First Fiberglass Enclosure worklog *PICS* + questions on door panels

[AMende 10+ year member]

Hey everyone this is my first attempt at a fiberglass box so i thought i would post some pics because it never would have happened without all the info ive gotten from this forum. I also have a question about some door panels. (sorry the pics have a blue tint i took them at night and it is from the flash)

Box in the trunk (i will be fleecing tommarow)

On the floor

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[AMende 10+ year member]

Ok - now for the door panels. This is what the door panels on my car look like (1996 chrysler seabring.) These are not my door panels. Mine are cracked I was thinking about doing something out of fiberglass but am open to suggestions. I found a pic of some door pods that somebody else made and will post that after my door panel pics.

Then entire door panel:

Here are the ones i found that somebody else made:

Any help and/or feedback is greatly appreciated!

-Adam

 

[Insomniac119 10+ year member]

I'd find the same door panels from a junk yard but not cracked up if possible and work on those. Frome the picture, it' looks like he made a fiberglass peice bassed on the peice it replaced.

 

[AMende 10+ year member]

The panels in my car are cracked, but i could probably still work off of them. Would it be better to make a baffle in the current door panels and work from there or to trace the outline onto say 1/4" plywood and use that as backing and make a baffle off of that. Is this making sense? IE: make plywood base that will hook into where teh other speaker cover goes and suspend baffle onto that then stretch cloth from baffle to the edges of the plywood and fiberglass that? Also, since im going to be making new speaker pods, should they be sealed or infinite baffle and what kind of speaker would you recomend (6x9 is stock in this car)

thanks!

Adam

 

[Woodmister 10+ year member]

Looks pretty decent, i just finished my rings eairler today...

 

[97montels 10+ year member]

Looks good, get that fleeced and post more pictures durring the day.

 

[TPABlazer 10+ year member]

that enclosure looks like It will tip over when the sub is put in it...

 

[chinny 5,000+ posts]

that enclosure looks like It will tip over when the sub is put in it...

i though the same, but its his 1st try he did awsome! keep it up!

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

that enclosure looks like It will tip over when the sub is put in it...

Usually you screw it down to the body.

 

[AMende 10+ year member]

I've had the sub in the enclosure in the car and it did not tip. I would have had the sub ring closer in, but i did not have enough volume that way so i pulled it apart and put the ring further out. The box will be screwed into the body so it is really a non-issue. Thanks for all the feedback!

-Adam

 

[ruckus]

I would work over the existing panel so the clips fit back in tight. but you might ruin the panels keep that in mind before you go balls out on your own panels you might end up buying some from a junk yard anyways.

 

[AMende 10+ year member]

I would work over the existing panel so the clips fit back in tight. but you might ruin the panels keep that in mind before you go balls out on your own panels you might end up buying some from a junk yard anyways.

The panels on my car are already cracked and ugly anyway. Would all of the holes allow the fiberglass resin to stick to the plastic? I could always just get clips that match and add them onto the plywood base.

 

[AMende 10+ year member]

Alright so i got it fleeced today. Here are a couple of pics. Hopefully ill get it 'glassed tommarow.

Before the resin:

In the car after the resin:

Thanks again for all the help and feedback!

-Adam

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Nice job!

I just hope you're happy w/ the end results, because it looks like it doesn't have much airspace.

 

[AMende 10+ year member]

You're right. I just measured with packing peanuts and im off by about 150 in^3. Im going to pull the fleece off tommarow and extend the base with 1/4" plywood fiberglassed onto the shell.

-Adam