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radioactive_ben - January 10th, 2006 at 10:23 PM

Hi

I was wondering if anyone is or knows of someone how designs custom interiors and stuff. I am going for the whole pimped up look like in the pik

Thanks


karmen - January 10th, 2006 at 10:32 PM

oh Ben , really

try any upholsterer ...the ones in the country r much cheaper
boat upholsterers are a bit more spiffy ??

yer gear weill be down Bris Thurs nite


Dasdubber - January 11th, 2006 at 07:28 AM

IF you learn how to fibreglass you'll save yourself a lot of money. Also you could try enquiring through hot rod shops/forums as they often have some tricked out interiors.


radioactive_ben - January 11th, 2006 at 06:31 PM

Ok is it hard to do fiber glassing to the extent of the photo? Where abouts did u learn to fiber glass DD?

:thumb


karmen - January 11th, 2006 at 09:15 PM

try a local hot rod club
we have one in M'bro


Dasdubber - January 12th, 2006 at 08:57 AM

I learnt from reading a lot on the net and then trial and error. It takes time and is very messy but is not that expensive for materials and you are limited only by your imagination. If you have patience, you can obtain very good results.

Your time doesn't cost you anything, but if you were to pay someone to do the custom f/g work for you, expect to pay an arm and leg due to the amount of labour required.

A car audio shop I purchased all my audio gear from do custom installs, they noted the amount of work I have done to my car would be in the order of $5-6K just for the f/g work (not including any materials or audio equipment). If you decide to do it yourself, have a look at http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/forums/index.php  as that is a good starting point - there are heaps of f/g resources on the net (esp. in the car audio forums)


Dasdubber - January 12th, 2006 at 09:00 AM

This will give you an idea how I did my kick panels:
http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/album221 

And a pic of my sub box:

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/albums/album221/sub2_Jul4.sized.jpg


barls - January 12th, 2006 at 09:11 AM

heres a lead to help reduce the cost of materials. try talking to a boat builder or shipwright and see if he will sell glass and resin to you because they most likely will be cheaper than hardware stores other than that try a boating warehouse