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<blockquote data-quote="captainobvious!" data-source="post: 6046223" data-attributes="member: 546920"><p>Yeah they (the panels)really are slick. I've scuffed them up with sandpaper and drilled a bunch of small holes in before stretching the fabric. The main reason for this is that I'll be able to do some filling from the back side of the panel and it should really help to bond and solidify the whole panel. Pics below are of the door panels as I took them out of the car tonight after allowing them a few days drying time. As expected, the mold is a bit thin and flimsy right now since theres no fiberglass matt in there yet. I plan to drill some holes in the mold and a few more surrounding it in the doors. I trimmed the excess material and as you can see they dont look nearly as bad as they initially did.</p><p></p><p>Remember when viewing these that the panels are not actually being used to "mount" the midbass to, so they won't need as much total mass as a door "pod" would. I really wanted to take this approach because I feel that when you do a door pod your left with much more panel resonance issues. When the door panel is part of the enclosure it makes it much more difficult to decouple it from the solid door structure. By mounting the midbass baffles(rings) to the door metal, I enable myself to be able to use closed cell foam to decouple the normally vibration prone door panels from the door metal for a much cleaner sound.</p><p></p><p>I really just need some decent weather and some time to get these things built up. Its been rainy and wet around here for the majority of the last 2 weeks. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif</p><p></p><p>After drilling the holes and then laying down some fiberglass matt on the front and back of the panels, I'll begin sanding/grinding and prepping for filler. I'll go into more specifics in my process for that once I'm at that point. Here are the pics from tonight...</p><p></p><p>Door panels removed from the car...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Trimmed the excess material...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels004.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels007.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="captainobvious!, post: 6046223, member: 546920"] Yeah they (the panels)really are slick. I've scuffed them up with sandpaper and drilled a bunch of small holes in before stretching the fabric. The main reason for this is that I'll be able to do some filling from the back side of the panel and it should really help to bond and solidify the whole panel. Pics below are of the door panels as I took them out of the car tonight after allowing them a few days drying time. As expected, the mold is a bit thin and flimsy right now since theres no fiberglass matt in there yet. I plan to drill some holes in the mold and a few more surrounding it in the doors. I trimmed the excess material and as you can see they dont look nearly as bad as they initially did. Remember when viewing these that the panels are not actually being used to "mount" the midbass to, so they won't need as much total mass as a door "pod" would. I really wanted to take this approach because I feel that when you do a door pod your left with much more panel resonance issues. When the door panel is part of the enclosure it makes it much more difficult to decouple it from the solid door structure. By mounting the midbass baffles(rings) to the door metal, I enable myself to be able to use closed cell foam to decouple the normally vibration prone door panels from the door metal for a much cleaner sound. I really just need some decent weather and some time to get these things built up. Its been rainy and wet around here for the majority of the last 2 weeks. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] After drilling the holes and then laying down some fiberglass matt on the front and back of the panels, I'll begin sanding/grinding and prepping for filler. I'll go into more specifics in my process for that once I'm at that point. Here are the pics from tonight... Door panels removed from the car... [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels001.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels002.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels003.jpg[/IMG] Trimmed the excess material... [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels004.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels005.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels006.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/soesnake/Install/Door_Panels007.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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