Custom Trunk Question

[TheGreenGrandAm]

Hey! Well I decided that I think im gonna do my trunk and subs/amp/cd player..over before I do anything with my fenders and that...the problem is..that I want to make a fiberglass trunk encloser thingy but I need to make a mold of my trunk right? I wasnt sure how to make a mold of it and exceactly how I would make it so that I would be able to fit subs and all that stuff..so if u can all tell me whatever you know it will be greatly appreciated..this prolly wont hapend for a month or so but I like to plan ahead!:D

[TheGreenGrandAm]

:banana:

[Danmuzicman]

saran wrap industrial saran wrap then use a reverse mold, or just take mesauments and do it by eye.

[foolioGrimz]

http://www.fordexplorer.net/viewtopi...ght=fiberglass

there are a couple other ppl with fiberglass enclosures and also check out http://www.ssaudio.com if u want

[matts]

im kinda curious........why are you wanting an entire fiberglass enclosure? doing something like the guy in the explorer did is understandable, but if you're doing something that can have all normal sides and then a fiberglass top that's what i'd do. wood is easier to work with than fiberglass i think. but again, just depends on your application :)

[matts]

oh by the way, the dude in the explorer knows what he's doing. his little pictorial could be very helpful :) just tell us what you got in mind and i'll try to hook you up with some ideas

[Deptacon]

yeah, and tape is very effective, it peels right off the fiberglass, doesnt stick to it...its not hard at all to do...just start doing it and you will see....

[Deptacon]

use poylester to strecth over rings etc, its really easy to use...get it at wal mart. then resin it...after that hardens, lay your cloth on top of it it, and resin that...the poylester resined by itself wont be strong enough...so you have to do a layer of glass...

[Deptacon]

here are my rear panel pods....so easy to do it would make you sick.... one is just polester streched over the ring....then on the other on glass layed over that and resined.......fill in spaces in bettwen with bondo....still need to clean these up with sanding and bondo...

[Deptacon]

opps, sctrach that, the one is just resined, not cloathed yet...here is one clothed in the car...

[matts]

that's gonna look pretty damn good when you get done. what are you going to do about the amps, crossover, etc being sunk in like that? cover it with plexiglass? if it were mine and i didn't put plexiglass over it i would have raised everything to make flush with the top. there's a focus here in town that has his subs flush mounted in the box, then for the amp racks he put a 90 degree piece of wood going straight up on the edge of the car (like where you're components are) and his amps are flush mounted there. then everything is covered in gray vinyl, it's a phat setup, just not as loud as mine :p

[matts]

here's the current setup in emily's grand am. im thinking about doing something to the amp rack. i like it and i think it looks good, but im just thinking about doing something for a change of scenary :)

[Deptacon]

yeah, there will be plexi over all of those holes, everything will be wrapped in black vinyl, and in the holes in white....

[matts]

gonna look pimp :p

like i was telling someone the other day on one of the forums, dont remember which one though. i've seen people have a amp rack like you do.....with the plexi over their amps. and they took some white paint and painted something in the middle of the plexi, then put a blue neon in with the amp. at night when you turned the neon on it looked good and showed the paint really well. they had a medical cross (ambulance sign thing) on their's cause they're an EMT. just a suggestion. saw it, thought it looked good, thought i'd pass it along :)