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Old 09-27-2009 | 11:21 PM
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I've been researching alot over fiberglassing interiors of vehicles. Like making subwoofer boxes, kick panels, custom door panels, and even dashboard modding. Anybody ever done anything like this? How hard is it to learn? I don't mind practicing on my truck. Any pics would be nice to get ideas...
 
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Old 09-28-2009 | 12:36 AM
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Hmmm. fiberglass dash cap?
I wonder how that compares to the cracked stock junk?
 
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Old 09-28-2009 | 12:56 AM
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ive thot about trying glass too, doesnt seems too hard....build your frame then just resin and cloth pretty much
 
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Old 09-28-2009 | 04:46 PM
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It's not bad at all as long as you take your time and keep everything smoothed out as you go along! i used to do speaker boxes and i tried fiberglass, and did a few others for a couple guys, i havent messed with it in the past year or so since i moved but it wasnt bad...like dakota said....just build up the frame and cover it with cloth and a coat of resin then continue with more layers of fiberglass cloth and resin, keep sanding it down, after i did about 4 layers of cloth and resin i covered the whole box with bondo let it dry and sand it down with 800, 1000, 2000, and 4000 grit sand paper to make it smooth as glass and then paint! each took about two days...not bad at all.....i have some pictures on my old desktop of the 1st speaker box i made, ill try to get it working long enough to transfer em to post em up later
 
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Old 09-29-2009 | 12:35 AM
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i havent even done it before but i researched some old build threads on another site awhile back to see what all was involved
 
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Old 09-29-2009 | 07:20 PM
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Somewhere, on Teh InterWebs, there is a forum (or 5) of people who gather to discuss fiberglass fabrication. If someone here would make the 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 dash from fiberglass, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Mine is cracking like thin ice in April.
 



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