Fiberglassing 201
after redoing the last enclosure 3 times and still not being satisfied, i decided it was time to use the knowledge gained from the first try and make a whole new design.
this design would use the same base mold i did on the last one, but it would incorporate wood to help create actual seperate sub chambers and give it more structural rigidity(which the first lacked) also it would help give me an awesome looking design that i was satisfied with.
this was the test fit and mock up of the wood already mounted to the mold, and that same night i got the insane idea of mounting components right at the top. tape held the mouting pieces up so i could get a feel of how they would look. you can see how the 2 chambers are seperated.
in these shots, i had already securely mounted the wood to the outer mold, a rotozip makes cutting weird shapes in wood to match the mold a breeze. i then put duct tape on the gaps and glassed right over it to make everything airtight.
i was also testing which way i liked the subs, reverse mount or normal. reverse mount made it look a little cluttered, but the normal mount made it look very clean.
here i took some old tablecloth we had and hot glued it to the outer mold and draped it over the component mounts and sides to give it the shape and contours i wanted. gotta love the floral print. i then just add the resin/hardner mixture right onto the fabric, once it dries its stiff enough to add the fiberglass matte to it without worrying about it sagging due to the weight of wet matte.
here i added the countless amounts of body filler(around 2 gallons of it) and spend a good week sanding shit down. though running into the same problem i had last time, my small ass air compressor couldnt keep up with the DA sander, i could sand for 2 minutes, then have to wait 5 for the compressor to fill back up so i could have enough pressure to run the sander. time for a new compressor.
here the whole thing is primered and sanded some more.
couple coats of satin black, and yes i rattlecaned it, most people will say "take it to the painters" but nah. its not THAT big, honestly. ive been rattlecaning shit since i was young, so i know how to do shit right.
and here is the finished product. i missed a few spots(you couldnt tell unless i told you where to look) but im not gonna worry about it till i can afford a bigger compressor and a gravity fed spray gun.
the gap on the 2 sides will be taken up with a bracket that goes right there, but i lost the bolts to put them in. when i get a chance, i will reinstall them. since the project uses the same contours as the stock side panels, it fits perfect.
