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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:04 PM
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Has anyone redid their rear quarter panels? I was thinking of having someone fiberglass me a single sub case on each side (spare tire & cargo bucket) for a 10" and redo my panels. But wanting to know if anyone else has done this or done any custom work to their panels or replaced them... just trying to get some ideas.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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i widened my rear interior panels
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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i widened my rear interior panels
pictures? how did you do that?
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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i have a thread somewhere, think in fab, i'll try to find it.. Cut them up and fiberglassed them back together to cover my minitub.

some of the pics
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they are 4" wider at the door, and taper back to just behind the wheels wells to stock width
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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some of the in progress pics
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i dont have any pics handy of the job all finished. this took a really really long time, worked on it for 2 summers
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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^^^
That looks really good. What did you use to color them? Dye? Paint?
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Wow thats great, i wish I had skill to do this...

I was thinking of having the rear spots like i was thinking and have them smoothed out and then have the sub woofer in each one bolted and then have the hatch motor cover plastic smoothed out and the amp mounted there on a 25degree angle upwards, be so much lighter than the big bulky box I have, thing weighs like 75lbs.. haha
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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Re: Rear quarter

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Wow thats great, i wish I had skill to do this...

I was thinking of having the rear spots like i was thinking and have them smoothed out and then have the sub woofer in each one bolted and then have the hatch motor cover plastic smoothed out and the amp mounted there on a 25degree angle upwards, be so much lighter than the big bulky box I have, thing weighs like 75lbs.. haha
its all possible, just takes some ingenuity to get the fiberglass to stick to the plastic, then its a matter of shaping forms, glassing, sanding, glassing, sanding, ect ect ect ect. then paint
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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Re: Rear quarter

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^^^
That looks really good. What did you use to color them? Dye? Paint?
textured spray paint.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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textured spray paint.
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 06:48 PM
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the texture helps blend the seams between the smooth fiberglass and the somewhat textured panels.
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