SC300 stereo system and interior rebuild
#108
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WOW! That steering wheel looks really good I thought of buying the TRD Supra steering wheel: http://www.l-tunedparts.com/product/?id=3216 But there's a little something abut the price that just doesnt appeal to me....LOL it would look pretty sweet with your color scheme don't you think?
#109
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#111
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Ok so I got about a week off from the other shop I'm working with so now I can focus on my own projects, mostly my car haha. I'm finally going to start working on the sub enclosure so I laid down two layers of deadener in the spare tire well to cut the resonance out of it. Now I have to put in a layer of carpet to keep the fiberglass bowl from rattling against the body of the car and after that I can prep and lay some fiberglass. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow!
#113
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I ended up having other work to do today so I didn't get much done but I did line the spare tire well with a layer of backed carpet ( the same stuff we use for speaker boxes). That will help kill the rattle from the fiberglass touching the deadening. I also built the frame work for the fiberglass bowl. All I have to do now is get in there and tape it all up and lay my glass. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
#115
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Alright got some work done in the past few days. I got the sub box finished up finally and now all that's left are all the trim pieces to finish everything off.
I laid down all my fiberglass into the spare tire well and once it cured over night I popped it out and did a little more fiberglass in the thin areas. While that was setting I started working on the top baffle of the box. I wanted to build this box so that the top half can be removed and replaced with a different one if I ever decide to change subs. A lot of work went into fiberglassing the spare tire well and I don't want to have to do it again. I built that face and put a 2 inch lip on the bottom of it that will slide into the frame of the bottom piece then I put a layer of rubber weather stripping sealer on it to stop leaks. I screwed the face down with 4 screws on top and then drilled the sides of the box through the bottom frame and the lip for the face and secured it with hurricane nuts and screws. This way I know for sure it will be solid and not leak. I also used hurricane nuts for the woofer. I also added a few layers of deadener in the box before bolting it together. The box is secured down by bolting it to the factory mount for the spare tire.
I laid down all my fiberglass into the spare tire well and once it cured over night I popped it out and did a little more fiberglass in the thin areas. While that was setting I started working on the top baffle of the box. I wanted to build this box so that the top half can be removed and replaced with a different one if I ever decide to change subs. A lot of work went into fiberglassing the spare tire well and I don't want to have to do it again. I built that face and put a 2 inch lip on the bottom of it that will slide into the frame of the bottom piece then I put a layer of rubber weather stripping sealer on it to stop leaks. I screwed the face down with 4 screws on top and then drilled the sides of the box through the bottom frame and the lip for the face and secured it with hurricane nuts and screws. This way I know for sure it will be solid and not leak. I also used hurricane nuts for the woofer. I also added a few layers of deadener in the box before bolting it together. The box is secured down by bolting it to the factory mount for the spare tire.
#118
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Yeah basically. Originally I had planned to fiberglass the whole spare tire well and run the ports straight up behind the amps but I think this way will work just as good. I have enough clearance to run the ports this way and not block any flow out of it. So far so good!
#120
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That was the original intent but I keep changing my mind haha. I'll still have a decent amount of space left but I'm still tossing ideas around on exactly what I want to do. That's why I haven't posted anything up in a while. I have to fight the demons inside me haha