M.S.'s pods are extremely functional. I can't hate on them since they go good with the body style of his vehicle.
I got some more progress pics, I will post all of today's work later tonight since I do not have a car reader on this computer lol. The molds came out extremely strong with only 4 layers. Today I will be getting my speaker rings set up and hopefully glass each pod.
Thanks for the compliments guys. I didn't get as much done yesterday as I wanted due to rain.
Once I laid down my first 2 layers, I let them cure, then I drilled my mounting holes. I put a bolt through the hole, then took some T-nuts and used 2 more layers of fiberglass to hold them in place.
Backside of door
I took an air saw and I started trimming them to shape. I didn't get to finish this step due to the air saw burning up. FML
Will get the final shape cut out later. Taking a break on these for the rest of the day and maybe the weekend lol.
hey nick if i send you my door panels and kick pannels could you hook me up
Possibly.
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Looking good
Thanks bro.
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are those 20's? car looks much better now with wheels that fit lol.. did you ever finish the turbo setup?
Yeah they are 20"s lol. I got the turbo setup done. Runs amazingly well, but I still need to do some tuning for the idle AFR.
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seen a couple youtube vids of how its done, seems simple.
Some vehicles are simple, yet some are incredibly hard. I think the hardest part of my pods are going to be the body work to get it to a paintable stage.
I will be working more on the pods next week I hope. I've been sick and busy with school. It sucks.
Can you give me a list of materials needed to do this please?
It really depends on what you need to do to achieve the shape you want.
I used: Tin foil (to protect door when I was making my mold) Blue tape (holds down the foil) Resin (i prefer B-440 from uscomposites) Glass mat (to apply resin to for strength) MDF (to make speaker rings) Dowel rods (to hold speaker rings up) Stretchy fleece (you stretch this over your mold)
As for mixing resin, I use dixie cups, laytex gloves, and a box of paintbrushes from harbor freight.
I want to do door pannels Ina s15. So you say you use tin foil to protect the door, later on do you take the foil off the piece or does it mold with the piece?
Let me see if I got it: if I was to do some for yr doors I would: mold the shape with foil, put that spider-web type cloth on, paint it with some resin goo then wait till it drys then get the mdf cut outs, (what'd you use to support em?) then once they are supported(in the air) add the fabric and paint some more resin on it then sand..... then what?
So you say you use tin foil to protect the door, later on do you take the foil off the piece or does it mold with the piece?
You can leave the tin foil on, or take it off. Won't make a difference since it is the unseen side.
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Let me see if I got it: if I was to do some for yr doors I would: mold the shape with foil, put that spider-web type cloth on, paint it with some resin goo then wait till it drys then get the mdf cut outs, (what'd you use to support em?) then once they are supported(in the air) add the fabric and paint some more resin on it then sand..... then what?
Correct. I used dowel rods to hold the rings in the air. Hot glue is your friend on that step.
After you resin the fleece, you also add more mat on top of the fleece to add strength. (Resin'in the fleece is just for shape.) From there, u determine if you are going to paint or wrap your creation. Wrapping is sometimes easier because it requires less body work. Painting will require hours upon hours of sanding and body filling.
I seen people somewhere along the way use bondo.. what do they use that for? Say I was going to fiberglass my dash board and paint it blue or something, would I have too use tin foil still? or can I just put the mat on the dash and start paintin the resin on it then fleece then resin then mat then more resin? ya know what I'm saying?
Nick, try the "milkshake". Its a mix of resin and body filler. Your pour it on and it creates somewhat of an even coat, little sanding required, and you can paint afterwards.
I seen people somewhere along the way use bondo.. what do they use that for?
That's body filler. It's used for filling in low spots.
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Nick, try the "milkshake". Its a mix of resin and body filler. Your pour it on and it creates somewhat of an even coat, little sanding required, and you can paint afterwards.
I've used the milkshake, it works well for a beginner. I don't like bragging, but I've gotten so good at fiberglass layup that there are virtually no low or high spots lol. I may use a little putty in some places, but it's no problem.
