How To: Fiberglass Fabrication

[adrianfromthecastle]

Awesome work Toby!

[Ajax]

Some stellar work. How much does all that weigh?

[Hijacker]

Excellent as usual Toby!

[Broadfield]

Awesome work Toby!

Thanks bro!

Some stellar work. How much does all that weigh?

With the three amplifiers, four sub woofers and all of the fiberglass pieces...... it weighs roughly 100 lbs.

[Topless_92]

Very nice work

[1sikS13]

with quality work like that im surprised your still a small operation. that **** looks wonderful

[PapaSmurf2k3]

it weighs roughly 100 lbs.

Really? I knew you could work miracles Toby but DAMN! I would have thought that would have weighed 1 metric ton. Filling all that carpet with resin?

Make sure you give copies of all the pics to the owner of the car. She can frame them and bring them with her to shows and crap. Excellent photography work as well. Did Kyle do that?

[Broadfield]

Really? I knew you could work miracles Toby but DAMN! I would have thought that would have weighed 1 metric ton. Filling all that carpet with resin?

Make sure you give copies of all the pics to the owner of the car. She can frame them and bring them with her to shows and crap. Excellent photography work as well. Did Kyle do that?

Thanks man! It's not s heavy as you would think. I may be underestimating it by 20 lbs so, but it's close. Yeah, I gave her the link to my Fotki folder where I keep all of my pictures. I uploaded these build pics as I did the job...... so she could see the progression as I did built it. Thanks, I took the pics.

[Dire91]

that's just simply amazing, how long did it take you?

[dopplganger1]

where did you get the spray bondo? and is it called spray bondo or does it have some other name?

[jdefelic]

That is awesome. I have some small stuff I've been wanting to fiberglass but didn't know the basics. You just gave me the confidence to do it. Thanks man! Nice craftsmanship!

[Broadfield]

where did you get the spray bondo? and is it called spray bondo or does it have some other name?

Spray Polyester...... you can get it from auto body supply stores or online.

That is awesome. I have some small stuff I've been wanting to fiberglass but didn't know the basics. You just gave me the confidence to do it. Thanks man! Nice craftsmanship!

Just post in here or call the # in my sig if you ever have any questions!

[jdefelic]

Just post in here or call the # in my sig if you ever have any questions!

Thanks!

[elchoccolatte]

Mad PropZzzz

[DanThaMan]

this is boneriffic man, you have some mad fab skills. How do you figure out air space for these, do you just take dimensions and then ballpark it with the fiberglass?

[hbpignosePA]

thats so legit its not even funny

a work of art man

[AZhitman]

Toby, this thread is pure WIN.

After reading this, I'm going to tackle 2 projects:

The console / dash panel for my S13 (delete radio opening) and make it fit my air susp gauge / turbo timer / boost controller ...

AND

My tonneau cover for the rear of the 'vert.

Although, after looking at the pics, it seems I could refinish the entire backseat area in some nice smooth fiberglass!

[Doya]

Dude, you know your s***. That's awesome!!!

[Ghast]

Taking the time to do all this, answering questions.

Such a nice guy man!

Good show.

Ghasty

PS: I am aborting the repair of my daily, keeping all money focus on the S. Talk to you soon

[Broadfield]

this is boneriffic man, you have some mad fab skills. How do you figure out air space for these, do you just take dimensions and then ballpark it with the fiberglass?

Yeah, I take a lot of measurements which gets it pretty darn close. That's the nice thing about sealed enclosures, they can slightly vary in size without any ill effects.

Toby, this thread is pure WIN.

After reading this, I'm going to tackle 2 projects:

The console / dash panel for my S13 (delete radio opening) and make it fit my air susp gauge / turbo timer / boost controller ...

AND

My tonneau cover for the rear of the 'vert.

Although, after looking at the pics, it seems I could refinish the entire backseat area in some nice smooth fiberglass!

I wish you the best of luck bro! Give me a shout if you need any pointers. You going to bring the vert out to Nashville this year?

Dude, you know your s***. That's awesome!!!

Thanks man!

Taking the time to do all this, answering questions.

Such a nice guy man!

Good show.

Ghasty

PS: I am aborting the repair of my daily, keeping all money focus on the S. Talk to you soon

Can't wait to hear from you Ghasty

[AZhitman]

No chance of me driving that beast 1900 miles.

I drove it to SoCal and back, damn near killed me!

[rsagen]

Sweet setup. I was wondering where your shop is. I doubt its in Canada lol. I wish. Do you happen to know any friends of yours that do this kinda work in the Edmonton, AB, Can. Area? And thanks for the great info!!

[Broadfield]

I am in Normal, Illinois...... about 2 hours south of Chicago.

I don't know a single soul in Canada, let alone people that do this type of work.

[swodell]

thanks for the how to! ive been wanting to do some fiberglass on my 240

[steamer1227]

Broadfield.........one word Perfection.....well i had one question for you i had never fiberglassed before but always had wanted to do......the question is how much would something like what you did with the sound system cost if i was to do the work myself...material wise....i have the air tools and thats bout it...i just wanted to know how much i would get into before i venture into it....tight budget so if its not too much i would def. like to do it.

thanx

[rsagen]

well you do now lol

[Broadfield]

Broadfield.........one word Perfection.....well i had one question for you i had never fiberglassed before but always had wanted to do......the question is how much would something like what you did with the sound system cost if i was to do the work myself...material wise....i have the air tools and thats bout it...i just wanted to know how much i would get into before i venture into it....tight budget so if its not too much i would def. like to do it.

thanx

Well unfortunately resin, bondo, fiberglass mat, sandpaper, primer etc. are all expensive. I would say I had a couple hundred in materials.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Bumpidy bump bump!



Where do you get the templates/frames for those subwoofers? Did you cut them out yourself or buy them that way?

[Broadfield]

Everything is custom made for the particular sub(s) I am using etc.

[angelscrx]

Pics of more of your work would be greatly appreciated! I have this saved under my favorites and come check it out often.