Fiberglass Part 2 /Speaker pods

Since I have had so many questions after doing the first fiberglassing bulletin I will add a part2 that everyone on here car do. Speaker pods....



I started by cutting out wood rings for the speaker mounts. I used the inside and outside of the grill covers as my template but most new speakers have a template right on the box they come in. Drill a hole and jigsaw out the inside opening first then the outside edge. If you have a router and know how to use it that will save a lot of work.



I then used pipe strapping to attach the rings together and attach them to the center console. I was lucky enough to have my grey console that I replaced sitting in the garage to use. If you work outside of the car it will save a ton of time masking things off.



Wrap it in polar fleece the same as the first bulletin I did and soak it with fiberglass resin. When hard cut out the speaker holes and can take a grinding wheel and sand the edges until it breaks free from whatever you attacked it too weather it's the center console ,door panel,piller pod,etc.



You can then sand your ass off and add body filler to smooth everything out a lil more then sand again getting to a finer and finer grit each time and primer. Wet sand when dried well.



Your then ready for paint,vinyl,leather, carpet,etc. I painted mine the same victory red as the rest of the stuff I made. If painting make sure to give it plenty of dry time and then clearcoat the hell out of it.



To make it pop even more I painted the speaker grills silver along with the mounting bolts.

I added a boost/vacuum gauge in my pillar pod so put the air /fuel gauge in the dash. I added a set of dome tweets on each door sail panel behind the mirror area.






I love it and is bad ass looking at night or day. The car is full of entertainment value and ready for a road trip to Wilmar for the car show on the 17th.
In closing if your going to bond your project to your door panels or right to the plastic parts body filler doesn't work. You need a rigid parts group product that is a liquid plastic that gets mixed just like body filler but bonds to the plastic. Hope this helps answer some of the questions people had for me and happy glassin!