Fiberglass speaker pod build

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

Tomorrow i am starting my build to have two sets of speakers in the front doors. It's going to be made of fiberglass of course, and if you can give me any advice that would be great. It's my first time doing something like this. Pics will come soon.

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[dalucifer 10+ year member]

take your time.. Tape EVERYTHING off around the area your working.. Do not use more hardener than is needed. You will waste resin if it cures to quickly. Make sure you have no air bubbles while glassing and in between layers.. Did i mention take your time?

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

If at all possible, use some sort of release agent to help the fiberglass release from the masking tape, it can be a ***** trying to pick and sand that stuff off.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

You couldn't even get your type R's to beat hard.........

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

You couldn't even get your type R's to beat hard.........

meh, my subs are fine. I've decided to just work on my front stage and get it really loud instead.

Thanks for the advice guys, anything will help.

 

[Millertime1028 10+ year member]

When laying the mat you will sometimes see bubbles forming as mentioned above in which dabbing at them with a brush slightly soaked with resin tends to make them go away. Buy alot of the dispossable brushes from Home Depot/ Lowes. They are cheap, as you will go through a few of these through out your project. Using half inch wood dowels and hot glue work well to set the speaker rings in place and aimed in the position you want them to be in. If using fleece to make the initial shape of your pods be sure to soak the fleece genorously with resin. This makes it a bit more easy to set the first few mats of fiberglass. And watch the fumes!

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

this is going to be so gangster. It's almost fiberglassing time!

This give you an idea of what the build will look like and where the speakers will be. It's all i got so far, the planning took a while.

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

What are they housing? The comps in your sig?

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

What are they housing? The comps in your sig?

i'm going to run two sets of diamond hexes i believe off of two rockford amps.

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

what is the best base cloth to use? Need help quick!

 

[fshanda 10+ year member]

Dont use fleece, takes way to much resin to soak thru. Cotton rayon spandex blends work good. Anything with a good stretch in all directions. I grab my Wifes old shirts when I do projects. Use CA glue to tack the cloth to the panel. Spray adhesive will come loose as soon as the resin hits it. Or staple it to the panel.

A good tip, when you use those cheap brushes cut half of the bristles off and it will make the brush a lot stiffer and give you more pressure when working out any bubbles you get.

 

[pokey_159 10+ year member]

good luck!

 

[adrian8 10+ year member]

Dont use fleece, takes way to much resin to soak thru. Cotton rayon spandex blends work good. Anything with a good stretch in all directions. I grab my Wifes old shirts when I do projects. Use CA glue to tack the cloth to the panel. Spray adhesive will come loose as soon as the resin hits it. Or staple it to the panel.
A good tip, when you use those cheap brushes cut half of the bristles off and it will make the brush a lot stiffer and give you more pressure when working out any bubbles you get.

this is good advice

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

Finally got some work done today. I'm letting the fiberglass resin harden until tomorrow. Stuff still hasn't kicked in like 4 hours. But you can see how this is going to look now.

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

Looking good.