Custom Rear Sub woofer Pod

Well my issue was i had this huge sub woofer box taking up a lot of rear storage room. I've seen a couple manufacturers that make the pods that fit into your storage area in the rear, however I don't want to fork out $180.00 for something I could learn to do myself.

Material:
Headliner & Carpet Adhesive
Fiberglass Resin Kit
Masking tape
Bondo
Oval Partical Board
Scissors
Fabric (1yrd)
Pam Spray
Phillips Screw driver
Skill Saw
Drill

Step 1
Remove the screws to temporally remove the rear side paneling i didn't have a large enough Hex tips to remove the seat belt loop so i pull a lot out and it gave me enough room to lay it out flat. Clean off the area that you are going be working on. After the area is completely clean and dried apply your masking tape to the area, don't be skimpy with the tape to much is better than not enough. Next spray the area done with Pam spray, this help with the fiberglass not stick to the masking tape.



Step 2
Pre cut out strip of your fiberglass cloth that came with your Fiberglass kit. Mix up a little of your fiberglass resin(not all at once) just follow the directions.





Step 3
After the fiber glass is complete dried remove it from the paneling. At this step i used a dremel tool to cut off the excess material, I used indent that goes around the the storage area as a guide. Next you'll need to make our buy your wooden ring for your sub woofer to mount to. Then created legs for the ring to mount to and mounted them to the fiberglass pod.







Step 4
Now it's time to get the resin back out. Grab the yard of clothe, the thicker and stretchier the better. Stretch material over your top side of your fabric and stretch it to the back side. I used the adhesive spray and applied it on the backside of the pod. Make sure you pull it tight this is what its gonna look like when its done, the less wrinkles the less bondo you will have to do. I had some winkles so i had to do some bondoing.




Step 5
On this step you have a few option; spray painting it, wrapping it a material of your choice— I chose to wrap it. Making sure it was completely clean and grease free i sprayed and applied my fabric. Once that's done mount it a few screw on the back side of the paneling to your pod.




If you have any questions please PM, this was my first write up so be gentle.

 

looks good, what size is the sub?

good job on the fiberglass

 

thanks for posting a howto

 

10in sub, thanks

 

i was wondering if you could repost the pics, they arent showing up for me. and how did you mount it?

 

Pics dont work

 

pics man. i was looking to do this and this is the exact thread i need

 

nice but pics aint workin

 

Not sure he will be reposting the pics. This post is old and his last recent login was march 10 2010

 

Well, you can get some info here. It's been a long time since I did this, but the principle is the same. I have gone back over time to improve the spacing and make the enclosure more compact. Some people actually make a box, but since it was my first time trying to build something, I didn't want to press my luck.

 

This thread could have been better with pics...
Been looking for projects like this in a while...

 

Pics in this post NEED to be fixed..

 

Geez ... just click the link in my last post! Pics & a mini write-up to boot. I dunno if this is what you're looking for, but I'm not doing another write-up ... Hope these help, & I will answer questions, if any.

 

Wow sorry guys i transferred my server and didn't bring over my jeep build photos. Should be working now.

-Tony

 

I mounted it using three bolts with washers, seems to be holding up pretty nice.