FibreGlass Speaker Covers

[TMP39]

ok im being little creative. im making fibreglass dooor inserts in place of the speaker grills.
and i figured you guys might like it and want to know what and how i did it so..... here we go.

ok so i first started out by making wo rings. 6.5" from end to and and hey wer 3/8 think and than i had to sand down the inside edge cause the basket of the speaker didnt fit oh well. but than i mounted them on the original speaker grill. because i had two sets one black and one red i painted a while ago.


than i covered them in fabric and put a coat of resin on them and than once the resin was dry i cut off the extra fabric on the back.



than put just one layer of fibreglass on. why jsut one cause i dont see a point in more its not a sub box so....... and i also dont want to make em too thick.



thats as far as i am for now with either side because its takes a while to dry. but i will put up the rest once there done.

i also had made a quickstyle sub box for the back of the montecarlo im driving right now.
i think it looks cool altho the subs blown but either way once i pout another in it it will sound way better haha

i jsut did it from memory and didnt make it as long as i wanted originally but oh well i like it and its not bad for a first time job.



but either way it looks nice and clean no wires anywhere cause everything is on the back. and i didnt do 2 tens cause i just used teh original ones i had from my mx3 and the one was tottally destroyed haha but tell me what you think

[TMP39]

ok so the fibreglass dryed and i had cut the extra fibreglass off the edges took some 80grit and sanded down some spots.


i after took some body filler and some resin and mixed it together about 70/30 with both hardeners and use a brush and painted it on. and than sanded it smooth. i had jsut test fitted it to see what it would look like.




than once i was happy with it i primed it and now its just waiting for paint and i think it looks awesome.

[93vtecklr]

Very Nice!

[progt91]

looking pretty good.

[marcdh]

nice one almost exactly what I did, meant to do a writeup myself, but now you're doing one I don't have to!

[s1zzl3]

i did it the exact same way but i used fleece which is a bit thicker
and brushed on layers of fiberglass resin
also i used angled speaker rings so the speakers would be angled towards the driver slightly
good work tho looks good

[Mad Cow]

So how do you mount the speakers? Do they screw into the fiberglass?

[TMP39]

So how do you mount the speakers? Do they screw into the fiberglass?

yea, im just going to make a pilot hole and than screw them in. it will be a little bit before i have them in teh car cause im still waiting for paint and my engine to come back from the machine shop. but once its all done i put up how it all turned out