Custom fiberglass speaker pods

[Knobz]

Hey guys. Decided it was time to re-do my whole stereo system in the truck. A brief rundown of what I'm gonna be running in my new setup.

-Rockford Fosagte P1 components (2 sets)
-Rockford Fosgate Power T400-4
-Sundown SA-15 in a PWK Designs box (6th order bandpass)
-Kenwood KAC-9104D
-KnuKoncepts wiring and RCA's
-Stinger hardware and distro blocks and fusing

So I got started on my newest project which is going to be a big project but its going to be a lot of fun. I'm building fiberglassed speaker pods which will be home for some new Rockford components. The speaker pods will either be smoothed and painted black or wrapped in black suede. Haven't decided yet.

I'll try to remeber to take lots of pics of the build. But here's a few from todays progress.

What I did was cut some cloth to cover the grills to give me a solid surface. I then coated the grills with resin, layed the cloth down and then poured more resin over the cloth (deff is a messy project). Tomorrow I'll be adding more layers on the inside and outside of the grills. Prolly won't put any fiberglass on the outside, only on the inside. Not sure yet.

 

[felixgun]

Looks like you're off to a good start. Keep us posted!!

 

[Knobz]

So I've made some good progress in the last cpl of days. I'm all done glassing and onto bondo to make things nice and smooth. And I decided I'm gonna wrap them in black suede leather. I did 2 layers on the outside of the grills and I did 3 layers on the inside of the grills so they should be strong. Doesn't look like much right now but it will look a lot better in the next cpl stages when I get some speakers and tweeters mocked up and start cutting some holes.

 

[Regency]

Don't usually venture from nnbs but this is going to look amazing!

 

[GWEE]

Its coming out great should be real strong, nice job.

I did these about 8-9 yrs ago

 

[1Agerry]

Very nice man!

 

[Quin Bougie]

Wowo if those in the last pic are 9 years old I'm already impressed on the new ones

 

[Knobz]

Wowo if those in the last pic are 9 years old I'm already impressed on the new ones

That last pic is of some other members car. Mine are gonna be different than those. Stay tuned.

 

[GWEE]

That last pic is of some other members car. Mine are gonna be different than those. Stay tuned.

Sorry i was just showing another FG speaker pod.

 

[Knobz]

Sorry i was just showing another FG speaker pod.

No worries dude. On your glassed speaker grills you did like I'm doing, did you use 5.25" speakers or 6.5" speakers?