liquid fiber glass

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 7th, 2006, 8:03 pm

I am going to fix my bumper and I am going to use liquid fiber glass to fill in the crack. Has anyone done this before? And if you have you got any tips on useing this?

Urbanconcept · Post by **Urbanconcept** » March 7th, 2006, 9:06 pm

make sure you reinforce it with a lot of fiberglass. you could use resin and fiberglass mat then fill in the crack from the front and then smoothe it all out. I'm no master of glassing but it should work.

reaper of souls · Post by **reaper of souls** » March 8th, 2006, 4:57 pm

it may be easier to use bondo. the liquid fiberglass does it already have the chopped stranded fiberglass matt already in it if so it works just like bondo and is very easy to use just have fun sanding

NickIreson · Post by **NickIreson** » March 12th, 2006, 10:25 pm

I do boats as a job, and make body kits in my spare time.
take off bumper and gring the back with 36 or 40 grit paper. get polyester resin, and 3/4 oz.fiberglass mat. work from the back, not the front, as it will look alot neater. bondo is not strong so try to use as much glass as you can and as little bondo as possible. when you mix the MEK (hardner) into the resin, the more you put, the faster you have to woke, and the hotter it is where you are, the less time you have. 1 oz. will set a gallon according to manufacturers, but i just pour by feel, but i suppose thats where experience helps. when the resin starts to go lumpy, and then like jello, you only have about 2 to 3 munites left, so hurry. if you get resin on you with MEK mixed in, it will sting like a son of a gun, and resing gets HOT as it dries, so be careful. if you dont use enough MEK and it takes forever to set, a heat gun will speed it up alot. need anything else, message me privately. check out my site
http://www.mini-itek.com i made that kit, and am working on the truck currently

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » March 13th, 2006, 1:04 am

I've seen that car a few times. Neat, and very nice MINI. However, I'm calling BS that a 17 yr old made that kit. It is hella good work and alot of work at that. I'll believe you if you can show some proof.

Oh, your Dad did it and you helped? I'm not knock'n that, but don't say YOU did it...

The truck is gonna be awesome. Tell your Dad to use twin ZEs. We don't care for no stinkin Honda crap...

Or twin BP-Ts, that would be different and keep the engine size down. Two stock BPTs would cost about 1600 total and 500+HP stock without nitrous. I'm sure two B16-Ts would cost alot more to build up to 325 HP each.

NickIreson · Post by **NickIreson** » March 13th, 2006, 9:37 pm

No big guy, I definitely did that kit. It seems very judgemental of you to doubt somebodys abilitys that you have never met, and shows your close mindedness. Im sorry if you dont believe that i did that work, and i in no way feel the need tp prove myself.

And we have sponsors that require us using hondas, and plan on sticking to them in the minis because its kind of our little reputation now. thanks for the complement and sorry if i seem defensive, but i find it quite anoying to have somebody doubt me like that. And the magazine articles that say my dad did it are written from speculation, with no direct inverview or comment from us.
-Nick

And the B16-A2 Motors we use can easily hit over 500 hp with internals, turbo and nitrous. They are cheaper to build than BP's and my dad is a honda man through and through.

I myself do like BPT's and plan on dropping one in my car within the next few months, and would love to know where you can get them for 800 a peice, and would also love any advice you have on building the motor up to its potential

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » March 14th, 2006, 6:12 pm

why does everyone think working with fiberglass is hard and expensive o.0 it ocsted me like 5 dollars to fix my front bumper... and i had left over material for my rear bumper..