MINI cooper wall worklog

[ufvj2172]

its not

 

[ufvj2172]

took the box out to resin inside, glass around the rings for the 6.5s, and paint the sides/top black. reason for painting is becuase i have a sunroof (yes, in the back) and the 2 back windows is like 10" away from the box, and even with 5% tint, when the sun was really bright, you could see the birch a little. i have 16 cans of black paint from walmart laying around, so i figured why paint it, rather than spend more and throw another layer of 5 on the windows, the paint was only 97 cents each lol.

woulda backed out, but dads trailer was blocking the garage //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

i kinda wanted to paint the whole thing, looks kinda cool black lol.

 

[TreyE 10+ year member]

you still having trouble with it??

 

[ufvj2172]

with what?

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

looking good, what song are u playing on the 1st vid?

 

[ufvj2172]

my pc is running slow so i aint gonna open it, but im pretty sure its Hood ***** by gorilla zoe, it has a different bassline to it though then the original one.

 

[ufvj2172]

got another piece of vinyl (took the other one back) becuase it had stains all over it

letting it flatten out

resined some of the corners (need more mat) and painted inside behind the port, and i was bored so i painted it all (with the 50hz port in, you could see all the way behind the sub so i wanted it to be all black so i just painted the whole thing)

 

[TreyE 10+ year member]

im comin to tampa this weekend im hearing it..

 

[ufvj2172]

wont be done

 

[TreyE 10+ year member]

wtf why?

 

[ufvj2172]

cuz ***** *** ***** i aint got the recone yet lol

and i need more fibgerglass

 

[ufvj2172]

and i dont have that much time

 

[ufvj2172]

relocating some gauges to the cup holders.

youll see where the cup holders were when i put the gauges in the car tomorow, and youll see why i put the gauges there. u cant even fit a cup in these 2 holders, was pointless for MINI to put them there, lol

just finished making the rings, i really like how it turned out. im still debating on covering the ring (not much of the ring is shown anyways) so i think im going to paint it, would be 100x easier and faster.

you guys think i should paint them black (to match the ring around the gauge) or silver (to match the cup holder trim)?

let me know what you think!

gauges, rings, and cup holder trim

the rings. i used a drill press and the bit was angled, so thats how they came out. i could easily break them with my hands, but when you tighten the gauge to it, it holds perfect.

in the cup holder trim, perfect fit!

on the gauges

this is pretty much how its going to sit in the car, the rings will be a little bit lower than the cup holder trim, and the top of the gauge will be flush with the top of the cup holder trim

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

neat.

you sure it was a drill press, and not a bandsaw?

 

[ufvj2172]

it was an old school drill press