Yeah im hoping i wont need more than a thin layer of bondo by the time im done sanding the fiberglass.Here are some more pics:
Here it is after one layer of chop mat and 2 layers of weave mat.I prefer weave mat now,it's much easier to work with,and you get a lot less air bubbles.Im going to put one more layer on the face, maybe 2 in some area's, on wednesday, because im not happy yet with the amount of flex in some places.
This is the back where the amps, capacitor, and crossover will be mounted.I put some glass layers there because fiberglass doesn't bond super amazing to mdf so to be safe i made it like one piece of fiberglass on the outside.Ill be doing the same inside as well.
Here is the part that will be touching the inside of the trunk area.You might notice i decided to be unlazy and i got all that tape off finally.I used a sanding disc on a grinding and BLAM! It came off super easy.It also smoothed everything out really well so i wont be needing bondo there.
These are some shots of it in the trunk so far.As you can see it is pretty big,but ill still have TONS of space.You may also notice that i have it somewhat facing the hatch.That's so i get the best sound quality.And it'll look awesome when someone opens the hatch and a big ol' type R is staring them right in the face.
That's it for now.I've added up what the supplies so far have cost me,and the total so far is,remembering that i still need some more mat and bondo and maybe another jug of resin AND carpet AND a sub grill AND the little speaker wire connection thing, $300!So yeah this is only the way to go if you really want something different.I've probably put 15 hours into this so far,maybe more,and i still have a bunch left to do.So this is gonna be expensive and take a heck of a lot of time.But it'll be worth it in the end.
Ill post more pics when i have more to show.