My new custom kickpanel speakers

[LandonL]

Read the 2 FAQ's said what the heck, it'll probably look better than anything I can buy for 80$. So about 50$ later I made my own kickpanel speaker boxes, and for a 16 year old who's never done any fiberglassing before I think they look good lol.

Used a piece of posterboard for the first mold, then once I got it the way I wanted, I traced it onto a piece of MDF.



Then I cut my speaker mount ring. Then went and bought a dowel.


Then mounted the ring with hot glue and the angled dowel pieces I cut with the band saw.



Then wrapped it in a spare t-shirt my dad hopefully won't need anymore.



Then I glassed the shirt with some Bondo Fiberglass resin, be sure to use the CORRECT amount of hardener, otherwise you end up with a very nice fiberglass ball to play with. I used about 3-4 coats of fiberglass, using fiberglass mat in one layer. Then smoothed it out, and used bondo to round out anything.


Then we have the finished product wrapped in vinyl.

[LandonL]

Got the pictures fixed.

[b&a72]

Good job man I am going to be making me some here shortley. Looks easy enough, thanks for the pics! Did you buy the MDF and fiberglass at the hardware store? And did you just use a piece of plywood for the speaker holes?

[LandonL]

I bought the fiberglass resin at Advance auto, looking back I see walmart has it $5 cheaper, it comes with hardner, but you'll probably wanna buy a little bit more just to have some extra. I had the MDF from an earlier project, but you can get a big sheet of it for like 8$ at lowes.

[LandonL]

And yeah I did use plywood for the speaker rings.

[54Caddy]

looks good man..

[msgross]

looks good, I know some guys use Fleece for the fabric then glass it... don't know if cotton reacts different

[LandonL]

To me it seemed to work fine, sanded good etc.

[Otsa580]

Kick panels looks sweet!

[LandonL]

Thanks, I'm working on a centerpiece to house my gauges & stereo.

[mrh33916]

Those turned out great,

What is MDF?

[Bad70sbchevy]

Medium Density Fiberboard, its like particleboard on steroids.

[boostin20]

Wicked! I'm not feeling the folded vinyl, but even if it was cut there would still be a line. Guess there's no easy solution there.

[mrh33916]

Yea I know what you mean but it looks like the seam will be against the carpet once mounted,

[LandonL]

You can't even see the fold, and it looks better than a straight cut pieced together.

[mrh33916]

Let's see them mounted up,

[LandonL]

May I refer you to the last post of this thread lol
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4101778

I did take a bunch of pics for a before and after, maybe I had them mounted up in those. Give me awhile.

[LandonL]

When I took the before afters I had already stripped the inside lol, sorry.

[mrh33916]

No problem,

I plan on making a pair of those and also do something similar to that to fill in my cab corners and mount 6x9's back there since I no longer have a fuel tank in the cab.

[LandonL]

You should try using an old gas tank stuff it with something and modify it to hold your amp, 2 6x9's and a sub lol

[ol_skool_chevy]

So what if your only 16...I think its cool you work for what you want. And you made it yourself. You should be proud of not only doing a great job on your speaks , but also doing a great job of persenting in here for others to learn.....Im motived to try it..Thanks Man

[tommyd241]

Good job!

[stich626]

like it, but I hope those speakers have grills and not just what is in the picture..
they are near your feet, and no matter how you try, dirt/sand etc will find their way into those, and kill the surrounds,,
like the vinel covering, used sitting for trash pick up recliners or love seats,ect. are great cheap(read free) ways to get a big piece of that to have no seams..
nice tho..

[71red]

Very nice! Looks clean!

[oldblue1968chevy]

awesome if your 16 and did it, im 18 and oughta be able to! Im going to try it in the near future, never worked with glass..

Thanks, now Imma check your build!