To the Fiberglass guru's out there...i just effed up and need an easy fix....

[txdog27 10+ year member]

ok so i fiberglassed my front door panels to have custom tweeter and midbass pods.....tweeter pods came out perfect but....

i had my brother do the sanding and trimming on the inside of the midbass mounting rings and he accidentally took to much off and now the opening is about 1/4" to big and the midbass mounting screws are not going to hit the wood all the way around....

Can any fiberglass guru's on here offer me an easy way to fix this......as i have already completely finished the panels and would like to not have to sand everything back off to repair the stupid mistake that we didnt catch until it was too late.........

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[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

Get bigger mids or redo the fiberglass work

 

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or build a baffle

 

[txdog27 10+ year member]

baffle?

 

[txdog27 10+ year member]

any suggestions?

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

cut 4 1" by 1" squares of 3/8" (or what ever you have) ply epoxy or CA glue them to the back side of your mounting ring in line with the mounting hole spacing, leave a 1/2" showing, then just use longer screws

 

[txdog27 10+ year member]

that could actually work...didnt think of that....nice n easy fix if it works

i'll try that thx

 

[813thumper 10+ year member]

the baffle is probably your best bet. just get a piece of 1/2" mdf and make a new ring and mount it then build your filler around it and smooth it out. problem solved.

 

[txdog27 10+ year member]

ok yea the baffle ring will have to be a last resort because those pictures were from about 2 weeks ago just after the panels had been coated with filler primer and wet sanded......they are completed finished now....painted and cleared.....and I DO NOT want to have to redo that **** lol.....ugh

 

[tylork92 10+ year member]

Yea I would just glue or screw small blocks where the scres need to go for a quick fix. But the best way is to sand down to the wood ring and glue a new baffle

 

[txdog27 10+ year member]

yea well ****.....just ran into a problem with that QUICK FIX.....the rear of the pod is sealed and gonna stay that way.....so no way to screw the little 1" squares onto the back of the mounting ring......not gonna trust glue so i might just have to **** it up and redo them...... F....M....L....!!!!!!

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

You can use CA glue and it should hold decently well. I would personally try and use some 40-40 as that will hold for sure.

 

[txdog27 10+ year member]

even with some 5.5 lb midbass's with huge xmax and alot of motor force stressin them?

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

ca glue would be a little iffy for sure..but 40-40 would hold it yes.