1999 Chevrolet Blazer

[Hi-FiDelity]

You gotta do what you gotta do, I'm sure it will look sweet either way.

[gckless]

So drilling through plexiglass is tedious. Took me more than an hour to do just these 16 holes. Can't let the bit get too warm or it will melt it, can't spin it too fast or push too hard or you won't get anywhere before it melts, and you have to be careful when exiting the other side to not chip it. Went out and bought a glass/tile bit, was about halfway through and this happened:



Shoot. So, went with what I heard was the next best option, a standard spade bit. Worked well, no issues.





Shot it with one can of white. That's all I have for now, got two more in the mail. Don't mind the top, had tape there to block the port.



First baffle goes on tomorrow. Then I'm waiting on paint.

Considering doing a multicolor splatter on the inside. Should I, and if so, what colors?

[BigAl205]

Meh, splatter paint is so 80's. I would either go flat, or maybe do texture such as fleck stone with flat color over it.

[Glenn]

Drilling that stuff is a PITA at best. I've never used a paddle bit for that, but I sure will now! How thick is the acrylic? Where did you get it?

[gckless]

Meh, splatter paint is so 80's. I would either go flat, or maybe do texture such as fleck stone with flat color over it.

Yeah, probably just going to leave it flat white.

Drilling that stuff is a PITA at best. I've never used a paddle bit for that, but I sure will now! How thick is the acrylic? Where did you get it?

Yeah the spade bit worked fine, just takes a while. It's a 3/4" thick piece. Got it from estreetplastics.com, they're really cheap. This piece of 9x18x.75" was only $20.

[gckless]

Had the bike in the shop for the 1000 mile scheduled maintenance today. Really annoyed right now, just got done waxing/polishing and I was fighting mosquitoes the ENTIRE time. Like an hour and a half. Have 7 new bites. Dafuq!! She looks really good now though.

Before that, while I was waiting for both the bike and the weather to cool down, I got the first baffle put on:





Not sure if I'm gonna wait for paint to get here so I can spray without worrying about getting any paint on the top where I'm staining, or just go ahead and put the top baffle on and just tape off the top really well when I spray the inside. Will probably go with the latter just because I'm impatient.

[gckless]

Sealed and prepped the inside for paint.

[Glenn]

Looking sweet!

[gckless]

Paint still isn't here, so on goes the top baffle. Just going to top mount.

I think I have enough glue on there. I think. Don't mind the different colors, I was almost empty on a couple different wood glues lol.



So I don't have clamps. And it turns out that I don't really have much heavy stuff. Here's what I came up with to weigh it down:





It's gonna stay like that until tomorrow.

Oh, by the way, those cutouts are for 10's. You can't really see the SHD cutout to compare, but you can get an idea.

[gckless]

Took the Pile O' Shit off, here's where it's at:





This bish is heavy.

And a pic for size reference, this was a box for a pair of 10's:



Still got some stuff left to do. Gonna have to wait though, riding up to Austin tonight for 6th Street and then the X Games tomorrow.