better off goin to an industrial supplyer for fiberglass man way cheaper and get better quality stuff i do a hell of alot of fiberglassing i buy it by the meter and resin by the 20l drum haha

nice thread, really enjoyed bad luck with those punk kits and your sound system sounds like it will be off chops and i admore your interior skills

thanks phil.. i sorta sat down and had a think about it and i worked out it was gunna cost me roughly $450 if i kept buying it in small amounts.. searched around on the net and got hold of 10kg resin and 10 sq meter of mat for $220.. didn't realise i was paying so much !!

 

cheers rigga its not really skills but, just got in and had a crack at doing it my self, saved heaps of money, it doesn't look as good as a professional job but there is a good sense of satisfaction doing it your self. this is the first time ive ever attempted to actually make something out of fibreglass, eventually the whole boot will be re-trimmed in the same vinyl as the doors.

Edited June 23, 201115 yr by dbr11k

yeah man its looking good man don't be scared to get creative the best way ive found to get curves is to use fabric man if u don't understand i can send u a link to see what i meam

yea if you could send me a link it would be good, do u mean like how they stretch fleece over the ring once its mounted or something else? i like to read a fair bit on a topic before i attempt it so any help would be much appreciated :happy:

capacitor showed up this morning, a lot of people say they are useless spend your money on a second battery bla bla bla. go sit on a stick.

unfortunately the idiots at aus post dented it when it was in the mail, so hopefully it still works and doesnt blow up on me!

going to the effort of making some flush mount rings for when it comes time to stretch fleece over the boxes, just waiting on my fibre glass which should be here tomorrow :dance: also waiting on my 0 gauge wiring kit and optima battery.

 

oh and got a bargain on these bad boys :cool: now all i need is a decent enough amp to run them (more money)

Edited June 29, 201115 yr by dbr11k

yessss, fibre glass showed up and the wiring and other shit, picked up some distribution blocks and gold battery terminals, new earth straps etc. now i gotta wait till i'm sober tomorrow and start finishing off the boxes lol

 

 

4 layers of glass on one box, and made the plug for the other one. started making the countersunk amp rack to but couldn't finish it cause the neighbors are sooks and don't like my jig saw for some reason :glare:

making the rings tomorrow hopefully and than start glassing the other half of the boxes and running the cables :yes:

 

anyone know how to wire one of these?? it has a small wire around 18 gauge coming off it.. but i'm unsure if its a ground wire or a trigger wire? take it to the ignition? i can't see how it would turn on and off so my guess is ignition wire? i can't find any info about it so any help would be much appreciated :yes:

Edited June 30, 201115 yr by dbr11k

been way to rainy and cold lately and ive been too lazy but i made some rings for the subs to mount to.. they are countersunk but are a tiny bit to small for the subs to fit into.. cars at the shop getting a new windscreen in and some other small jobs.. i ripped the carpet/seats etc out and dynamatted the whole floor and ran the 0 gauge cable down the middle of the car and all the signal wires down one side of the car.. and than put down some under carpet insulation i had from ripping a house apart.

 

bought a second hand vn alternator and i'm gunna see if i can use the guts out of it to make a 85 amp alternator.. just gotta find some longer stator bolts.

ordered a new soundstream 4 channel amp for the focal's and also made some 6.5inch rings for them so i can mount them solid to the doors..

 

wont need an engine man just bounce down the road

and just as i was writing this, this showed up :dance: