yes ANOTHER f/g tut'..

i thought this was a very basic excersize.. and read in the Tut' wish list thread that peopel wanted a basic into to fiber glassing.. so i hope this explains it enuff.

seen as the gemini kick is very basic iv just used the stock pannel, re created it on MDF and made my kicks from that..
if it were a newer car or and car with complex shapes.. instead of using the MDF base, i would have taped everythgin up and made a fiber glass bass to work off...

anywyas.. hope this is usfull for someone?

i tryed getting shots of every step but dad took the camera 1/2 way through. so i have the start and finish, with a bit in the middle missing .. lol


dynaudio 360 3 way splits.


stock kick pannel.. remove it



trace out the stock kicks on to some 3mm MDF



now trace out the rings for you speakers and cut em out.. in this case i have the 3" mid and a 1.1" tweeter (aswell as a 8" woofer that will be fit in the door cards).
if u want the speakers counter sunk, cut out extra rings slightly bigger than the speaker. this will alow the speaker to sit in inside
(can be seen here - http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/forums/at...ttachmentid=233
doing this will alow the speaker to sit flush or below the surface level on the pod)



now sit in the car and find out how u wanna position the speakers.. making up a frame like this and gluing it place with wood glue or hot glue gun.. it may take a few goes (took me 5-6) to get the positioning to how u want it.. try and aim the left kick speakers at the right head rest and the right kick speakers at the left head rest



now use a stretchy type flece material.. it dont mater what kind or colour.. (as u can see i used a pretty bear patterened material.. how cute)



stretch it over everything and glue it down to the rings and the back of the pod using spray glue (K&H is the best)



now iv used a layer of glad wrap under the pod here and screwed the 4 corners down to a scrap piece of timber(read scrape piece or timber is mums BBQ table ).. this will stop the corners from warping up when the fiber glass resin is drying. the glad wrap is there to stop the resin and kick pannel sticking to the timber/table

(NOTE: b4 screwing it down, make sure u cut of any large clumps of matiral stuck on the back, so that it sits nice and flat)

now this is the part i didnt get fotos of..
with the kick pannels screwed to the timber mix up some fiber glass resin.. and then paint it on with a chaep throw away brush... keep on painting it on over and over till the material stops soaking up anymore of the resin.. these to kicks used about 350-400ml of resin

once the resin is dryed.. uses a drill to drin out the 4 screws (leaving 4 holes, one in each corner)...

using 40-60 grit sand paper, sand the major roughness of the now dryed and hard material... this shouldnt take to long.. no need to make it perfect, u just wanna get the surface level..

once this is done, use body filler to fill in the 4 holes from where the screws were, and any other major stuff ups u may have encountered... once dryed, sand it back to a semi smooth surface.

now using spray bog, spray it on HEAP, cake it on... so much it starts to run.. filling any pits and lines in the bog/resin.. sand this smooth using 80 grit... now do a second layer of spray bog over the pannel, not as heavy.. then sand smooth again with 80 grit, repeat this over and over till all pits and lines are removes and the whole surface is smoth..

this should leave the kick/panel smooth enuff to trim..

now if the pannel is being painted then u will need to use 360 grit to smooth out the surface removing all the harsh marks cuased by the 80 grit.. then under coat , prep sand and piant the same way u would paint a car pannel..