Fiberglassing a 4-Din console in a 2001 Nissan Maxima

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

thats gotta ****. what kinda sander are u using?

 

[MetalMaxima 10+ year member]

thats gotta ****. what kinda sander are u using?

Everything was done by hand. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[MetalMaxima 10+ year member]

Okayyyy...it's time to start finishing this beast of a project up! I started the day by making nice and smooth edges for the monitor and the HU. I used a straight-edge in order to level off the edges as best I could...

...and here is how the edges came out for the monitor...

...and for the HU...

...and here's how it all look together!

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

Everything was done by hand. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

You're kidding... Go buy a drillsand addapter for your drill. It costs $5 and its the best $5 I've ever spent.

I have the same straightedge //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif.

 

[MetalMaxima 10+ year member]

Here's how the monior looks in place...

...and on the HU WE STILL HAVE THE EFFING GAPS!!!!

So I went back for a final time and added body filler to the HU only, so this is the last use of body filler I ever hope to see again! I am going to do what I can on the gaps a third time, and if it's not as good as I want it to be, I already have a back-up plan in mind.

I am going to try and work on this tommorow, although I think I am just going to work on the mounting frames for a change of pace.

 

[HincklNutt 10+ year member]

very very nice job. thats going to be an awesome setup when its all done. keep the pics coming!

 

[94CamryBumpin 10+ year member]

****..so those fiberglassing DVD's that they sell on ebay are actually worth it? i always though they were a scam...

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

dude.

why didnt you just get a genaric DIN mounting thing for like a honda civic and cut the thing apart, and glue it with ABS cement to the panel there?

then just fill in the gaps?

would have made it alot eaiser. and getting some hzemall.com plastic bodyfiller would have made your life alot eaiser - i hope for your sake that the filler dosnt come off the plastic 0_o

 

[MetalMaxima 10+ year member]

why didnt you just get a genaric DIN mounting thing for like a honda civic and cut the thing apart, and glue it with ABS cement to the panel there?

The generic AM unit would allow me to fit the monitor and climate control only. In order to make all of the peices fit, the climate control frame had to be modified, and the space between the air vents & monitor; monitor & cc; cc & shifter frame were all significantly reduced from that of an aftermarket unit. How do I know this? That was what I had tried originally. The only way to make them all fit was using the wood frame.

and getting some hzemall.com plastic bodyfiller would have made your life alot eaiser - i hope for your sake that the filler dosnt come off the plastic 0_o

I did not think of it at the time. I am kicking myself in the head because I already have the stuff you need to bond plastic, and I did not even use it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif Even if cracks begin to evolve in the peice then all I need do is cut it out and refill it with the correct bonding material. I will have to wait and see what happens.

 

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

You should get some of the liquid pastic stuff and apply it on the back side of it all. All you need is something to hold it together. So you could try plastic cement, or even mix plastic cement with resin //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif .

 

[MetalMaxima 10+ year member]

MONEY SHOTS!!!

 

...it's lookin' good!!! I should have all of this done and ready to be painted after THIS weekend...(how many times have I said THAT? )

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

looks good

 

[DIPayton 10+ year member]

very nice work. Looks like a lot of hard work. If you lived near me, I'd be paying you big bucks to do some work for me.

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

wow looks great, your work makes me want to attempt something like this, i wish i had the money to get my carputer...

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

lookin good man.

i meant, get an ABS kit, and cut the din-size out so the alpine cage would fit perftectly - and then cut the kit up, and use the plastic bonding stuff to put it where it needed to go. then cut out the monitor hole from the stock panel, and build a monitor mount with ABS and that glue. then fill all the gaps and ugly spots on the front with the ABS filler from hzemall. i think it might have saved you ALOT of time, and it would be much sturdier.

i hope it stays together. but it looks sweet so far.