How To: Building Fiberglass Projects
#11
Yeah very good write up. Im a car audio junkie so reading this gets me stoned with inspiration. I know how to design and tune boxs and such but i have never attempted fiberglass yet. its something i have been wanting to do for a long time and the time is soon. Im done with my audio set up right now except for a fiberglass box. (ignoring the fact the my sundown amp randomly stops giving output) My biggest issue is i allways like to start big. I currently got a slot ported 3/4mdf box tuned to 28hz with 2.5cu ft chamber excluding the long *** port. I designed it for an fi audio 12 inch q and i make people poop themselves when they get in my car. especially because of the fact that only 1 12 is doing all that damage. It sounds fantastic but i have heard mixed things about the sound quality of fiberglass. I do know that if i did it i would do it in the trunk facing backwards and know from experience that that tends to be cleaner sounding. But when it comes to fiberglass/wooden box to wooden box what do you think sounds better and is it really a big difference? cause i can stand up to a 10% loss for looks but no more than that. Allso if i was planning a big fiberglass box in the trunk what would i do about the spare tire well? I know i could fiberglass that and incorporate that into the box but its just kinda at a really inconvenient spot. And how do go about running speaker wire into a fiberglass box?
#12
Nice write up... I still want your doors lol. I hope you don't mind me adding one little thing... there is a fabric by the name of ponte that can be used in place of fleece... takes a lot less resin to wet out, and a lot easier to stretch. I love your rear deck...
#13
It sounds fantastic but i have heard mixed things about the sound quality of fiberglass.
I do know that if i did it i would do it in the trunk facing backwards and know from experience that that tends to be cleaner sounding.
But when it comes to fiberglass/wooden box to wooden box what do you think sounds better and is it really a big difference? cause i can stand up to a 10% loss for looks but no more than that.
Allso if i was planning a big fiberglass box in the trunk what would i do about the spare tire well? I know i could fiberglass that and incorporate that into the box but its just kinda at a really inconvenient spot.
And how do go about running speaker wire into a fiberglass box?
I still want your doors lol.
I hope you don't mind me adding one little thing... there is a fabric by the name of ponte that can be used in place of fleece... takes a lot less resin to wet out, and a lot easier to stretch. I love your rear deck...
Never heard of ponte before- where do you get it from?
There is definitely a lot of more advanced stuff that I didn't add above (special tricks and such, and more advanced processes- like vacuum bagging and such)- I just wanted to get some basics out there so people could get motivated to try to build something on their own- hence why I tried to keep the materials list down to stuff you could pick up at any local shops.
#16
Its too bad it got stolen, along with the subs
I don't care for any of the new Earthquake stuff.
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