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Body Kit molding
Posted: February 23rd, 2006, 10:32 pm
by slimmyslim1420
I was wondering the best way to mold the sides and rear. I know fiberglass but should you use anything with it to help, or just fiberglass tape with resin over the top of it? And then bondo on the top?
Posted: February 23rd, 2006, 11:21 pm
by 93_4Banger
kinda wondering the same thing.... someone has to know this??
Posted: February 24th, 2006, 1:59 pm
by Joey's mx
well i used 100% figerglass, no bondo just spot putty!! It is a pain in the a-- though!! Alot more work then using bundo....but is stronger!!! Oh and i molded my sideskirts and roof scoop like this not either bumpers!!
Posted: February 26th, 2006, 8:30 pm
by Yoda
I use structural adhesive use in the trucking industry for bonding GRP/ FRP and steel or aluminum together. Something I picked up for the old school hot-rod guys at a show afew years ago. A lot stronger bond than using the more common bondo or polyseter resin techniques use by the sport compact guys.
http://www.proformproducts.com/fr/produ ... ategory=67
Posted: February 27th, 2006, 9:31 pm
by slimmyslim1420
Can that adhesive also mold the parts in or does it just bond them together? The way I want it is with no lines or spaces between parts. That might have been what you were saying I don't know, but it seems like that stuff would be more of a liquid than a putty type mixture.
Posted: February 28th, 2006, 12:49 pm
by Yoda
This adhesive is thick and can be spread out like filler. You can sand it out but you will want to leave it so that you can spread a skim coat of a light weight filler to blend the surfaces together ando depending on the adhesive you may need a special filler to go over top of it.
Posted: February 28th, 2006, 1:23 pm
by neonkai
I was under the understanding that molding doesnt allow for much flex and has a tendancy to crack. Is this true for the method you guys are explaining?
Posted: February 28th, 2006, 1:36 pm
by fieromx3
if ur going to mold parts id seriously only do the sideskirts and if u get hood scoops or roof scoops
but i would not reccomned doing the front and rear bumpers u never no when u might have to take it off or anything right? the only part i would say mold the rear is with that lip on the stock rear bumper but not the actual bumper its self...
Posted: February 28th, 2006, 1:43 pm
by slimmyslim1420
Yea I only plan on doing the side skirts for now, and maybe the rear bumper later. I don't plan on doing the front bumper as I am going turbo and I'm sure I will have it off a lot.
Posted: February 28th, 2006, 5:58 pm
by hgallegos915
I was gonna mold mine but im lazy
and well it looks ugly when cracked...when done properly it looks awesome..if you use bondo it may crack..fiberglass is better.
Posted: February 28th, 2006, 10:05 pm
by slimmyslim1420
Yoda wrote:This adhesive is thick and can be spread out like filler. You can sand it out but you will want to leave it so that you can spread a skim coat of a light weight filler to blend the surfaces together ando depending on the adhesive you may need a special filler to go over top of it.
Will the adhesive you left a link to require any special filler, or just typical bondo? Or someother lightweight filler. This step is just to blend and make the surfaces smooth right? Also the bottle they are selling how much could you get out of it? Like one side skirt, or two, or the two skirts and a rear bumper? What is a good estimate on that?