89 Rag

The current place and configuration of my amplifiers is failing miserably, it is a pedestal design and the base is fixed in the trunk using existing bolt holes, the loctited bolts do not stay tight and it generally takes up too much space.







It is difficult to see just how it works, or doesn't, in the pictures, but I am going to scrap the current set-up and do something different. As some vert owners might know, the panel that finishes the area next to the spare tire has a radius bent in it on the drivers side in an attept to, i'm guessing, make more space in the trunk. On the other side of the panel is a chunk of tin, spot welded to the chassis which acts as a retainer of sorts, which houses the spare tire in a stock application.



My plan is to drill out the spot welds in that chunk of tin and modify the panel in order to free up all that space to accomodate the amplifiers in a new fan cooled enclosure. I want to make the enclosure in fiberglass so it can be painted, but my experience is limited in the fiberglass area, am I biting off more than I can chew here? Would I be better off just building out of mdf and finishing with a laminate, plexiglass and carpet? Any input or other ideas are welcome.

Shane.Trammell

im sure those things will fit under that speaker thing you used to replace the rear deck/sparetire cover thing

89 Rag

[quote name='Shane.Trammell' date='Apr 26 2005, 11:49 AM']im sure those things will fit under that speaker thing you used to replace the rear deck/sparetire cover thing


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It goes pretty far back, but I want to finsih off and utilize all that space, then I can use the well in the trunk for the cheater spare.

Rob x-7

I always wondered if the spare would fit in that well in the trunk?

On a coupe it comes up higher then the well and is covered with a plastic/carpet panel.

Shane.Trammell

[quote name='Rob x-7' date='Apr 26 2005, 02:40 PM']I always wondered if the spare would fit in that well in the trunk?

On a coupe it comes up higher then the well and is covered with a plastic/carpet panel.


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Rob x-7

I dont really call that fitting, I call that in there, lol



Im not a fan of seeing that tire, it also takes away some trunk space sticking up like that.



I use that space for my amplifier and crossover

89 Rag

I suppose another eccentric option would be to buy run flat tires and throw the cheater spare in the dumpster, which is kind of a good idea to me, lol. I don't like the look of it in the trunk at all, I might just take the piece of tin out, mod the plastic panel in the trunk, and build a completly different enclosure for all the stereo ****, and possisbly have more space than I thought. I need some mock up measurements and drawings.

GreyGT-C

ditch the spare.... and let a really really reliable close freind know where you keep it at.

89 Rag

I'm taking this car out on the road this summer, run flat's look like the best option, I have to have something I can depend on at 4:00 in the morning on a deserted stretch of highway, besides *knocks on wood* I haven't had a flat in years.

inanimate_object

[quote name='89 Rag' date='Apr 27 2005, 03:19 AM']I'm taking this car out on the road this summer, run flat's look like the best option, I have to have something I can depend on at 4:00 in the morning on a deserted stretch of highway, besides *knocks on wood* I haven't had a flat in years.


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I wouldn't go for run-flats if you don't want to sacrifice the cars handling - the new BMW's have them and they're getting bad reviews.



Don't be afraid of fibreglass - it's dead easy.



Mark