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<blockquote data-quote="Beau M" data-source="post: 7859372" data-attributes="member: 641620"><p>After the first two layers of mat fiberglass had hardened, I popped them out of the car. Here they are after a very rough trim around the edges:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0278.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I then put on two more layers of fiberglass, using cloth this time. I think 4 layers will be fine for the rear, I hear some people like to do 7 -10 layers but that seems like overkill in this situation. Here they are after the last two layers drying.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0280.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I had a little time left, so I cut out a couple speaker rings. Don't worry, I don't plan on making the typical "volcano" boxes.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0279.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Silver"> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Silver"><span style="font-size: 8px">---------- Post added at 07:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:55 PM ----------</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Silver"> </span></p><p></p><p>Here are a couple shots of me measuring for the front panels. You can see how much space I don't have to work with. Getting the hole on the passenger side in just the right place was tricky, I only had about 1/4" room to play with up and down or side to side between the woofer motor and the box.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0287.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0286.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is one of the front panels after trimming, routing, sanding etc. The ring I showed a picture of before is being glued on from the back, which will let me flush mount the woofer.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0289.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Silver"> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Silver"><span style="font-size: 8px">---------- Post added at 07:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:55 PM ----------</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Silver"> </span></p><p></p><p>Here are the baffles being mounted. I drilled straight through them and put in some wooden dowels. That let me get the baffles exactly where I wanted them, so I could hot glue them on place. I didn't want to mess with cutting the dowels to length and messing that up. This way, I can just trim them flush with the face, drop some fiberglass resin in to seal them up, and you will never know they were there.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0290.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0291.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0292.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beau M, post: 7859372, member: 641620"] After the first two layers of mat fiberglass had hardened, I popped them out of the car. Here they are after a very rough trim around the edges: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0278.jpg[/IMG] I then put on two more layers of fiberglass, using cloth this time. I think 4 layers will be fine for the rear, I hear some people like to do 7 -10 layers but that seems like overkill in this situation. Here they are after the last two layers drying. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0280.jpg[/IMG] I had a little time left, so I cut out a couple speaker rings. Don't worry, I don't plan on making the typical "volcano" boxes. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0279.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=Silver] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver][SIZE=8px]---------- Post added at 07:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:55 PM ----------[/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=8px][/SIZE] [COLOR=Silver] [/COLOR] Here are a couple shots of me measuring for the front panels. You can see how much space I don't have to work with. Getting the hole on the passenger side in just the right place was tricky, I only had about 1/4" room to play with up and down or side to side between the woofer motor and the box. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0287.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0286.jpg[/IMG] Here is one of the front panels after trimming, routing, sanding etc. The ring I showed a picture of before is being glued on from the back, which will let me flush mount the woofer. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0289.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=Silver] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver][SIZE=8px]---------- Post added at 07:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:55 PM ----------[/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=8px][/SIZE] [COLOR=Silver] [/COLOR] Here are the baffles being mounted. I drilled straight through them and put in some wooden dowels. That let me get the baffles exactly where I wanted them, so I could hot glue them on place. I didn't want to mess with cutting the dowels to length and messing that up. This way, I can just trim them flush with the face, drop some fiberglass resin in to seal them up, and you will never know they were there. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0290.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0291.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/beau_m/Mini/IMG_0292.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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