cavalier wall work log

[loudcav 1]

The victim

all torn out

progress from yesterday

Im working on getting that piece on the other side in Im hopeing to get more done before I go back to work tomorrow not exacly the most motivated person at times its going to be alteast 2 layers on the sides and back and a tripple baffle I might go thicker on the dides depending on how these first layers go up this layer is pretty rough not really that square so I might have to go thicker to get what I want from it no big deal really its just the shape of the bare sheet metal sucks.

and the gear

[loudcav 1]

oh yeay the car is a daily driver /demo ride made to play music loud as hell not just some fart cannon

[jonbearsmt 919]

look at all that sexy blackness

[Derrick824 4]

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[Kovemaster559 1]

nice!!!

[loudcav 1]

its deffinatly gonna be a long build since Im not used to wood working and its my first attempt at a wall I should be able to get it to look alot better in the final layers should be more twards the B pillar and flat this layer is just a base so it dosent have to be perfect. those wheel wells arnt going to really be a problem Im more worried about those wires than anythingbut Ive got a couple Ideas to hide them if Im lucky Ill get them under the floor if not Ill cut the next layer a bit diffrent and hide them that way just burry them inbetween the layers of wood I was just affraid if I left them on the side walls they would get cut that and they were in the way

[loudcav 1]

got the first layer on on the one side the piece covering the window is just held in with liquid nails right now Im trying to figure out how I wanna hold it in Im trying to stay away from using screws in that area because if I miss the small lip Ill put one through the glass Ill probably use some sort of a putty to hold it may try and overlap the next layer

[ford302redneck 15]

Nice.

Today I thought about walling my 00 Honda Accord 2 door. With 2 18s, and 2 3000ds, I might see how yours works out and do that.

[loudcav 1]

Nice.

Today I thought about walling my 00 Honda Accord 2 door. With 2 18s, and 2 3000ds, I might see how yours works out and do that.

ya its going to take a wile but now that I think about it I know how to make that piece around the window solid Ill pick up some fiberglass matt and glass it into place

[loudcav 1]

well both sides have one layer on them and I was able to get screws on the top and one side of each piece now I just need to find a good way to join the 2 pieces together I dont really wanna resin this early in it but I may have to right now Ive got a tube of liquid nails around each one

[Tmax98 3]

use the neo magnets like steve meade to hold the panel

[loudcav 1]

ok Im back to working on it a bit sprayed a bit of foam in some areas to deaden it a bit and I went and got some shorter screws for my seatbelt still had to cut them down a bit tho. well and I got the first layer on part of the back wall here thursday Ill probably run and get some 2x2s so I have a place to screw the pieces that are gonna form part of the angle on the back and side walls.

the last pic is how I secured thebottom to the floor when Im done theres gonna be 2x4s verticly bracing the back wall should be very strong when Im done

Edited July 2, 2008 by loudcav

[Travo-18 1]

I sure hope you plan on doing some bracing between your strut towers or they could possibly cave inwards if you take a turn to fast or hit a bump hard... A miniature roll cage in there would be perfect... When I walled my friends Ford Taraus for 4 15's we cut just a little bit of his rear deck and we could tell a big difference driving, but know that we braced it with a mini roll cage it acts as a sway bar for the rear end, it don't move at all. I have seen soo many walls in cars done wrong to where they didn't brace anything and after they put everything in the strut towers caved in because of all the weight.

[loudcav 1]

I sure hope you plan on doing some bracing between your strut towers or they could possibly cave inwards if you take a turn to fast or hit a bump hard... A miniature roll cage in there would be perfect... When I walled my friends Ford Taraus for 4 15's we cut just a little bit of his rear deck and we could tell a big difference driving, but know that we braced it with a mini roll cage it acts as a sway bar for the rear end, it don't move at all. I have seen soo many walls in cars done wrong to where they didn't brace anything and after they put everything in the strut towers caved in because of all the weight.

I think they will be fine I didnt cut the rear deck out I just screwed the back wall to the brace between them

[loudcav 1]

well looks like the car is on hold for a couple weeks Im getting ready to do quite a bit of mechanical work on my daily driver Silverado its got a bit over 90k miles on it so its time for quite a bit of work time to swap out quite a few original parts I didnt buy any performance parts but it still should get quite a boost in performance

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Looking good!

[loudcav 1]

well hopefuly on thursday Ill be back to work on the car the truck has to go to the damn dealership I did a bunch of work on it today and its acting up dad and I went over it a few times and just cant get it right he thinks when I cleaned out the throttle body with some carb cleaner I knocked some trash loose and down into a sensor but Im not so sure about that I think its the tranny