BMW 7 series audio install

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

I like your install skills and patience but your building skills lack. Not a fan of how that trunk is setup. Hopefully when its all said and done it looks better but iuno not feeling it much looks kinda cramed in there. Could of made it look way nicer. Also could of flushed those fans in the wood for the amps //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Well I am learning as I go. As I said in the beginning of the thread. This is my first time doing a false floor and first time fiber glassing. I think for being the first time it is coming along well. The fans have not been mounted yet they were there to give people an idea of where they will be. I will probably flush them but not sure yet. Everything still have to be wrapped, the plexi glass has to be installed as well as the neons.

 

[wone 10+ year member]

for a first timer its looking real good bro keep it up

 

[GetLikeMe 10+ year member]

Well I am learning as I go. As I said in the beginning of the thread. This is my first time doing a false floor and first time fiber glassing. I think for being the first time it is coming along well. The fans have not been mounted yet they were there to give people an idea of where they will be. I will probably flush them but not sure yet. Everything still have to be wrapped, the plexi glass has to be installed as well as the neons.

Oh sorry didnt read that, well for your first time doing glass and false floor it looks nice man. Love your install skills and patience. I need to start soldering my wires. Cant wait to see it all done bro

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Not a problem man I appreciate the comments either way.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Today has been a bit busy, my father was suppose to deploy for Iraq today but after getting there and waiting 2 hours they had to delay it until tomorrow. Just got back home and will try to get a few things done today even though 5 hours was killed. Just a bit off subject but here is me and him.

 

[GetLikeMe 10+ year member]

Crazy people still just getting deployed to iraq

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

I take it you know my father? LOL I will agree with you he is a bit crazy.

 

[GetLikeMe 10+ year member]

Haha i didnt mean hes crazy i ment like its just crazy that people are still getting deployed. lol

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Oh got ya, yes it is but he is also crazy.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

How so from what they are now? I would think a layer of fleece 2 coats of resin, a layer of mat and resin and than covered with bondo would be enough.

Fleece + resin is brittle. Some people think using thick fleece helps with structure, but it doesn't.

When you said "2 coats of resin", if you mean that you only applied 2 coat of ONLY resin after the fleece... That's a bad idea. Resin by itself is brittle. Resin needs to be soaked up by the fiberglass mat/cloth to add strength/structure. A single layer of fiberglass mat... not enough at all.

Bondo is just body filler and doesn't add strength either. it's just to make it look purdy. unless you used bondo-hair.

You want to make your pods as strong and non-resonant as possible.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Thats why after the fleece I put a layer of fiberglass matt and resin. But thank you for the heads up.

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

take a little constructive criticism, You said yourself this was ur first fiberglass jo, I told you that you couldnt jsut use resin and fleece matthew. if you can knock on those kicks and hear resonace you didnt make them sturdy enough.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Just tapped them, hard as a rock only resonating I hear is from the opening and a speaker not being there.

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

hard yes, sturdy and resonance free, not so much, you should cut the backs and vent them into the area behind the kicks

 

[here to buy 10+ year member]

A solid set of kicks with one layer of mat is a contradictory statement.

If the kicks are now finished and fillered, I suggest you go back from the inside of the speaker cutouts and apply as much mat as you can from the inside. It looks like you have gobs of resin just covering the fleece..then you followed it with 1 mat layer.