fbi90909's TC LMS 5400 15 + Saz3000D rebuild + fiberglass

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

first section melted and screwed in place

second area and so forth

here i clamped the bottom cause it needed a little support

with the ring done it's time for fleece prepping

i'm typing up the second batch of pics now lol.

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

steak knives are not tools. :/
i use razor blades for fleecing though. was done on something else.

Haha, they are tools but in the kitchen. Yeah, I have had a few cuts form my razor knife.

 

[KyngHype 10+ year member]

don't know nor do i give a **** what you said, but stay out of my build thread. act a faggot elsewhere.

uploading pics now

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

alright with the glue and the car cooled and the car prepped with tape it was time to start fleecing. i didn't take a pic but here is the ring in plave before i removed the screws.

starting to stretch

after the starting of the stretch i took the basket once again and clamped it into place to pull the fleece into the trim ring

since some of the area of the fleece wasn't making contact with the ring i had to crazy glue it in place

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

top side glue to the trim

stretched in place and ready for resin.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

resin it up and ready for glassing. i had to use bondo again. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

glassin it

after i was gone glassing i had to get the basket out before i could pull the trim out. i had to "chisel" it out to break off the excess FG that got onto the basket. **** that was tedious.

cleared out

fleece trimmed to allow access for heat gun

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

heat gunned and removed. it came off pretty easy after like 5 minutes of heating it all up and tugging a bit

ready for trimming

fleece cut

i then took some 5minute 2part epoxy and spread a bead along the joining of the fleece and the trim ring. why? cause i just want to make sure that the ring won't come off while i'm adding filler or sanding being that the ring is really only held on by a little bead of crazy glue.

bead set

while the glue was setting it was time for some clean up

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

cleaned up the hot glue

cleanup for ring

done

took the dremel and trimmed off the excess glass around the edges and prepped it for glassing for further trim. lol.

panel set in place

a little tape added and a clamp just to be safe so it doesn't come off while i'm glassing

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

glassing the trim

pulled. i gotta tell ya, using paste wax is the ****!, it literally took me 15 seconds to pry off the panel.

trimmed up and washed down. using the heat gun to remove any excess moisture prior to add body filler

filler spread and sanded.

uploading third batch now

 

[littlepucker]

Who is the girl in fbi's avatar? he never answers me.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Looking great ://content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

second layer of body filler with the beginning of sanding.

sanded

taking care of the small patches that could use a little

suede cut and ready to be applied

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

bottom and beginning of sides applied

more progress

almost there

backside view

this is the very top of the panel. this is how i had to lay it. came out pretty nice

all gluing is done and needing the excess trimmed off.

working it

panel is done!

no imperfections. nice and smooth. that's where i ended today. gluing the suede took a TON of my time today. i think i spent a good 3 and a half hours just with the gluing and trimming.

tomorrow i will work on the amp beauty panel i still need to trim off the excess fleece from the amp hole and remove some of the wood off it. then i'll set it in place.

 

[Kskitka]

looks good

 

[Ellsworthz 10+ year member]

wow, this thing is going to slam and look good doing it.

I hate when people have loud systems that just look like garbage.

 

[Kastlez_ 10+ year member]

wow, i hate you.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

thanks for the comments guys.

after i'm done with the sub section i still am considering on making the trunk lid beauty panel maybe add an LED sign thing into it.

also i'm really really really considering on ordering a second set of PG RSD 6.5s and running a set in each front door. i'll take a pic of the door and photo shop what i'm visioning.

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

I can dig it

 

[Intrepid Bass 10+ year member]

**** is schweeet!

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

alright. well not too much work has been done today. as soon as i got home from work i kinda just watched tv and passed out for an hour.

when i got up i got to work and started with the amp panel. i cut an X in the center cause i needed to relieve some of the stress that was put onto the glued areas. some of the areas at the amp opening has lifted. not too worried about it at the moment as i'll contact cement it back in place.

first what i had to do was cut down the wood trim that i made. the wood is about 1/4". i busted out the dremel and started trimming away with a cutting disk. the first 30 seconds of cutting and the wood was smoking! i laughed and took a vid. cutting the trim took a pretty large amount of time cause i was really heating up the dremel and gave it cool-down breaks. so while i was letting the dremel cool down i needed to find something to do. well i checked on the amps and stuff and i found that they were really dirty. i realized that i had removed the tape from the trunk pressure release opening. so i decided to make a little filter out of it. when that was done i then finished cutting up the trim of the amp panel and then gave it a little test fitting. i'm pretty pleased with it and am sure it'll look great when installed. can't wait for the end product!

onto the pics and vid.

cuttin it up



panel with X'd out center