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Author In Progress - Custom door pods (part - 2)
John G
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20th Dec 05 at 20:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wel today i got everythin together an desided to make a start on sum custom door cards, i hav decided to go for the smal round components on the front but im smoothein the actual shit catcher away to giv it a different look

wel here are the pics up to now

Crap catcher cut away





Mounted standard speaker holders on top of door card an cut away the vents behind the speaker holder



Made MDF circle to bring pod further out an to let the speaker sit in comfy





Then the 1st layer of Fibreglass on







[Edited on 20-12-2005 by Ian]

[Edited on 21-12-2005 by John G]
Ajones_17
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20th Dec 05 at 20:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lookin tip top mate, cant wait to see them when they are finished.
I really need to gewt my arse into gear and make a start on mine
drax
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20th Dec 05 at 20:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
First advice to you, Make sure you have left movement room for your window winder handle to rotate past I did this and fucked everything up
Hilly
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20th Dec 05 at 20:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they are looking mint matey, are you paintin them or trimming them up?

yes my winder only just goes past but im gettin leccy windows fitted soon :-) its not on in the pic but trust me its close!





[Edited on 20-12-2005 by Hilly_34]

[Edited on 20-12-2005 by Hilly_34]
Gregor
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20th Dec 05 at 20:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Did you smooth that out completely before spraying ?

Looks very smoooth
Hilly
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it had the usual process of fiberglass then filler.sanding etc. then this filler stuff was used (very sloopy, cant remember what u call it now) to get all the little blemishes out.

was then primed using highbuild, flatted down, painted and then laquered.

was a lengthy job to say the least but the result speaks for itself
John G
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the windows winders are clear mate just checked, only time will tel if this woks, tis my once attemp at usin fg i may fail who knows
Hilly
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looking good mate, keep us updated
shrews corsa
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did you really scratch/key the door card cos the fibreglass will struggle to stick to it otherwise and they will end up coming away
John G
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tbh honest no i didnt scratch or key the door card as iv followed to step by step tutorial on here, only time will tel if it will work but the 1st layer seems to b seetin well i will key the plastic before the 2nd layer of fibre glass just to make sure, im 50/50 if it will work but i hav notin to lose, if it dnt work its experiense at least
John G
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21st Dec 05 at 23:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
filled all the spaces an holes at each end with expandin foam an waited for it to set over night, then tongiht i hav cut the foam to size






then i dun a 2nd layer of firbreglass over the pods an put a layer over the foam to get a base





thats it for a couple of days now with it bein xmas, now the drinkin starts
Rus
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21st Dec 05 at 23:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its going to be interesting what it turns out like, but my guess would be that it isn't going to look right without the pocket. thats my opinion though
Nic Barnes
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21st Dec 05 at 23:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
coming on well peter
John G
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rus im interested 2 lol as i havent seen sum1 do it b4 but to me thats my insentive

wud love not to hav that 2nd bulge at the far end of the door but its hard to loose it cos of the way the pockets are made.

only time will tel im in no rush an if all else fails i cant say i dint try

gota start sumwhere
a_j_mair
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21st Dec 05 at 23:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
would have left the door pocket on personally or started from scratch and made a plywood backing plate by drawing round origonal pocket and cutting out. then you could have put speaker pods on top of that and you wouldnt have had the bits sticking out at the end. Will be good to see how they turn out tho. respect for giving it a go yourself
Martin_C
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21st Dec 05 at 23:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
maybe would've been better filling the door pocket with foam and smoothing that so its all smooth...
John G
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21st Dec 05 at 23:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i like to do things the hard way

i dnt thing logically like u mair


maritn gud idea but i just dnt want that bilge i liek the thort of the back pannel bein in flow with the door card
Martin_C
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21st Dec 05 at 23:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fair enough buy you're left with a lump at the end.

is it not possible to cut that shape out then bridge the gap?
a_j_mair
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21st Dec 05 at 23:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
all the mounts for the end are on that bulge i have a few pics in my garage of them seperated

 
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