Well, this is my first attempt at fiberglassing, so let me know what you think so far.
I mounted rings for my 6.5" speaker and tweeter in each door, covered them in cloth and applied a layer of resin.
The only problem that I have so far is that I part of the cloth above the speaker hits the lower part of my dash
I'm not sure if i should
1. Cut the piece of cloth out of the doorpanel that is hitting and put in a new piece of cloth and shape it so that it won't hit or
2. Remove the lower part of the dash, and reshape the piece so that it will fit with the door the way it is.
Any comments/ctitiques/suggestions are appreciated. Hopefully I'll figure out what I'm gonna do and get some time this weekend to start applying mat. Then I can post up some more pics.
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ImPhat0260/Cavattack2000 wrote:Measure twice, cut once
ha, could've told me that a few days ago. I basically got too excited to begin applyin the resin, and forgot to testfit the panels on the doors with the cloth.Well, live and learn.
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i was gonna say but then you posted it. my doors hit and my speakers were way smaller. i just cut a little nitch out and it actully looks really good
mabye you could try that
I would rework the door panel rather than the dash if I was you. Looks good though,
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cut the door panel where it touches, and re-shape that...that will save you more time than re-shaping the dash board.
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ill post pictures of mine once image shck is back up but i have 6.75" goin in my doors. i made sure that i had clearence for the dash on both sides. plus i also had to contend with window cranks. that wasnt a fun task but i got it now ill post pictures in a bit
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Thanks for all the responses. I had a feelin everyone would suggest cutting the panels and fixing them... but I just love how they look that I didn't want to. But it will be a lot easier that way.
And total, I have the cranks too, but decided that I would go power windows once I got the panels done. I'll hopefully have more pics this weekend.
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Little update. Well, I was daring. I liked how the door panels looked and didn't want to touch them, so I chopped out part of the lower dash and am going to reshape that later. For now, I'm working on laying a few layers of mat down.
And another question. Once I resined the panel, it warped when it dried. So i took some brakets and attached them to the inside of the door and the door panel.
So my question is, can I fiberglass right over these brackets so they are one with the door panel? It will not be moving much once it is on the door. I just want to double check with someone to make sure it won't crack or anything. Thanks.
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fiberglass shrinks when it dries, the cheaper the fiberglass the more it will shrink, this is why i say to use a good brand of fiberglass, and why i suggest doing some things in the car to dry. you can do it, but if your making a show car i'd say grab some new panels and start over, its just not going to look great with those all visable.
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dude that sucks. unless you can somehow peel all of that glass off (good luck). that is going to look like ass whenever your door is open.
looking good keep us posted
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sndsgood wrote:fiberglass shrinks when it dries, the cheaper the fiberglass the more it will shrink, this is why i say to use a good brand of fiberglass, and why i suggest doing some things in the car to dry. you can do it, but if your making a show car i'd say grab some new panels and start over, its just not going to look great with those all visable.
i have to agree with sndsgood you need to start over on the doors
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Thanks for the comments guys. I'd like it to be a showcar someday... but it probably won't be for a few years. Anyways, this is my first fiberglass project, so I'm gonna just finish them up. I'm sure I'll run into more dillemas before I'm done, and I can definatly use the experience. They really aren't that noticable in the car, and I'm gonna paint them black so hopefully they will blend in. I'll hopefully have some more progress in a few days.
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looking good man, keep it up!!
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Well, been very busy, but here are some updates.
Panel with a few layers of glass
Door panel sanded after being glassed
Speaker & tweeter hole cutout
Testfit
Body filler applied
Some sanding of the filler
Half of the other panel after filler and sanding
Just finished with classes friday and am moving to my new apartment Thursday, so hopefully I can get a lot more done on these this week before I move. Thanks for checking out my progress. Hopefully have some finished or near-finished pics soon.
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looks like its gonna weigh more than the car! lol
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-dougall- wrote:looks like its gonna weigh more than the car! lol
hehe, yea they are kinda heavy, but I don't really care.
PS. I have written up a tutorial full of detailed pictures/descriptions of this project. For anyone who would like to view it, it is in the interior forum, located here.
HOW TO - Fiberglass Your Door Panels (Lots of pics)
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Yea..........I wish I could do that!
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nice.
Alot of work went into those that's for sure.
keep those pics coming
