hardbody door panels on a budget

[BMAN 0]

Im helping a friend build some fiberglass door panels for his 93 nissan hardbody. I don't like the design or the equipment he's using but it's his truck and im just there to help him get them looking decent. He's doing 4 5.25" dayton mids, 4 audiopipe tweeters, and an autotek 4 ch amp in each door. He picked up all the equipment for just over $300 new. On to the pics...

here's some pics of the truck

Edited January 30, 2011 by BMAN

[BMAN 0]

[BMAN 0]

We layed some resin on the doors to make them keep their shape before we pulled them off

[BMAN 0]

Here's what the layout he came up with looks like

We added some more support for the rings and then started stretching some fleece over the panels

And then on to layin some glass

Didn't feel like mixing another batch of resin so thats all we got done tonight

And of course i had to put this one up

more pics to come let me know what you guys think

[manrossdamn 57]

Looks fantastic!

[BMAN 0]

I went over there today and he had already finished putting on the first layer and did the second one.

He has trouble getting the mat to stay down

He wants to paint them but I dont think thats gonna happen

[sefugi 166]

Yep, gotta be pretty slick for paint. Waitin for some more progress...

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Looks good but that is going to be some serious bondo and sanding in the future!

[TRP 42]

Yea if he wants to paint it, and have the paint look even half way decent he will need to really get that thing smooth, lots of bondo and sanding like said before. But it isnt impossible, will just take some work, or he could always lay some fabric over it, like a nice suede or something.

[BMAN 0]

He's too impatient and lazy for all that work. He thinks he'll be able to fill in the low spots with just resin, but i don't think its gonna work like he's thinking. Either way he's gonna get tired of it and just end up wrapping them.

[Shogen 325]

looking pretty good so far.. keep it up!! More photos pls...

[noidle22 0]

nice, these look promising, fair bit of weight in the end to stick to the doors

sure does take a lot of work to get them paint worthy, i'm currently working on some door pods and a-pillar pods which i'm going to be painting, so much effort :x

[Randal Johnson 544]

[edouble101 314]

Sweet ride. I love old school Nissans slammed. This should be moved to the build log section.

[inkfx 3]

I'm just curious but how well does a lowered car/truck like that do over things like speed bumps? Does it scrape or anything like that? Just something I've always wondered.

Like everyone else has said that's going to be a ton of bondo/sanding to do. Good luck on the build. I'm sure it'll turn out great.

[raolito1980 2]

Wheres the after pics? Have you gotten them done?

[Dictator1992 6]

Like to see this when its done trying to do fiberglass in my next build. Give me a little idea