thinking about redesigning my trunk.....

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:30 pm

Well I have all the plans drawn out what I want to do, going to make the trunk fiberglass, put 2 12" subs in, one on both sides, and a computer screen in the middle, going to be really cool, I have a quick question about some stuff though, anyone any good at fiberglass? what kind would be best? like thickness wise.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:45 pm

if your gonna glass a speaker box, you better make it thick as hell. 2 12s will put more stress on the box than you think.

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:47 pm

yeah I know, going to reinforce it with wood and what not, fiberglass is more or less going to give it a better look, might just go for 10s

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:33 pm

are you gonna use a box then fiberglass or use fleece and then glass it?

nick

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:23 pm

well I was thinking of making a box, and form it to somewhat what I want, and then use fleece to do everything else, I want it all one piece, it should turn out pretty good, some guy by my house is selling 10 yard pieces of fiberglass cloth for $20. it is 51 inches wide so i told him I wanted 20 yards, so it should be enough I hope.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:11 am

so basicly your gonna put a fiberglass shell over a MDF speakerbox?

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:34 am

yeah so I can have a nice tuned sound and a nice clean look. I already have 2 sub boxes I can use

jorge · Post by **jorge** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:29 am

This is a picture of my door inserts:

You need to create a wood box and then put the fiberglass over the box and then use bondo filler or something similar and paint. The bondo filler is to make it harder and can paint over it to give a brillant look without scrashes!!

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:32 am

that is pretty tight looking, At the end of the summer I will be turning 18 and I will be probably parking the car for a while so I can get my motorcycle, and while it is parked, I will be starting to do all the cosmetic stuff, redo my paint, fill all dents, redo interior, all that good stuff

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:02 pm

started my trunk yesterday.. right now i have most of the plywood cut... i will post pictures tomorrow if i do some more work

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:50 pm

well last steps are to buy some subs and amps and fiberglass the trunk... here is how far i have gotten

Big Jeff · Post by **Big Jeff** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:52 am

nice

have fun taking the shopping home

sheepdizildawg · Post by **sheepdizildawg** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:00 am

still have the back seat =] haha.. this car in 2 weeks will be turned to my show car.. i am getting a 1984 corvette to drive around and this car will be put into the garage for a while. first thing is a new paint job.. still trying to decide to go with black or white.. what you think guys?? and then lower it more.. and then i will be custom making a body kit for it

benzino · Post by **benzino** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:50 pm

sheepdizildawg wrote:still have the back seat =]

yup... similar feeling

it's worth it for the phat beats tho

Pir0 · Post by **Pir0** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:58 pm

However the extra 100kg isnt really worth it

I'd honestly rather listen to the engine most of the time. Unless I'm sitting still, cause the 8v's tick an awful lot at idle.

Butttttt, really nice design with the boot m8. Can't wait to see it finished. Should look pretty sweet.