any one have a set of step by step insturctions to make your own panels? Ive been looking all night and havent found any. Thanks.

Ryan

 

also, where can i get the fiberglass resin to make them, im hoping just autozone or something. Again thanks

Ryan

 

http://www.elitecaraudio.com/home/ht...cle.php?sid=20

I bought my fiberglass resin at Wal Mart, and used yellow rags from Parts America for my kicks.

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Jim85Iroc - thanks for the link. I hadn't read that one.

 

I just finished my carpeted pair that turned out pretty good. I'm also doing a vinyl pair that will go in for comps. I live in Montana and car interiors get abused during the winter. That's why I want two sets. I'll post pics of each step soon. My email is miked@selway.umt.edu if you want to chat about all of the details. Thanks to DJSexy for telling me to not give up on building these. They look nicer than the ones I had professionally done for another car. Carpet looks a little cheesy but the vinyl will look sweet. Door pods are next. Any ideas for this?

 

I built door pods before, didn't like them. Then I rebuilt the whole door and recovered everything. Looked great. I don't think I have any pics, but I'll look around.

Mike

 

Jim, I would have thought you'd be more like me and keep fiberglass in stock by the yard, as well a 5 gallon containers of resin and bottles of mekp :P .

I wonder if my homeowners issurance will cover damage to the house by the combustion of all the chemicals I have !

mike

 

DJ, believe it or not, those kicks I built were my first-ever experiment with fiberglass. I'm the body filler pro, but I'd never used fiberglass and resin before.

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hey Dj find those pics.
i think id possib be intrested.

laters.

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DJSexay and Jim85IROC
I have Q-Form kick pods in my car now and I'm thinking of trying to seal and stengthen them up. I'm wanting more midbass in the front and I think the Component Set I have could do the job if they were in a better enclosure. What's your thought about doing this? See the link below in my sig for a list of the Audio Components in my car.


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Sorry guys, I searched my entire collection of car stereo pics last night, and the only pics I have of my 3rd gen are some wiring pics. I got a ton of pics of my old Grand Am, ugh! Scary when I look at my fisrt couple systems!

As far as sealing q-forms, I'm never worked with q-forms directly, but from what I hear, they are pretty flimsy. More important that sealing them, would be reinforcing them with fiberglass on the inside. Sand it good, because fiberglass does not like to stick to plastic very well. Ideally, you want to be able to play your speakers, put your finger on the kickpanel, and feel a minimum of vibration. Any vibration you feel on the surface of the kickpanel means that it is resonating to the music, which will hurt your imaging and stageing. Also, some dynamat on the metal of the car behind the kickpanel should help too.

Mike

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