ICE ICE POLO (ROBolop Design)

[robola 46]

Exiting day today.

I mounted the box into the trunk. I used every inch possible in there, but I had a good feeling when I let the thing go up and down.

I had to do a minor adjustment with the hammer. The box didn’t go (only for a couple of mm) by the eyes on the back of the trunk

STOP- Hammertime! lol

You can see how close it all is.

I also changed something on the hinge and now I need to finish it off.

When the trunk is up to gain access to the spare wheel, I need to flatten out the back seat

I think the spare wheel is easy accessible, no?

[conceptM]

Wooow, very nice work!

The glass gives a very clean look, I love the green reflection. Very good choice, the laminated glass, but I hope you won't need to replace it.

If this is what you call a normal daily install... well, then I guess I need to get out more.

Great work

[Audio-Concepts]

Seriously.....another masterpiece! great work bro!

[Smoove]

Thats really cool. And functional

[Mtnbikecrazy55]

Loved the look of the solId copper tubing for the speaker connections in your Beemer, but this looks sweet too!!

[WadeTustian]

sooo clean!

[robola 46]

I managed to lift the box in the trunk, without using much force.

It lifts easy with only using a couple of fingers.

You can see how easy I managed to solve this.

I welded 2 springs together. I had to do this cause 1 long one, wasn't strong enough.

I also used a steel cable of 3mm.

To tighten these, I used some ordinary luster-clamps.

You can also see I mounted the springs on top of each other, otherwise there was no room.

You can see on the length of the cable, I can still add more tension on it.

That I will do once it's all mounted, then I can do the fine tuning of it.

Here you can see how tight it all is next to the box, and what I mean with putting the springs on each other.

The springs and the hinge, there's also some fine-tuning necessary. I have to sanded down, and spray it.

Around the springs I'm going to pull a tyre of a kidsbicycle, so that it can't vibrate.

The box is placed on 4 rubbers, also for the vibration. But I also had to make something to tighten the box on once it's closed.

I had to do this in a simple way, so that my wife didn't need to go throught a procedure of 10 things before getting to the spare wheel.

I've managed to solve this with only 1 inbus-screw

The shackle I made, is screwed in the trunk. You can also see a rubber cap on it.

Underneath I tapped some screwthread.

Then I made a little aluminium plate, and screwed it to the box.

So when the box is closed, the plate comes directly on the shackle.

I tuned this with another inbus-screw (M10).

And so you can screw it loose or tight with only 1 screw.

Sometimes I wonder what the hell I'm doing with the bimmer.

When I was working on this thing, I ask myself why I'm not doing things more simple. No head-aches, and in a much faster pace.

[robola 46]

Wooow, very nice work!

The glass gives a very clean look, I love the green reflection. Very good choice, the laminated glass, but I hope you won't need to replace it.

If this is what you call a normal daily install... well, then I guess I need to get out more.

Great work

Personnally I don't like the green glance of the glass.

I doubted to use plexiglass instead, it's more clear.

But when you just even look at the plexiglass, you've got scratches.

Offcourse I hope to never have to change the glass cause it's broken, but still, it gives a good feeling knowing that if it DOES happen, it's only a minor job to fix.

Indeed, it's a daily car, and the wifey will drive it more than 80% of the time

[robola 46]

I'm following this one from the beginning so I don't have to read so many pages.

Lookin' sweet so far.

SIGH, so beautiful!!

Seriously.....another masterpiece! great work bro!

Thats really cool. And functional

sooo clean!

your work is definitely outstanding man

Wow, keep it coming! Even the simplest of things you make outstanding! Amazing!

Beefy lookin router

Looking pretty sharp so far.

Thanks dude's, I try to do it all as good as possible, and sometimes it is!

[robola 46]

I started making the panels for the sides. A work that shouldn’t be underestimated.

When I used to go and check out the cars in competitions, this was the first thing I looked at.

And yes, I checked out MANY installs, and I’ve seen many, many side panels that don’t fit at all.

There are many people that put so much effort in creating a nice box for the woofers, the placing of their amplifiers, … But when it comes to the side panels…they forget.

On the other hand, in some cars it’s just not that easy to make side panels for, and the Polo was one of them in my opinion

After thinking for a while, I knew what I wanted, and then I made this.

First I cut out a model out of cardboard and tape, and made this mold out of wood (6mm).

Because I didn’t want to have a fat big side to look on, I added aluminium of 2mm thick?

Glued it on with Tec7 and put on some screws on the back

So this will be the side panels I’ll put into the trunk. And because I wanted them to be as thin as possible, so I made it with wood of 6mm thick.

The sides are made of 2mm aluminium.

I first cut out a mold in cardboard, and sew it out.

Once you have one, turn it around, and you’ve got number 2.

Because I want to make use for every inch in the trunk, I made holes L and R, so you can put something in there.

By doing this, I also break a rather rag surface that doesn’t look good.

The model of the holes won’t be equal L and R, that’s because I can’t go bigger on the right, cause the supply of the gas-tank is there.

I also made a thickening of 1cm around the hole, as you can see clearly on this piece.

What you have to look out for is when you work with wood and aluminium, is that your filler you use is appropriate for these 2 materials.

Because I also wanted a nice rounding at the bottom, I screwed and aluminium L on there, and finished it off.

Creating a rounding is pretty simple.

Here I used a spraycan of deodorant, where I put my sanding paper on. But there are several things you can use as sanding blocks.

Then I taped the sides of the plastic where the come against.

Then I put some filled on the back of the panels , and mounted them.

Once it’s dry, you can take it out carefully, and it looks like this.

After some sanding work, it looks like this

It looks quite simple, but it isn’t. I’ve made this a couple of times now, but in the beginning it didn’t go that well.

I wasted a lot on these things to make them look good.

Because the glass plate (EQ) must go open smoothly, I screwed another alu plate on there. So I don’t have to walk around with a sucker.

Here a picture with the sides in it.

What I personally love is that the separation between the sub-box and the amplifier is made out of glass. It gives the impression it’s one piece, but it has 2 compartiments.

OOOOooo yeah, the PPI Deq 230 EQ just got a bit smaller.

Cause I haven’t got that much space, I put the disc in that thing.

Robolop Design hé, lol