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Luke Wright
Tinkerer
qld
tt

Posts: 30
Reg: 08-2008

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 04:44 pm, by: Luke Wright (Shaved666)

hey guys ive started cutting into a spare dash i have and have got mounted a set of alpine 6.5inch speakes and tweeters. ive already got them mounted between the passanger piller and speedo. i want to now fiberglass it but have never used it before so if anyone can help me that would be great thanks.
ill put up pics if anyones interested

Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
I am the fibreglass/kevlar/carbonfibre king!

Posts: 1899
Reg: 07-2005

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 05:34 pm, by: Ben Socratous (Socrates)

I'd make a strong suggestion that you google fibreglassing techniques, then go find something (lots of things) to practice on before you even think about attacking your dash!

Being able to do a quality job that will last over time is unfortunately not a skill that is learned in a few hours. If you are painting the finished dash, it will need to be perfect, even if you are intending on covering it with vinyl again, it will have to be pretty spot on. Any mistakes will stick out like dogs balls.

Luke Wright
Tinkerer
qld
tt

Posts: 31
Reg: 08-2008

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Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 05:01 pm, by: Luke Wright (Shaved666)

thanks. ive got mates who do fibreglassing as a job and ive been out and brought the materials. i want to have the fiberglass curve up to the speaker pods i made, which i think will be a lot of work but worth it. there isnt much clearence between the dash and window but i still managed to fit them nicely

Garion Gibson
Tinkerer
QLD
Soarer V8 GT

Posts: 41
Reg: 03-2008

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Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 09:42 pm, by: Garion Gibson (Gordy)

Here try this link if you have never fiber glassed before. http://chris.pfharlock.com/glass/ Looks great but i haven't tried it yet i still need the speakers to put into the car.

Luke Wright
Tinkerer
qld
tt

Posts: 34
Reg: 08-2008

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Monday, November 03, 2008 - 05:02 pm, by: Luke Wright (Shaved666)

thanks garion, thats pretty much the way i did mine, not done yet but starting to look good.
good info, lucky for me most of my mates do it for a job and dont mind comeing lending a hand when their is jack danuals around.

Luke Wright
Tinkerer
qld
tt

Posts: 50
Reg: 08-2008

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 10:44 pm, by: Luke Wright (Shaved666)

its taking a lot of time but almost done, the hardest part is getting all the vents and trims to fit nicely with no gaps. but starting to look alrite. was planning on painting gloss black but now im thinking saturn black.

James Harris
Goo Roo
QLD
XTR T-66 Turbo

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Reg: 07-2005

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 01:01 am, by: James Harris (Haro)

Cool !

does look like a fair bit of work though !

Luke Streat
TryHard
WA
Soarer TT

Posts: 189
Reg: 09-2008

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:21 pm, by: Luke Streat (Streatracer)

Dude that looks amazing! brilliant and individual mod.

Gary Poloskei
TryHard
A.C.T
JZZ30

Posts: 216
Reg: 01-2008

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:42 pm, by: Gary Poloskei (Mikrucio)

holy •••• is that your....your...your....dash?
hahaha

Neil Mystery
Tinkerer
Ontario
Soarer TT

Posts: 45
Reg: 06-2008

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Friday, January 02, 2009 - 07:15 am, by: Neil Mystery (92blacktt)

wow...so where is the tutorial

Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8

Posts: 3053
Reg: 11-2005

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Friday, January 02, 2009 - 06:05 pm, by: Mike Beck (Gold_40gt)

Protruding circular shapes like that make me feel ill.

Excellent workmanship of course, but it would be nicer if the speakers were nice rectangular/trapezium shapes flush with the dash so they look more inconspicuous.

Never the less good work!

David Grab
DieHard
SA
T78

Posts: 913
Reg: 01-2008

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Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 10:47 pm, by: David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer)

I have to disagree, anything square wouldnt flow with the lines. I reckon its a bang up job. Although im into modifying my car so everything looks like it came from factory thats way and is nice and clean and flows if i were to mod my car for a sportier more obvious modified look i would do this exactly the same way.

Luke Wright
Tinkerer
qld
tt

Posts: 52
Reg: 08-2008

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Monday, January 05, 2009 - 01:30 am, by: Luke Wright (Shaved666)

thanks guys im trying to turn my car into a show car so pretty much nothing will look stook and proberly wont appeal to most ive got the rest of the interior planned out and started on most thats why dash is taking so long doing a million things at once, thanks to all those who have given good feed back to my posts i have plenty more to post up as my cars got a lot, lot more till its done. i think i posted this in the wrong spot so ill start posting the rest of what i do to the inside of my car to the interior section.
cheers
luke

Vinny Ozorio
Tinkerer
NT
Z30 Soarer V8

Posts: 72
Reg: 05-2007

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Monday, January 05, 2009 - 08:07 am, by: Vinny Ozorio (Fruitloop)

Luke...go for it...It may not be every-ones "cup of tea" but it shows "individuality" and personal tastes.Most can/will appreciate the effort to do it.

Gary Swift
Tinkerer
Victoria
JZZ31 inline 6

Posts: 48
Reg: 10-2008

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Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 09:37 am, by: Gary Swift (Garyswift87)

I love it. have you chucked it in yet? would like to see some photos.

James Harris
Goo Roo
QLD
XTR T-66 Turbo

Posts: 2397
Reg: 07-2005

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Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 06:12 pm, by: James Harris (Haro)

any more progress Luke?

Luke Wright
Tinkerer
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tt

Posts: 54
Reg: 08-2008

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Friday, January 23, 2009 - 02:46 pm, by: Luke Wright (Shaved666)

nah been really busy on other stuff unfortuantly should have it in bout 3 weeks. done some work on the trim pieces around the dash wich ill post up pictures when i get home.

Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT

Posts: 1461
Reg: 12-2007

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Friday, January 23, 2009 - 07:00 pm, by: Rob Rojo (Rob_tt)

Mike Beck wrote on Friday, January 02, 2009 - 06:05 pm:

Protruding circular shapes like that make me feel ill.

Excellent workmanship of course, but it would be nicer if the speakers were nice rectangular/trapezium shapes flush with the dash so they look more inconspicuous.

Never the less good work!

That's not like you, not to like something Mike.
My theory is if Mike doesn't like it Buy it!.

looks great for a first attempt. Have you thought about doing it in vinyl. Painted may look a bit half done, there is also a lot of different styles of vinyl available.