What Cheered You Up This Week?

[Maruzo]

In this gloomy times, any little thing that you used to take granted becomes so much more fun and exciting.

I took my Estoril Blue X5 out from storage this Tuesday and have been enjoying it every day while going to the grocery store, picking up to go food, and supervising construction work done at my work place.

I never thought supervising construction can be fun. But it gave me the chance to get out of the house and enjoy the rumble and thrust of my X5's V8.

Long live the iS M62, King of the urban jungle!

[Purplefade]

I realized last night that I am less than a week away from finally completing my bathroom renovation - that made me SUPER EXCITED!!


I got my tub set today have to connect the standup faucet and water lines and do some drywall work and I'm outta there!


BEST PART - my wife can't change her mind anymore - it's finished!!


I also finally... built the sub box for my E53 and am going to drop myself a nice 10" sub in there and a respectable amp.

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Purplefade

... built the sub box for my E53 and am going to drop myself a nice 10" sub in there and a respectable amp.

Was is hard or costly? Did you use MDF or wood plank?
I'm debating on moving my aftermarket sub box from trunk to side compartment but worry the sound just won't be as good as external box since the compartment box needs a specialized shallow sub.

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[Purplefade]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

Was is hard or costly? Did you use MDF or wood plank?
I'm debating on moving my aftermarket sub box from trunk to side compartment but worry the sound just won't be as good as external box since the compartment box needs a specialized shallow sub.

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Hey Clockwork,

I got side-swipped by my (wifes) bathroom project and haven't yet finished it, but what I did was make a cardboard "mold" (using that thin but stiff type of cardboard that you find on the back of a yellow note pad, scissors and tape) of the entire back cavity of the truck and then wrapped the inside of the mold with plastic wrap, laid in fiberglass matte and used resin and hardener to set it up - so far so good.

I am going to finish it by tracing the face of it on 1/4" ply wood (doubling up just the area where the sub will screw in) and cutting that just inside the line so that it will fit inside the lip of the fiberglass enclosure. Tap some screw hole through the enclosure into the plywood, add a bead of construction adhesive for good measure and seal the enclosure to the face board and wrap the entire enclosure in a second layer of fiberglass for structural integrity.


I figured that by using fiberglass and keeping it thin and rigid that I could use more of the air space and take up more of the nooks and crannies vs using 1/2" or 3/4" particle board like most do.


I ordered everything online from home depot and had it dropped off on my front porch for an additional $8.99 delivery fee - it was awesome!


Edit: - Missed the part about cost - best part, it was SUPER cheap!
I spent like $15 on the resin, $12 on the fiberglass cloth and matte (I used cloth to mold the inside initially, it's softer, and will go back over the whole box with the matte once the face is attached), and the plywood was like $9 if I recall right.


It required:
4'x4' piece of thin, rigid cardboard
scissors
painters tape (I used pt because it doesn't stick down until you press it good which gave me an opportunity to adjust the pieces)
1 - $14 quart resin w\hardener included
1 - $6 package of fiberglass cloth
1 - $6 package of fiberglass matte
2 - cheap paint brushes
rubber gloves
1 - $9 4'x4' piece of 1/4" plywood
1 - $2 10oz tube of liquid nail
caulk gun
jig saw


And my wife having an absolute fit about the smell of the fiberglass on me when I came in from the garage...

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Purplefade

Hey Clockwork,

I got side-swipped by my (wifes) bathroom project and haven't yet finished it, but what I did was make a cardboard "mold" (using that thin but stiff type of cardboard that you find on the back of a yellow note pad, scissors and tape) of the entire back cavity of the truck and then wrapped the inside of the mold with plastic wrap, laid in fiberglass matte and used resin and hardener to set it up - so far so good.

I am going to finish it by tracing the face of it on 1/4" ply wood (doubling up just the area where the sub will screw in) and cutting that just inside the line so that it will fit inside the lip of the fiberglass enclosure. Tap some screw hole through the enclosure into the plywood, add a bead of construction adhesive for good measure and seal the enclosure to the face board and wrap the entire enclosure in a second layer of fiberglass for structural integrity.


I figured that by using fiberglass and keeping it thin and rigid that I could use more of the air space and take up more of the nooks and crannies vs using 1/2" or 3/4" particle board like most do.


I ordered everything online from home depot and had it dropped off on my front porch for an additional $8.99 delivery fee - it was awesome!


Edit: - Missed the part about cost - best part, it was SUPER cheap!
I spent like $15 on the resin, $12 on the fiberglass cloth and matte (I used cloth to mold the inside initially, it's softer, and will go back over the whole box with the matte once the face is attached), and the plywood was like $9 if I recall right.


It required:
4'x4' piece of thin, rigid cardboard
scissors
painters tape (I used pt because it doesn't stick down until you press it good which gave me an opportunity to adjust the pieces)
1 - $14 quart resin w\hardener included
1 - $6 package of fiberglass cloth
1 - $6 package of fiberglass matte
2 - cheap paint brushes
rubber gloves
1 - $9 4'x4' piece of 1/4" plywood
1 - $2 10oz tube of liquid nail
caulk gun
jig saw


And my wife having an absolute fit about the smell of the fiberglass on me when I came in from the garage...

Oh good Jesus. I will just buy one hahahah.
Thanks so much for the how to... Tho. I love that some ppl have the materials and know how to do such a project. Speaking of projects, good luck with them all.

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[Purplefade]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

Oh good Jesus. I will just buy one hahahah.
Thanks so much for the how to... Tho. I love that some ppl have the materials and know how to do such a project. Speaking of projects, good luck with them all.

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HA - there’s a part of me wishing I had just bought mine now too! But with nothing but time on my hands, it kept me busy for a bit

Now all I have to do is anchor the face and finish my last wrap.

Thanks for the good luck wishes!!


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[Purplefade]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

worry the sound just won't be as good as external box since the compartment box needs a specialized shallow sub.

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I'll keep you posted but from what I'm seeing now I am going to probably have about 6" of internal depth, I really think I'll be able to use a decent sub - I'll measure it for sure as soon as I have the face on it.

[wpoll]

I washed my X and got it ready to hit the road again as we head back to work tomorrow. I drove it for the first time in nearly a month and since the last thing I did to it was a full service, it was a joy to drive - it just purred.

Sure made me smile....

[Zulu95]

Found toilet paper at the local supermarket for a normal price. Had to drive the 30 odd miles it takes for us to go shopping in the X and returned with TP, paper towels and Kleenex for the first time in a month.
'Tis the simple things that make you happy.

[TriX5]

Finally found a few minutes, the tools and material needed to hang up my reels for hoses and cable. Long in coming and finally here. Making the work space just a little less cluttered.

One is a 9x17 original style 18, irrepairably bent but still looks good :-). The other (I am told) is a wheel from a small format Puch motorcycle or moped from somewhere in the '50s.