mini cooper, wall, 2 18" mts, 6kw

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

painted the port with that flek stone shit...letting it dry so i can put one more coat on, its lookin good now

pics later

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

once this drys, i will put a few coats of flat black over it, so itll look somewhat like this (couldnt get a good pic)

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

Nice, this really is comin together well.

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

taking a long time for no reason, im just lazy and take long breaks lol.

i hate driving it like this so im trying to finish up

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

just picked up my 4th, and final sheet of 3/4" birch.

gonna start the final baffle which will serve as the beauty panel, and flush mount for the subs.

re's site says the OD of an 18" mt is 18.5", thats including the rubber gasket that goes around the basket right? i dont have the gasket, i gotta get 2...

should i suede it, or vinyl it?

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

vinyl

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

yea im 50/50 right now. vinyl would be about half the price than suede, but i dont know yet. the back is going vinyl for sure though beucase theres enough suede in the back already.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

You missed the show today!!!!!! I was standing next to Anthony when you sent him the text about painting the port. Even your boyfriend OC is back in town!

 

[TypecamaroR]

wow that looks great

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

Suede for sure.

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

You missed the show today!!!!!! I was standing next to Anthony when you sent him the text about painting the port. Even your boyfriend OC is back in town!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

That port looks really good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I like the idea of painting it black on top of the flekstone, should look really good.

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

thanks.

theres still a couple imperfections that show, i might put something in it just to fill it up and spray a little more flekstone over it, then black.

most likely not though, becuase im out of flekstone and its $9 per can

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Coming out very nice.

And x2 on the flekstone paint as I did a box that used 10 cans...

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

painted the flekstone a little further down as i dont know how the flush baffle will be, so i painted it for the hell of it

made the bottom trim panel.

theres a few gaps on both sides, not worth wasting that much more birch for. ill cut a little shim piece from a scrap piece of birch and glue it on the edge of the trim piece to fill that gap, then cover it with suede or vinyl. i think im gonna wrap it in headliner fabric first to add some padding/thickness to it around the edges, and itll make around the cupholder console thing look more rounded too.