Custom Fiberglass Sub Enclosure

[mike2002]

looks freakin awesome....you'll definatly have some buyers for those when you sell the alero or crash it like everyone else lately (KNOCK ON WOOD!)

[stealthlero]

Originally posted by wrightie@Feb 13 2005, 10:39 PM
Total Used

1 1/2 Gallons of Fiberglass resin 120 Dollars(CAN)
Cheap Brushes about 20 from dollar store- 5.00 dollars
Fiberglass Matte 4 Packs about1 1/2 meter by 1 1/2 meter 28 Dollars
1 roll 2 inch tape 4 dollars
1 package of tinfoil 3 dollars
1 square meter of MDF 6 dollars
Fabric from fabric store for 17 dollars


Total 183.00 altogether, took about 2 weeks 2-3 hrs a day.
One F**k of alot of patience.

Later
and thanks for the good feed back
Wrightie

Havin 2 kickass sub boxes that nobody else (on this forum that we've seen) has!! PRICELESS!!

excellent job wrightie!

q logic can sell stuff cheaper cuz they mass produce it. they make hundreds of them in a day. and trust me, q would not sell 2 sub boxes like that for 200-300.
maybe 450 or so. hell their kicks are 140.

now for the question. how much of a demand is there? i would make a mold large enough to cover about a third of the trunk. and you finish. that should be enough air for 2 12s. that means i would go from the wall to the spare tire cover. 8oz of f/g. that is thick. hell fishman only uses 6. that way you can trim it down to size. let me know.

Hey I have a question I know this is an old topic but how do you measure for the correct amount of volume each sub is needed in a fiberglass enclosure?

A couple of different ways, The less messy one is to take your shell and cover it (t-shirt/fleece/w.e) and then fill the box with packing peanuts. measure the volume that they take up in another cnotainer and volla. You have your air space. Some of the other messy methods involve math (cring) or using water and garbage bags (shakes head). Good luck

another container? like a box?

[BLK03GXS]

Well i would use something that was a calculated mesure... like a 1L popbottle... or a one cubic foot cardboard box... for example..

Originally posted by teebo7@Apr 26 2005, 03:59 PM
another container? like a box?

Quoted post

Another box can be used because you know the dimensions of it.

[wrightie]

Anyone who wants a set of these made can shoot me a Pm. It will take about 7 to 10 days to make but if there is any interest out there I am lookin to make alittle money on the side.


Wrightie

I have also thought about this (will take pics when I am sone the first one) but my time would be expensive.

wrightie just wonderin how you measured for volume? I'm in the process of attempting this myself in a different form. just wondered how you measured. Thanks

if you were to go from side to side, like '04 aler-ho was talking about, except make it a lot like wrightie's old box was.. (i dont care about trunk space) what would be the best method of doing that?

sorry for the vague question, but i've never done fiberglassing either..

those look awesome man......i might have to try to get some from you

Originally posted by teebo7@Apr 28 2005, 02:25 PM
wrightie just wonderin how you measured for volume? I'm in the process of attempting this myself in a different form. just wondered how you measured. Thanks

Quoted post

^^^ Look up just above your post.

Make a shell, cover your shell, fill shell with packing foam, put packing foam into a regular sized box and measure.

Option two is to draw a scale version in 3D and then using complex mathmatical formulas you can get the air space as well. But man math is hard.,.

[wrightie]

well here is the new addition. I think it looks pertty sweet.

[johny_boy32]

pretty sweet indeed. It would look a hundred times better if it wasnt for all the wires everywhere.

[wrightie]

the wires actually are all gonna be hidden I was just excited at actually being done and got a quick snap shot of it.

[King Asoka]

wow man, very nice. Is that a third sub? if so what type? and what model JL's are you running?

[turtles_ride]

those look killer, did you measure the volume on them this time???

[wrightie]

The subs on the sides are W3's and the bad boy in the middle is an earthquake subzero. 750 RMS. Its a sicko. As far as measuring the volume I just made sure I was in the range for the recomended sealed enclosure, So ya sorta.

Wrightie