I am more than likely to pay for a 2 of these once your done. Please keeping posting and the great work. This is what I call dedication.

 

thats forsure!

i wish i had the time and skilll to do this to my xb2

 

looking good so far...

 

This dude is puttin in worrrrkkkk.......lookin at the pics, I don't envy that process at all. But here's to takin one for the team.....Now hurry up so everybody can buy them from you.

 

Good news.

First one is done. It sounds so much better than the MDF box I had before. I was really surprised what a difference it made.


A few more production photos:

Mounted the ring of MDF using wooden dowels and "professional" strength hot glue. I made the MDF ring recessed so my sub would sit flush in the box.



I should have taken more pictures, but after working for two or so hours after I get home I'm usually pretty tired. After mounting the ring, stretch some fleece over the ring and glue it to the fiberglass back, then brush on resin and let it dry. After it's hard, layer fiberglass mat inside the box on the fleece (front) to reinforce. Once the entire box is assembled, apply plenty of body filler and then sand sand sand to get a smooth surface. Clean dust off with denatured alcohol and a tack cloth when ready to prime. I used a filler primer to make sure I had no holes or low spots in the box. After primer is applied, you guessed it, sand more. I can't stress enough how important prep work is throughout this entire project.



Sanding inside the ring, removing excess fiberglass, pre-drilling holes and more have to be done before uphosltering/painting.

Here's what we've all been waiting for :

 

so how much for 2 twelve inch ones

 

I'm not sure yet, and I'm not ready to take orders just yet either. I need to make one for the passenger side so I can sell them in pairs.

 

You used an awful lot of material. How much do they weigh?

 

I used less material than I estimated, I'll weight it tomorrow and let you know.
Off hand I'd say like 9-14 pounds

 

Looks nice, must bump now. Are you gonna put two or keep one in your car?

 

two, one in each cubby hole

 

Nice! Keep up the good work man

 

very nice

 

I know, just pushin cause i'm excited to get my trunk back

 

This looks amazing. Seriously it looks great man good job. I'll probably pm you soon and bother the hell out of you about this.

 

Thanks for the positive responses. I was going to start on the mold for the other side and try to get my other one done by this weekend so I could try and make the first pair to send out by the end of next week, but on my way to class my transmission wouldn't shift into 2nd, 4th or 6th gears so I had to drop my car off at the dealership. Cant make a mold without the car, so everything's on hold until I get it back.

 

Ouch! That really blows. I wonder how many problems we're gonna have with this car once the warranty goes out, because this car seems problematic already haha

 

wow thats sick.... and funny thing i got the same sub ... just curious tho how durable is fiberglass sub enclosure compared to typical mdf application and is this fully sealed box?

 

The strength of fiberglass depends on its geometry. The more curves a fiberglass structure has the stronger it is. This box is much stronger than a cubical box made from MDF. Yeah, it's a sealed box, not ported.

A flat sheet of fiberglass, unless ridiculously thick, will be weaker than a flat sheet of MDF. When fiberglass takes on rounded or curved shapes it becomes exponentially stronger, think about the hulls of boats, they are curved, very strong and completely fiberglass.

 

after running this setup on your car is there any noticeable vibration around that area anything we would need to reinforce with some type of material?