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yeh DIY an fab are pretty much the same thing anyway in some aspects, since he fabricated this himself :P, cant wait to get back to aus and start this and the false floor on my car

thats the idea :P

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another thing to remember when masking it, start from the bottom to the top so you don't have any leak of FB, I put 2-3 masking tape on my boot before fibreglassing and chuck some plastic (bins or even normal plastic bags) to cover the rest of the area, the last thing that you want is to get FB all over your car body.

If you are making a flat surface FB, use a thin wood (from bunnings) to help shape it up and the rest leave it to the bog :)

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how was the mould taken out, easy??

Sorry bout the late reply. Yeah it was easy to take out of the boot once i made it. But at the same time i did design the box with ease of removal in mind. Therefore i didn't mold it in any way that would make hard to get out once the fibreglass was hard. I mean like dont mold it around the back of the framework of the boot making it impossible to remove LOL. >_< But yeah dont need to be a scientist to work that one out.

When it was hard i just grabbed onto both edges of the fibreglass and gave it a good old yank. It came out with the cardboard and all still attached to it. I then just pulled all the tap and cardboard off the fibreglass mold which was fairly easy. Ofcourse my cardboard mold did get distroyed. With the first few layers of the mold done i just worked on it on the bench putting more layers on it and shapping it etc.

I think there is like a release wax or something that you can use also, which can help ya remove from boot etc. But yeah didn't care about the cardboard template so i just ripped it all out together.

Cheers

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Think i might try this now....was just getting ready to start my boot, as the way it was set up b4 was a waste of space....cant be too much better as i have two 12" (alpine R)....wanna make as best as possible....where abouts do u get the fibreglass, from and how much do i need??? i bought a k and r touch up container, 500g for my bodykit and other little things but guessing this will not be enough, or is not the right stuff??

I will post up a photo of my fake floor this week (another idea if ppl want to try). I just used a big sheet of metal cut out to fit...is a little hard to get in but can be pulled in and out.

IDEA: I want to keep the spare tyre in the car, but noticed they not always gonna stay up and dont want to remove the stereo to pump up the tyre. So ive made this fake floor, but cut a hole in the metal where the valve is on the spare tyre. I carpeted right over the top of it and cut out a pizza shape (8 triangles) so once u pump up the tyre and pull out it falls back in place...but its not gonna bother anyway.

Put the two subs each side, mould them in NOW anyway :D Sit the boxes on the fake floor, and the distance between them will be a specific cut out between the subs to push them apart from to the wall; (fixing them, i believe this will be sufficent, correct me if im wrong)

The middle part will be mdf with a piece of stainless in the guts surround by carpet, will paint the alpine symbol on the stainless...for show reasons i guess.

So when i get a flat, unscrew the sub terminals, pull out the middle mdf, then the subs then the floor, then the tyre ;)

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I got my fibreglass from Bunnings Warehouse. But i think that boat places etc can sell it cheaper. Also you will use alot of resin. Get more than you think you need. I started it and thought i had enough and ran out. Such a pain in the ass too when you are in the middle of it all.

My box still allows for easy access to the spare wheel. Reason i picked the drivers side of the boot to install the box was bacause the Jack is on the other side. Didn't want to make to impossible to get the jack out when i need it. I will be making a fake floor etc too soon. Might start that this week as a matter of fact :wave:

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