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

[Wicks]

[scooter99]

Ok here we go! I see Jamie already has his popcorn ready! So let's get to it!

Went to Home Depot yesterday (5/23/13) to get some more body filler. I would love to buy some Rage or Rage Gold but money just isn't there for that right now. I'm using so much I'm afraid to spend that much on it and use it all up at once. Anyway, my toy store!

Picked up some filler primer, 3 cans of it.

and also picked up some filler and some fiberglass mat. They have been out the last 4 times i was there, and this time they had 3 bags of it and no stock left, so I grabbed them.

So I had every intention to continue working on the amp rack today. That's why I bought all that stuff last night. But knowing I had today off, and I've been playing with an idea on a sub enclosure, I decided that I would get to work on it. I can sand and fill during the weeknights. I have very limited time to work on an enclosure during the weeknights. By the time i get rolled out, and wood up and ready to cut on, I may only get an hour or so to work. So I decided to take advantage.

That was my change of direction. Let's get to it!

So I'm not sure how many people have followed all my builds, but the last build I had started, I made this for a component rack. I was going to house all my components, relays, wiring, etc on this. From the front side, you'll see later, it folds down and is accessible. Not going to work for this, so it's out!

HOWEVER, in order to take that out, I have to take the seat out. I have kids! The back seat is a freaking mess! Time to get it cleaned up!

That's much better!

Every worker has to have a supervisor!

Ok seat out! Rack exposed! You can see where it folds out now.

Remember my broken rear window. Well I guess there's still some left over! GRRRRR! Nice clean up job jackass!

More glass!!!

And it's out!

Here it is ready for the junk pile

opened up!

Oh I salvaged the hing off it, I have plans for that on this build, but there it is in the junk pile.

[Trey_Dog650]

[scooter99]

Here we go! SHIT'S BOUT TO GET REAL!!!

Base board in. All the walls are going to be doubled up. Each wall, floor, baffle, top, whatever will have 2 pieces of 3/4" birch on it. My hope is to keep the weight as minimal as possible. But lets face it, not an easy task!

View from the cabin

Now to make the baffle I got out my trusty card board!

Trimmed and in place

taped it up cause it wouldn't stay in place

Tools of the trade! 3M tape and an angle finder

Measured up the angle

Supervisor sleeping on the job

I'll actually leave you with that cuteness cause I have to go take my kids to gymnastics! Super dad to the rescue! I'll get the rest posted when I get home I promise! That should hold you over till I get back though! More to come later!

[Wicks]

[scooter99]

Ill post more when I get home. I'm on mobile now and I don't think I can do it very easily on mobile.

[scooter99]

Ok I tried but I can't copy pics from fb on mobile. Sorry.

[Kyblack76]

Good god.....

Love your work...

On your way bro... on your way...

(Jaime, that made me cough up half my beer..LOL)

[scooter99]

Ok I'm back now. Let's get some more pics up!!

Time for the baffle. Got it cut and also got the corners transferred on and ready to cut.

and the co supervisor sleeping on the job

Yes, like that!!

Other side

Baffle in place. Looks good! I like the fits. Little trimming in places but no problem.

Right side view

Left side view. that cable is gonna have to get re routed. Not sure how I'm going to do that just yet. I'll have to figure it out soon though.

Shift change

top piece on.

Counter sink pre-drilled and screwed. No glue yet. All dry fitting now.

[scooter99]

Time to put the bottom piece on.

Now we're getting somewhere!!

Just a piece to hold the actual shape. The top wants to sag a bit cause there's no support. Needs sides now!

View from the cabin.

The boss back from lunch! He's snoring folks! Should've gotten a video! Damn!

So the corners were a little tight, forgot to get a pic, so I had to take them down a bit. These corners are going to be a pain to get done I think. But I have an idea or two for them.

Other side.

This is what I used to take down the corners. Did I mention that I love this thing yet?

Here she is in place. Didn't put the brace back in, but it it needs it until I get the sides squared away. So this is layer one of two. The second layer will go in approx 2" back from the first layer. There's a very good reason for this! You'll see as things progress!

Right side. Good fit

Left side. Good fit! That's it for today.

So there it is. That's what I got done today. So the upper corners are going to be a pain to deal with. But I have an idea or two in order to take care of that. But I think I may wait until layer #2 is on to do it.

May not be much more done this weekend, but I'll see if I can fit anything in.

Thanks for checking it out!