My Project: Design my own trunk!, building my own custom box... Options

[Guest_DJMC_Celica_*]

So i was driving home from work...when i could hear my subs sliding torwards the rear of my hatch! This angers me cause it sounds like sh!t. So i had this brilliant idea !

I WILL BUILD MY OWN CUSTOM BOX!
So i have started to gather my materials...that i think i am going to need!
1. Wood
2. Plexy Glass
3. Nails and screws
4. Glue
5. PAINT!
6. Hinges
7. Metal Chain
8. Sand paper
9. Wood Cutter!
10. bandades (i am accident prone)

Anyone got any good ideas as to what i should remember not to do, or what to do!?
I am thinking outside the box, im talking this thing is going to be nutty looking! nothin like you seen before!
"MTV PIMP MY RIDE STYLE!" not so ghetto lookin though!

All the help is appreciated!
Thanks,
DJMC

[playr158]

what i would suggest if you want it to be nice as all get out......get some chicken wire #1 and then shape that into the shape you want it. this will give you infinite flexability in design options.........then go to home dePOT and buy fiberglass mat and cloth and fiberglass resin and hardener......lay that around your chicken wire design and get a nice hard shell..do a few more layers, bondo smooth....primer and paint.. then cut out your sub circles*or you could acount for this in the design and make the circles from the start* and dude that would ROCK....good luck

[Guest_DJMC_Celica_*]

Thanks, i just dont know if i have that much skill!?
On a scall of 1-10 of hardness what would that range in at?

[playr158]

5...i started out knowing nothing about fiberglass and i ended up making a pretty nice gt-4 style scoop that i molded onto my car....*i had no mold i just built on to a one piece i made and so on.........with the chicken wire it will be much easier cause you will already have the solid shape placed out and a mold....just lay the fiberglass on and paint on resin...*make sure you put saran wrap over the chicken wire first*....the hardest part that i'd imagine would be is molding the chiken wire...........cause you make a mold of your trunk which is reasonalby easy...then take the chicken wire and add onto the mold of the trunk

[Guest_DJMC_Celica_*]

Anyone know where i can buy all these, Materials?
Autozone?
Home Depot?

I am walking into this with a few ideas but plan on making it look nutty, maybe adding a sweet tribal effect! I just dont know yet...but its going to be sweet!

[turboinduction]

Good luck dj, you gave me a great idea too. I'm gonna make my own sub box - woot! If its that easy (5 out of 10) then I'll go for it. Playr please rate if I can do this project. Here is my qualifications:
1. I have the materials
2. I have time
3. I know how to paint
4. I like PlayDoh

Im not sure how thick a layer of fiberglass is... but due to severe vibrations... how many layers should the sub box be?

[Digndoug]

[amysmojo]

Oooh your fixing the "sliding around" problem the fancy way!

All I did was stick big velcro pieces on bottom of the sub enclosure & stuck it to the carpet....now that baby wont move an inch!!! And I have coilovers....so its a bumpy ride!!!! lol

If I had the skills though...I would go your route as well!

Cant wait to see when ur done!

[Coomer]

If you do it right, a fiberglass sub enclosure with five or six layers of mat should be plenty strong. I was able to jump on mine without it flexing with four layers of mat, and with five layers of mat on another project, I was able to drive over the fiberglass and park on top of it without it flexing.

Just take your time when working with the fiberglass...make sure that you get rid of all of the air bubbles in between layers, because those will weaken the enclosure. Also, don't mix your resin with too much MEKP or your enclosure will distort as the resin dries too quickly...I learned this the hard way when a part I made for my '88 Celica fit perfectly initially(with one layer) but was off by 2" by the time I had four layers on there two hours later.

As far as where to get the materials, Autozone or Home Depot will have them, but they'll probably be cheaper at a boat repair supply shop or at a autobody supply shop.

[Uppitycracker]

[acenova]

I was thinking of doing something similar, only minus the fiberglass. I haven't even started it yet though, but I hear fiberglass becomes really heavy. Not too sure though. SO I guess that's a good question to, is how much does the fiberglass weigh? And how much does Chicken wire cost, because that chicken wire Idea is a really good one.

[Coomer]

Fiberglass doesn't weigh much for its strength. Also, a typical fiberglass sub enclosure will weigh a lot less than a typical MDF enclosure.

[Junior]

Go for fiberglass. I thought it would be hard to work with, but I started work on my body kit last week and its pretty easy. Just gotta have a plan and work fast.

Check out this website

[celimanST]

I found this site about 6 months ago it has a lot of good info for fiberglassing Coomer also posted it a while back. I used these instructions very easy to follow.


William

[celimanST]

Fiberglass site


Sorry for the extra post.


William

[van95st]

as far as the sliding around problem i just drilled some 3/8" bolts through my enclosure and floor of teh trunk with some fender washers rubber gasket washers and lock washers that thing don't budge!! you might want to consider how you will anchor your enclosure as you build it.

[playr158]

you won't have to anchor it cause your making a mold of the trunk and building on that so it will stay in place on its own....its kinda like how two puzzle pieces fit together?!?!.....