glassing my s-dimes doors

[lil_italy773]

this is my first ever time fiberglassing and doing sumthing like this. ive seen ppl do glassing but never helped just watch.

so dont laugh to bad but i think i did a decent job.

i had to change it up, i was gonna do a 8" SS mid in each door and redone it for dual 6.5" comps.

used sum felt from jo anns fabrics to put over the MFD rings. sprayed it down with 3M super 90 to hold it down with.

mixed up resin to coat the felt and give it a hard shell to start to lay the fiberglass down. put 2 coats of resin and did the inside of the doors were felt was showing.

[lil_italy773]

ok here i didnt have my cam for the fiberglassing, but its there under the bondo. 3 layers thick of 5 mil woven strips i cut from a big sheet.

here i was just test fitting the comps to see if there flat all around the mid and it was a bit off on the bottom right corner. i used more bondo raise it up flat.

here i spayed black primer on it for when i sand them down the low spots would really stick out.

[lil_italy773]

this is of course after sanding it the first time. them using filler putty to fill in all the low spots. this is after 3 times of sanding and refilling in the low spots

damn this part took sum time letting the putty dry resanding over and over. started out with 60 grit and went to 100 grit, finally sanded with 220 grit for the extra fine sanding.

after sanding put the last coat of finishing primer

was gonna vinyl the panels then thought about tweed but said the hell with it cuz it came out better than i thought. so just straight up painting them will look good.

Edited February 21, 2010 by lil_italy773

[lil_italy773]

i changed up my planes from doing satin paint. instead i used rubberized under coat on the whole doors to give it a not so plain jane look. after that i used fleck stone paint with white speckle. (black granet)

i like the way it looks but i have to give it another coat cuz i want more of the white speckle in there.

[01 S-10]

I have to admit when I first saw the cut-outs in the doors I was a little worried, but the end result looks pretty damn good.

[c_stud]

doesn't look too bad good job, it looks like it needs a little filler right above where the speakers mount, looks a little jagged there nothing bondo couldn't fix

[enemyofsilence]

looks good. i want to do something similar to my doors and w soundstream 6.5s too.

[lil_italy773]

there finished and i didnt get pics of them on the doors it was getting dark. so ill get pics with them on the truck tomorrow.

them on the truck

[lil_italy773]

I have to admit when I first saw the cut-outs in the doors I was a little worried, but the end result looks pretty damn good.

yea me too. i was damn how am i gonna hide this shit.

doesn't look too bad good job, it looks like it needs a little filler right above where the speakers mount, looks a little jagged there nothing bondo couldn't fix

i did end up going back thought and trying to fill in more. but could have worked on shaping a little more but was sa damn sic of sanding lol.

looks good. i want to do something similar to my doors and w soundstream 6.5s too.

thanks man. there are pretty damn good comps not just saying cuz they sponsor me.

[Miakehl]

Looking good, homie.