Rahul Sharma
Active Member
After a week of basically sanding, i have finished fiberglassing in the tweeters in the Focal component set i picked up. Below is the build log and pics....i amd very hppy with how they came out. After talking to the guys at Focal, they said the optimum setting for these tweets would be firing directly across from each other at about ear-height. this also helped me achieve another goal....getting rid of those handle bars on the a-pillars, never liked those at all....
Placement of the tweeter cups supplied by Focal on the A-Pillars.
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Streched some lycra cloth over it nice and tight and hot-glued it in the back.
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Soaked it all in Resin+MEKP and let it sit till it gets nice and hard.
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You can see on the right a light sand once the resin is hard and left, start to apply body-filler in smooth as possible and thin as possible layers.
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It takes several thin layers until you are satisfied or depending on what you want to do - paint or cover with fabric to get the right smoothness. I was going to paint so i had about 4 thin layers of body-filler with sanding inbetween at 80 grit, 100 grit, and 150 grit.
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Once i got to the stage where the same little pin-holes were the problem, it was time to get a coat of "milkshake" on these. That's basically "resin+MEKP" + "body-filler+cream hardener" in a consistency of a milkshake. this really helps because it flows better and just settles and fills in the little holes and scratches.
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Sanding the milkshake off with 80, 100, 150, 180, and 220 grit to get here:
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Now, time to paint. I've been reading a lot about this stuff and it seems the best products in a can are the SEM brand....let me tell you, they are the best aresol paints i have used...
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Primed:
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I wanted to retain the factory finish (texture) so i went with a layer of SEM Texture in between. i applied 4 thin laers and this builds up very nicely to give a great factory looking texture. It's not like those texture paints that have a grainy finish, rather, it's quite sutble and OEM like.
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Finally, i applied the color. Here i had a choice between the light color they originally were, or the light gray or dark graphite that's already on the plastic in the truck. I went with the dark graphite because that's what i'm going to finish the radio bezel and my console with...thought it would make a nice accent. who knows, i'm still contemplating an all-black interior so this may chance.
The SEM paint was a Ford Motor Company match...pretty close if you ask me.
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Placement of the tweeter cups supplied by Focal on the A-Pillars.
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Streched some lycra cloth over it nice and tight and hot-glued it in the back.
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Soaked it all in Resin+MEKP and let it sit till it gets nice and hard.
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You can see on the right a light sand once the resin is hard and left, start to apply body-filler in smooth as possible and thin as possible layers.
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It takes several thin layers until you are satisfied or depending on what you want to do - paint or cover with fabric to get the right smoothness. I was going to paint so i had about 4 thin layers of body-filler with sanding inbetween at 80 grit, 100 grit, and 150 grit.
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Once i got to the stage where the same little pin-holes were the problem, it was time to get a coat of "milkshake" on these. That's basically "resin+MEKP" + "body-filler+cream hardener" in a consistency of a milkshake. this really helps because it flows better and just settles and fills in the little holes and scratches.
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Sanding the milkshake off with 80, 100, 150, 180, and 220 grit to get here:
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Now, time to paint. I've been reading a lot about this stuff and it seems the best products in a can are the SEM brand....let me tell you, they are the best aresol paints i have used...
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Primed:
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I wanted to retain the factory finish (texture) so i went with a layer of SEM Texture in between. i applied 4 thin laers and this builds up very nicely to give a great factory looking texture. It's not like those texture paints that have a grainy finish, rather, it's quite sutble and OEM like.
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Finally, i applied the color. Here i had a choice between the light color they originally were, or the light gray or dark graphite that's already on the plastic in the truck. I went with the dark graphite because that's what i'm going to finish the radio bezel and my console with...thought it would make a nice accent. who knows, i'm still contemplating an all-black interior so this may chance.
The SEM paint was a Ford Motor Company match...pretty close if you ask me.
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