Loud & Low 8th Gen Civic - Time to say good bye to her.

[scooter99]

On the back side of the doors, there are spots where you can drill them out and the top and bottom halves will separate. I decided to do this so I didn't have to deal with possibly getting anything on the top piece.

Old alarm led wire.

Now that I have those out, let's get cutting.

set the panels on there, to draw out where I needed to cut.

And then put my air saw to work!

CA Glued the panels in, which was a bit of a pain, because the CA glue just didn't hold. Kept coming off the panels

Now I'm ready for some fleece.

ORANGE FTMFW!!

[azscott]

Man I've been following this build for a long time now, and I have to say you do some clean work! Can't wait to see it all finished up!

[scooter99]

Next time I decide to do something like this, I need to invest in an air staple gun. Doing this by hand SUCKED HAIRY DONKEY BALLS!! I have blisters today from it.

BUT I got the driver side done.

After looking at this for a moment I decided that the spot right above the mids would be perfect for the tweets to go. I was going to put them in the A-pillars originally, but I didn't like how they were going to fit up there and how far out they were going to stick. So I decided this was good.

Made a template.

And put it to some 1/2" ply .

Routered out the edges again for the fleece to staple to.

Now the driver side is really done.

And passenger side too.

Next it was time for some resin, and some black pigment. Never used US Composites before, and never used pigment before. So I had some issues.

[scooter99]

Got the doors resined up, but I didn't use enough MEKP. It was cold, but I knew I didn't use enough. Why didn't I add more? I don't know.

So, after that, I decided to do a little other work too. So that being said,

Let's get some buss bars hooked up.

Got my stock here. Gonna get it cut up into the sizes I need.

Started taping the tops so I could make my drill points and measurements.

Ready to start drilling.

Started drilling the mounting holes for the battery posts.

Get them mounted.

[kryptonite]

imma send you my doors to build for me, lookin clean!

[scooter99]

Then I decided to check out the voltage while they were all hooked up. 12.64v is not a bad resting voltage no?

So next I got all the cable mounts drilled out.

Remounted them, and then threw the charger on it.

Second set drilled out.

Then it was time to tap them. There was 64 holes to tap, I counted. I did 3 by hand and said EFF THAT CRAP!! SO I got on Youtube and found a video that showed doing it with a drill. That'll be tomorrow.

So today, after sitting all night, I came out and the resin still wasn't hard. SO I decided to get the fiberglass chop out, and mix a hotter batch and fiberglass over the fleece and kill two birds with one stone.

And it worked. Used some workshop lights, and a space heater, and it hardened up nicely. Next step will be to get it sanded a bit to knock down some high stuff, and then get the filler on it.

[scooter99]

Now that those are setting up, I'm back to the buss bars and battery racks.

Used some 3 in One oil for lube.

1/4-20 tap in the drill.

Set the speed on low. I had put the clutch on 3, but that didn't work out. It ended up being way to low.

And then went to work. It took me 20 minutes to do all 4 bars. It took me 20 minutes per hole by hand the night before. I'll post a video on this later.

Then I fired up the grinder and the wire wheel and brushed them up a bit. Brushed on the right, non on the left.

Then I got to making some hold downs for the front. These will hold the batteries from sliding out. And also some brackets to attach to the car up on the top behind the hold downs.

Brackets for the bottom.

[scooter99]

Drilled out a couple holes for the brackets and some threaded inserts.

Only one fit. The other one was a couple layers of metal and was too thick for the insert. But even with one it's pretty solid.

Screwed the rack in place up top.

Then on the bottom.

Then I added the spacer in the back to hold up the rear of the bottom battery.

Added a couple of inserts for the bottom hold down.

And did the same for the driver side. Now it's time to put the batteries in and buss bars on.

Driver side batteries in and hold downs on.

And buss bars on.

[scooter99]

Passenger side done.

Overall passenger side view.

Overall driver side view. Next up is the cabling.

So that was my weekend. Very productive. Lots more to do though. More to come this week.

[goodvibez]

Looks friggin sick man! Got some shiz DONE! Great work!