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<blockquote data-quote="SSS 18734" data-source="post: 6235668" data-attributes="member: 559710"><p>Then… on to the fiberglass! Like I said before, one of my main goals was excellent imaging and a dashboard sound stage. What easier way to fulfill this goal than to mount my mids and tweeters on-axis on my dashboard? So I had to learn to fiberglass. I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into, so I made sure to cover my cabin. Thank god I did this.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04366.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I didn’t take many pics of this process. But the bases came out successfully and while they dried, I created the baffles for the speakers. The speakers I am using are a pair of Dayton RS-1004’s and a pair of Seas Prestige 22TAF/G large-format tweeters.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04370.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then hot glue…</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04375.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I was pretty pleased that I had gotten this far on my first try…</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04374.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Wrapped.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04376.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And resin over it.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04377.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, they dried and I did a test fit only to find out that the mids didn’t quite fit! So I cut away as much of the original baffles as possible and made new ones to mount directly over them. Resin over that, and they fit nicely. My mids and tweets now have a 1.5” MDF baffle! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif</p><p></p><p>I don’t have time to make these look really really nice, so I did some minimal sanding and just wrapped them in carpet, gave them a black vinyl face, and stuffed them with a ton of polyfill. Looks decent for now, but my next project will be finished properly with dash-matching vinyl.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04442.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Thank goodness that part is over... I've never been so uncomfortable in my life!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SSS 18734, post: 6235668, member: 559710"] Then… on to the fiberglass! Like I said before, one of my main goals was excellent imaging and a dashboard sound stage. What easier way to fulfill this goal than to mount my mids and tweeters on-axis on my dashboard? So I had to learn to fiberglass. I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into, so I made sure to cover my cabin. Thank god I did this. [IMG]http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04366.jpg[/IMG] Unfortunately, I didn’t take many pics of this process. But the bases came out successfully and while they dried, I created the baffles for the speakers. The speakers I am using are a pair of Dayton RS-1004’s and a pair of Seas Prestige 22TAF/G large-format tweeters. [IMG]http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04370.jpg[/IMG] Then hot glue… [IMG]http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04375.jpg[/IMG] I was pretty pleased that I had gotten this far on my first try… [IMG]http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04374.jpg[/IMG] Wrapped. [IMG]http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04376.jpg[/IMG] And resin over it. [IMG]http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04377.jpg[/IMG] Unfortunately, they dried and I did a test fit only to find out that the mids didn’t quite fit! So I cut away as much of the original baffles as possible and made new ones to mount directly over them. Resin over that, and they fit nicely. My mids and tweets now have a 1.5” MDF baffle! [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] I don’t have time to make these look really really nice, so I did some minimal sanding and just wrapped them in carpet, gave them a black vinyl face, and stuffed them with a ton of polyfill. Looks decent for now, but my next project will be finished properly with dash-matching vinyl. [IMG]http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/sss18734/F-150%20Build/DSC04442.jpg[/IMG] Thank goodness that part is over... I've never been so uncomfortable in my life! [/QUOTE]
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