Just Another one of my jobs! Civic Kick Panels!

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  • November 26, 2009 at 8:58 am #17246

    A little taste of what I do!

    Here is a set of midranges with tweeters pods into a 8th gen Civic Coupe. Enjoy!

    I started with the midranges. Although the rings will cover this area, I still wanted it all one color just because!
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    Speaker rings fitted to perfection!
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    Here I was mounting the ring in the best position according to space. the driver’s side kick panel is very tight. There is a small area to work within the panel, so the positioning had to be precise. Owner wanted speakers facing dome light.
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    Here is the tweeter pod. I had to make a custom set to fit the tweeters. I only had one tweeter cup to work with, so I decided to just make my own. I use PVC for this and cut it bigger to size. A few passes with the filler and I got it perfect. I am good with tedious items as this is. The tweeter will get wrapped in two layers of electrical tape for a slight pressure fit, then 2 dabs of hot glue from the back will secure it.
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    Speaker and Tweeter Pod Placement
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    Fleece stretched here. Not the prettiest, but I could not stretch to the edges because the dead pedal sits against the fit panel, so far side of the panel needs to remain intact. I obviously cannot wrap to the oppose side because of the hood release. Getting the perfect wrapping job does not bother me as I know it is easy to fix up.
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    Some B440 Polyester Resin
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    Here is where I sanded down the fleece and feathered in the edges with duraglass so that I could lay down the glass. I prefer to lay down the glass on the formed structure for more support. As you can see the rough edges that were CA glued with the fleece, easily turn into a nice smooth transaction in this step,
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    So here is where I put down some special epoxy around the brittle edges. Since I do not want to get the fiberglass to close to my perfect edges within my tweeter pod, I use the epoxy as a structural bond between the PVC and fleece, then I can glass over that, but not so close to the edge.
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    Some 1.5 oz mat
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    That’s all for now, it is all a process from here, since the hard part is done. I am going to do the passenger side now and bring that up to the same stage as this one.

    Anonymous
    November 26, 2009 at 4:40 pm #17247

    Thats really neat, how much would you charge a guy to do something like that? looks like you know what your doing, nice work!

    November 26, 2009 at 5:13 pm #17249

    Nice looking work! Looks very tedious.

    November 26, 2009 at 10:05 pm #17261

    [b]jimmo wrote:[/b]
    [quote]Thats really neat, how much would you charge a guy to do something like that? looks like you know what your doing, nice work![/quote]

    Thanks Jimmo!

    I am charging $275

    [b]ryanbrown999 wrote:[/b]
    [quote]Nice looking work! Looks very tedious.[/quote]

    Yes, it is very tedious, but I love fine detail.

    November 26, 2009 at 10:23 pm #17262

    Ive seen your stuff in prior threads and it is very nice, your moulding skills are worth alot more $. Jeez the cheesy stuff thats supposed to be made for certain makes in crutchfield is outrageous priced and not near your calibur.

    November 27, 2009 at 1:42 am #17269

    Those kick panels are shaping up nicely.

    $275 is dirt cheap.

    That’s the kind of stuff I did for a living back in the early to mid 90’s and even then we were getting over $300 for a set of glassed kicks like these in my truck that are beat all to hell now.

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    On the other hand you couldn’t give any of that stuff away around here these days. Car audio is dead in these parts. Only one shop left within a 50 miles radius and he is struggling.

    November 27, 2009 at 1:50 am #17270

    a little duraglass, still alot of smoothing to do, but it is quickly taking shape.

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    November 27, 2009 at 3:35 am #17277

    [b]pnlbtr4life wrote:[/b]
    [quote]Ive seen your stuff in prior threads and it is very nice, your moulding skills are worth alot more $. Jeez the cheesy stuff thats supposed to be made for certain makes in crutchfield is outrageous priced and not near your calibur.[/quote]

    Thanks, I appreciate your kind words. This is the type of work I love to do, which is basically building something up from nothing. I agree I should charge more but it is the difference between doing the job and not.

    [b]bloverby wrote:[/b]
    [quote]Those kick panels are shaping up nicely.

    $275 is dirt cheap.

    That’s the kind of stuff I did for a living back in the early to mid 90’s and even then we were getting over $300 for a set of glassed kicks like these in my truck that are beat all to hell now.

    On the other hand you couldn’t give any of that stuff away around here these days. Car audio is dead in these parts. Only one shop left within a 50 miles radius and he is struggling.[/quote]

    Yea, it is hard for audio shops since that is their job, for me I work on it on the side, so when it comes, it is nice. I personally cannot do this type of work consistently (day in and day out). For now and for my future, I will always do this on the side as it is my passion.

    November 27, 2009 at 3:41 am #17278

    I put down some Rage Extreme where it needed it. It is now time for primer. I am going to use some slicksand on this panel to fill in all the defects. I have to pick some up though.

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    November 29, 2009 at 5:21 am #17323

    I primered the pod with slicksand, which is a very thick primer. I got it to run in many areas to build up the thickness. Once that was all sanded down I hit it up with some rattle can hi build primer. From here I will tweak out the little defects still around with spot putty. Not much longer now!

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    November 29, 2009 at 5:26 am #17324

    looks nice 😉 geez thats alota work ya got into that my hats off ta ya

    November 29, 2009 at 1:04 pm #17330

    Nice work mate. I’ve done a lot of this kind of stuff myself so know how much work is involved.

    Are you finishing them with textured paint or wrapping them in vinyl?

    November 29, 2009 at 11:58 pm #17337

    Bondo, it is no easy task, so I appreciate what your saying. As you know, it takes alot of filling and sanding to get fiberglass smooth, especially ibn those tight spots =)

    Andy, it will be painted with SEM Texture and Color coat, no covered

    November 30, 2009 at 12:00 am #17338

    Update

    Still Progressing through getting the surface defect free. I worked on the hood release opening. That area is tight for sanding but with have sanding in tight spots for a major of my fiberglassing life, it is no biggie. Some other areas were smoothed out as well. It is about 92% there with primer and almost ready for paint. Just some filling here and there, sand down and reprime and should be good to go!

    Then I have to make the other one!

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    November 30, 2009 at 12:33 am #17339

    What are you doing for a grill on the 4″ ?

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