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Baffle is cut.

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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 :(

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Looking good!!! :)

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 :)

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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 :)

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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.

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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.

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I think this is the reinforced filler Ramos mentioned.

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Worked like a charm

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Thanks again for the tips on filling the spaces.

The wonderful bench where I carpeted the box

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Except deadening and fill (real wool) it's done :D

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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 :)

That is exactly what I did to make sure the front & back of my door pods were solidly bonded together.

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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.

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Started the A-pillars :

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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 ? :)

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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 :)

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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.

dam nice

lol is this an illusiion?

is it grey or tan, lol

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