Wood's -2011 Altima- AKA "Red Ruby" : New Build (pg.150) #SpringBling

[Wood]

Nice progress! Can't wait for more after the weekend.

Thanks bro! I can't wait either! I'll actually have time to do a lot of work instead of starting and stopping! Hopefully I can get the mold, the pods formed and a couple stages of bondo and sanding

[Wood]

i dont use a roller just a chip brush. if you wet the area you are wrking on and then lay pieves of mat then dab at it with the brush you can see the bubbles. I dont like the roller because it can lift the piece you are working with as you rol off it.

This is exactly what my problem was.. the roller definitely made it more messy by lifting up random pieces of the mat... I'll DEFINITELY cut pieces to size and just dab the resin on.. i notice that was the cleanest method when I did my first layer.. thanks N8 for the tip!

[Larrykidluv]

i dont use a roller just a chip brush. if you wet the area you are wrking on and then lay pieves of mat then dab at it with the brush you can see the bubbles. I dont like the roller because it can lift the piece you are working with as you rol off it.

This is exactly what my problem was.. the roller definitely made it more messy by lifting up random pieces of the mat... I'll DEFINITELY cut pieces to size and just dab the resin on.. i notice that was the cleanest method when I did my first layer.. thanks N8 for the tip!

The best way to do it , is wet the part with resin first, lay your chop mat dabbing it with a 2"-4" brush, and then roll it out. BTW, make sure that your roller move freely and don't have resin on it or it will pull the material out.

[n8ball2013]

most f the time ill use small strips. like 1x2 or 1x3 and layer up. with sun flash you can work in smaller increments. stuff is so sweet

[Wood]

most f the time ill use small strips. like 1x2 or 1x3 and layer up. with sun flash you can work in smaller increments. stuff is so sweet

Got some updates coming up... things are looking MUCH better... Thanks for the tips

And you too @Larry

[Wood]

Alright so some good and improved progress has been made! I wasn't able to get done as much as I wanted because it ended up raining Saturday and Sunday it was super cloudy :/ I got both molds done and cut and one mold have the speaker rings mounted... I made a minor mistake and made cuts with tape on the door panel and cut shy to where I needed... Where this happened it is easily fixable so I'll show pics of that also!! ( I like showing my mistakes because it can help others prevent them!!)

Here's how the mold came out this time

The convienance (and in convienance) of UV Resin!!

Pilot drilled my mounts

Made cuts Looks WAY better then the last mold!!!

[Wood]

Didn't get a test fit picture with it on the door because I stay in apartments and even though they are nice, you never know whose watching, so It was quick LOL... They do fit fine, but I was also able to adjust the height of the ring to be about a 1/4" shorter and still have enough airspace for the speakers according to factory recomeendation.. One thing I found funny was the fact that I have to open my door in order to use my glove compartment! LOLOL.. anything bigger then factory it wouldn't work anyways so I'm not tripping... Also I don't even keep papaers in my car besides insurance and registration and I have a center console for that so In all actually, the glove compartment situation isn't any where near a big deal!! Just something I wanted to share with you guys... Here's the picture with the speaker rings mounted!!!

[Wood]

Alright So here is the good part.... The fitment!!!

This is also where I made my mistakes which is easilt fixable but something I want others who are looking into doing this to learn from my mistakes because I find that a lot of tutorials don't show problems you can incounter... Just trying to help where I can!!

If you look at this door, all sides are perfect except the top right corner where the edges meet... I cut it shy of the line because I made my cuts with the tape on the door, so I didn't get a good view at that cut.. it was more of a guesstimate.. I'll just lay some tape and foil in that area and lay down 2 layers like I did everything else, then I'll put an extra piece to intersect the new pieces and the mold so when it cures, it'll cure as one piece.. then I'll mke my new cuts

This door was cut a little closer to what I envisioned when planning.. I'll probably fix it too since the other side will more flush once it's repaired...

[Wood]

^^ Moral of the story, Take the tape, plastic, foil, or whatever off your doors first, then draw the lines for your cuts so they can be more accurate, and then cut!

[Tecomah]

Great job man