter aiming
July 16, 200817 yr That is exactly what I did to make sure the front & back of my door pods were solidly bonded together.
July 17, 200817 yr Author Thank you, thank you I'm really pleased with the result. Blends nicely and can keep up with quick kick-drums. Listening to it right after the home setup I feel like it lacks a bit of output but I really didn't want to over-power the front stage with this setup.
July 31, 200817 yr Author Started the A-pillars : Rather pleased how it turned out so far, tomorrow I'm going to cover it in fleece and finish the fiberglass work on it. Still debating on keeping it that tall of cutting it half-way. It's going to be covered in black vynil.Right now I'm a bit confused with the time alignment. Can you guys give me a few guide-lines please ?
July 31, 200817 yr keep it long like that. When you upholster it, the seam will be up and out of your line of sight.
August 20, 200817 yr Author Had the right pillar covered in black vinyl. Stood out like a sore thumb and also showed all the imperfections. Bottom line is, it looked like crap Looked for some gray vinyl for about 2 weeks...found a few pieces tuesday and this is how it turned out after a couple of hours of sanding With that I think I'm mostly done. Thought for a moment about a sub with a bit more output potential but after some fine tuning it's enough bass for my tastes. Probably going to deaden the roof and work a bit more on the doors (ensolite, brax equivalent of the spectrum...I'm open to suggestions). There is a bit of hiss from the sub amp but it's inaudible with the cargo cover on.
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