Just Another one of my jobs! Civic Kick Panels!
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Since we went with a reccessed speaker, we are leaving that for pertection, that is, the speaker being behind the panel.
We opted for no speaker, at least for now, we can always make and pop one in.
So I got some work done today. On the first pod, I am just filling in small sanding scratches, which takes about 4-6 phases of filling,sanding and primering. Once, I get to this stage in the project, I am happy anyways!
I was able to get some work on the 2nd kick panel. I copied and cut out the exact shape as cut on the opposite kick. I will use this as reference to match up the tweeter and speaker identically to the original kick.
Just a few pics.
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[IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/2nd%20album/IMG_6053.jpg[/IMG]Hey Guys!
Sorry for the delay in updates. With the holidays and a few days I needed to dedicate to school, I had to delay work a bit. Anyway’s, I got started on the opposite kick panel. With this kickpanel, I am able to stretch the fleece to the opposite end of the panel itself. With the driver’s side, I had to allow for the dead pedal to be installed without interference.
These are the pictures thus far, I am not a fan of how it looks in this stage, but the adhesion between the fiberglass and plastic is fantastic and that is all I care about at this point. I am going to sand it all down now and clean it up!
Here’s some pictures.
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[IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/2nd%20album/IMG_6135.jpg[/IMG]So I went threw a couple sanding wheels on the dremel and got this thing shaped just the way I want. Usually when feathering the fleece into the plastic, you get the fabric very brittle, this is not a problem because I have a solution. Obviously this panel is going to get a couple layers of glass, but before that, I use an epoxy that gets beneath the fleece and makes a solid bond between the brittle fabric and the panel itself. This allows for a solid foundation for the glass to lay. I went around with the epoxy in all the weak areas . When working with small parts like this, and the parts being plastic, you have to obviously make accommodations. Next I will glass, then fill and sand.
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[IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/2nd%20album/IMG_6164.jpg[/IMG]This morning I sanded down the epoxy that dried overnight. With this epoxy, it is a good idea to just let it dry completely instead of sanding it to find out it is still a bit “gou-E” at the bottom, which pretty much goes with all epoxies. At any rate, I fiberglassed with B440 and 1.5oz. This one is shaping up quickly!
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[IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/IMG_6184.jpg[/IMG]Okay, so just a small update. I got the first layer of duraglass on and sanded down. I am currently filling in the deep crevices in the filler, then off to slick sand!
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[IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/IMG_6291.jpg[/IMG]wow that makes my hands tired even thinking about all the work that went into that :blink: nice nexson
that would cost a fortune if I doed it :whistle:
hope your being well rewarded for that work nex 😉
Bondo, the sanding is crazy because it is all hand sanding, but it is truly the only way to handcraft these pieces!
Stone, I am charging $275, not a whole lot, but it is cash toward my Iwata
A little eye candy for you all =)
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[IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/IMG_6346.jpg[/IMG]Looks real nice. Lot of work there.
Explain why you put fleece down then cover it with fiberglass and filler. why not just start with fiberglass.Ding,
Fiberglass mat as you know comes apart easily and is very strandy. You need the fleece to make the shape because it is on full piece that is stretchy. Since it is stretchy, you then form it however you like. Then the resin gets the fleece hard and the fiberglass mat is just for reinforcement
makes sense. I kinda figured it out after i asked and stared at the pictures a little more :blush:
It is pretty amazing that I can pick up fleece from walmart and create basically any shape I want out of material.
Turned out nice. :cheer:
We used to use fleece, grill cloth and sometimes expanding foam to get the shape back when I was doing car audio.
If texture coating,wrapping with vinyl or fabric, or flocking we wouldn’t spend a whole lot of time on ’em, just enough glass and resin to get ’em stiff, a little filler, a light sanding, then wrap or texture coat. Really didn’t bother priming and painting too many sets.
Very nice work Nexson.
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