Shallow Mounted - Audio/Video Audio Tech

With this template, we can cut our first trial boards. Because of the cures and the angle that we hope to achieve, these may not be our final cuts of these boards.

All painted up and dressed to kill. A sweet marriage of beauty and functionality. See you on the show scene.

Slicing and dicing like info-mercial products, our first trial boards take shape. The radio mount and console top are secured to the side boards. Here we are tracing out the horseshoe shifter path so our console can go around it. In order to hold the desired shape, tack boards were secured in place with straps. Upholsterers use these for vehicle headliner edges.

We can now stretch the polyester fleece on the center console. Here we are stapling the edges around the radio opening area. This area will be cut out and separated from the rest of the console later.

Now that the box has been stretched and stapled, and the console has taken its initial shape, the missing link can be created.

The radio trim panel was then constructed. First, a board was trimmed to fit around the radio and temporarily screwed in place. From there, a second board was made to first flush the angle of the radio trim board then to clear the shifter horseshoe. From there, they were joined and cloth was stretched to compensate for the rounded contour of the console. After resin and kitty hair were applied and hardened, the panel was body worked and smoothed before being sent to the body shop for paint.

The console has now taken shape and is ready to wrap and resin. After our console has hardened and been shaped, we will add a guide to the box that will marry the box and the console as a single unit.

The box was then treated in the same fashion. The stapling started across the top then down one side before proceeding to stretch the rest of the enclosure face.

Notice the speaker face has been stapled all the way around. Once resin is applied, this will ensure that the speakers are separately chambered from the subwoofers.

Resin is applied and kitty hair is shaped. The kitty hair not only helps shape the enclosure, but adds to the strength of the elongated sections of the box face. Now the enclosure is being sent to the body shop for paint.