JVC

Hey guys, I used to read up a lot over on DIYmobileaudio.com and have now decided to give my shot at fiberglassing an enclosure in the side of my trunk panel. I have limited fiberglass experience besides using it to fix my 960 lip.

Bear with me because I have been just taking the occasional iphone picture

Here's the amp that I have, I got it for $100 a few years ago from Lucas!
Memphis 16-PR1.500 (16pr1500) Power Reference PR Series Class D

and the subwoofer I'm using that I picked up for $40 from a friend
MB Quart RSH 254 Component Car Subwoofers at Onlinecarstereo.com

And here are a few pictures that I have taken so far. I masked the panel with some masking tape and then some pieces of tin foil. Then laid down 2 layers of cloth, followed by a layer of mat, then followed by some strands of rope to add rigidity and then another layer of cloth.

















and then one test fitted back into the side panel




Did some more work today/tonight only to run into an issue of not having hot glue to position the ring and legs to hold it in place so that will have to wait until tomorrow.

But here we go with a few more!

Trimmed and then test fitted




Made a little jig to draw circles.


cut the first hole! and it fits!


Cut out the second ring to recess it a bit for a cleaner look.


glued and clamped


and a guesstimate mockup of how I want it to sit...



Got some more work done, and now its back to the computer while waiting for the resin to dry!

Borrowed a hot glue gun from my moms work since I couldn't find mine and got to work, mounted up the support legs


then mounted the ring I made


anddd a test fit


I used some tape to mock the shape of the cloth and then had to trim some of the fiberglass so it would clear the trunk arm thing.







then I grabbed a t-shirt I had kicking around (I work for NOS Energy drink so even though it was a brand new shirt, it was free and I can always get another! haha)

Wrapped, I was able to use the sleeve hole to go where the sub was which helped when trying to stretch the shirt back and forth to get it taught.




Glued down the shirt starting in one section and worked my way around the outside in increments of about 3-5 inches until I had it tight all around as seen above.

Layed down the resin and let it soak into the shirt and thats where I'm at now!





Thanks for looking! Hopefully it will dry by later tonight and I can add a layer of cloth on top!
-John

(yes, I copied from another forum and posted here, but this is where I'm at so far)

Looking for some cheap 15" wheels... FWD offset is fine, ideally RWD Offset would be nice FOR DAT HERRAFRUSH SLAMMED STANKWORKS MAD CAMBER YO look.

Also not looking to break the bank...

Let me know what you may have!
-John