Thought I would share some pics from my custom sub box.

I have some before pics and some detailed pics of the fibreglassing which I will uplolad later tonight.

Before was a big boring rectangular box which took up my entire trunk. Thats no good, but sounded nice.
So I decided to make custom boxed to fit in the spaces to the sides. I will lose some space and hence some bass and quality perhaps (dunno yet) but it will be worth it for a clean look and the use of my trunk space again.

So here we go with what my brother has done for me today.
We already made the fibreglass fit to the empty space, now we are making the fronts.









The gaps will be fiberglassed together to make a smooth curved finish.

And the MTX subs will be around for a little longer, but when I get the $$$ something better will find a home there.

comments and flames, all are welcome as a bump to my thread

PLEASE keep your questions in the thread so they can help others.

 

yeah, looks good.

any chance of a how-to with the curvyness ur talkin about?

keep us posted

 

looks good, ive never seen it there. Ive always seen custom boxes made out of the spare tire well

 

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any chance of a how-to with the curvyness ur talkin about?

keep us posted </TD></TR></TABLE>


To fit the fiberglass into the curved space we first covered the space with masking tape or painters tape to protect the plastic, and then we covered in duct tape because the resin sticks to the masking tape but not the duct tape.
The masking tape is needed because the duct tape leaves sticky crap on your plastics.

Then we cut our fibreglass cloth into sqaures ranging from 2inch X 2inch to about 4inch X 4inch.

Then lay in your squares of cloth and resin over. You will want the cloth and resin to go several inches beyond where you want it to go so you can cut it to size later.

We did two layers of this then let it dry. We waited a week but didnt need to. I just drove around with it in the car. It smelt bad but was ok.

After that, remove the whole thing, take the tape off the back and then cut the now hard fibreglass to size.

I found a good write up that I followed I will link that for you here.
http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/proj/main/

Excellent write up that covers everything you should need to know.

I shall keep you all posted, this should all be done by end of the week. I am hoping to have it all nice for the Colorado H-T meeting
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1603838

 

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I wanted to keep my spare tire well for my spare tire :D

There will be another box on the other side aswell so I can keep both my 10''s

 

what about the bit ur joining is what i meant (i wondered how u did that also so anyway)

 

I really like that idea

Beats the hell out of a gay big box just chilling, and a little bump is always nice.

 

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what about the bit ur joining is what i meant (i wondered how u did that also so anyway)</TD></TR></TABLE>

The joined bit will be some fabric stretched across and then resined. After that is dry will be bondo'd and sanded for a smoother finish.

Check the how-to I linked for a better description with pics.

I am undecided as to wether I will carpet it or not afterwards.

 

get it really smooth and paint it good, imo will look better than carpet.

Just had a good look at that link, u seen the guys car, a friggin computer under ther boot floor!! madness, and he covered the fans up with fabric. 20quid says it overheats

 

Yeah I didnt like that projects on that guys site, but the details on how to do them were excellent

 

yeah

i bookmarked it, im goin stripped out with cage but i love my music to much so il have to come up with something

 

woot woot!! i'll be at the colorado meet too!

 

Looks nice

 

looks practical, and still have most of the trunk space

 

looks nice want to make me one for my 93 hatch

 

Some updates.

The fiberglassing has been completed.
The MDF front has been connected to the fibreglass back and the gaps have been fibreglassed together.

Now we are in the process of using Bondo to smooth it all out then we will paint it and use it :D















Continue the questions and comments

 

The install looks really nice wish I could get someone to do that for me hint hint

 

wat size sub are you rockin?

 

The subs are 10''s

Two tens are overkill in a little civic already in my opinion :D

 

nice diy

 

Well im no expert but It looks like too little space.
Looks nice though

 

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Looks nice though</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree, I think I am going to lose some quality of sound because the space is too small. But we shall see.

 

yeah, all your hard work and some ******** will steal it.

im through spending money on my car, ever.

nice idea though.

 

i've been an installer for years, and i'll tell you what, that looks damn good. very good work, i'm impressed. i like the light on the driver side as well. mad props, keep it up!

 

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im through spending money on my car, ever.

nice idea though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, its really just a waiting game :S

On the upside though, its really not hard work, just been alot of work, and the whole project's been fairly cheap.