Making your own body kit Options

[macavely]

Ok i know doggy made his ow bodykit which is great...just wanted to know if anyone else had done this or is thinking about making their own...

well for ya'll that are thinking about making your own kit check out this site...HERE

[snadman]

OK, so did that person make a mold or just form fiberglass on the outside of everything and put that as ihis finished product...with the stryfoam and everything?

[macavely]

i think that person just made that one kit....

[doGGy]

Ok guys, you got me... I will write how i made my kit I Hope you will get everything right...

First step - Idea

Everything starts from idea. All you need is good imagination, sheet of paper and a pencil. I used my car outline that i made with photoshop:

Then i printed the outline and used pencil to draw the design that i had in my head:
*This is just the example*


Same way i drawed the rearend design and side skirts...

Then i got the look on the paper, i started to think about actualizing it.

Second step - Makink the mold

For the mold i used 2 component poliuretanium foam, it dryes very fast and it is easy to cut and sand. For the base i took my original front bumper, cleared it with some sort of alcohol ( i dont know how you guys call it in english ) and i used the aliuminium foil on my bumper that the foam didnt sticked to it. Then everything was prapared i mixed the foam. Then the foam was in liquid form i started to put it on my bumper. Put some sort of wooden or plastik panel under you front bumper and adjust the height of it (the height of the panel must me the same as your new front) I used the foam to get the right height in the places that i needed:



Then the foam was dry the first thing was to get off the panel from the foam (i just used knife to cut it from the form) after that i started to cut the form from the foam . Cut the right form and try to make both sides of the bumper equal as you can (cuz you dont want to have some sort of asymmetric look ) Then the form was cuted i started to sand it with some rough sandpaper. sand the form til it get the final look and all the part of your new bumper are symmetrical and good looking

Third step - Fiberglass

Then the mold is finished, use some sort of wather glue to glue the aluminium foil to your mold, do it carfully and dont leave spaces. Then the aliuminium foil is glued, start to lay down the fiberglass. I used 4 layers of fiberglass, and the final product had the 4 mm thickness. Then the fiberglass is dry try to remove it from the mold. Remove the finall product, and after that remove the mold from the car. Then the mold is removed mesure the final product on uor car, and enjoy the new look



The look after the some bondo and primer took place




This is the basic teory how to make your own fiberglass kit, if where will be more questions let me know, i will try to answer them:)

Hope you guys get it all what i wrote... It was hard for me, cuz im not so good in english, so forgive me for the mistakes i made


P.S. For MY bumper i didnt used the aliuminium foil cuz i didnt wanted it to be removed, so i used the foam straight on my bumper and the fiberglass was layed straight on the foam too. Then fiberglass dryed i used about 50 rivet's to fix the fiberglass to my front bumper.

P.S.S.

Coomer if you think this could go to HOW-TO section feel free to add it... And please correct all the grama and speling...

Thanks for reading

yours truly doGGy

This post has been edited by doGGy: Jul 23, 2003 - 5:29 AM

[Neipas09]

So are you sayin that your front is nothin but foam?

[doGGy]

QUOTE (Neipas09 @ Jul 23, 2003 - 2:22 AM)

So are you sayin that your front is nothin but foam?

Read everything again Cuz you read it then it wasnt finished yet

[macavely]

thanks doggy your the man....

[blkGT]

wow that great man. bad a$$.

[FallenHero]

I'm really impressed. That's beyond my level of creativity! I might try to make some 'Curren' style mud guards though...

Where do you find the foam?

Jon

[Inferno]

Hmm. I have a couple of questions. When you were putting down the foam, was it an actual seperate piece from your original bumper. I don't have my car yet, but I'm going to try and make a custom kit for my brother. However, I don't want to ruin his only bumper. Like, let's say I do the foam and the fiberglass, what happens when I remove the fiberglass, do I then have two seperate bumpers? I'm just kind of confused on that. Also, my other question is how you made the outline in Photoshop. I mean, did you take a photo and use a special effect? I don't know how to do that, but I do have Photoshop.

This post has been edited by Inferno: Jul 23, 2003 - 1:12 PM

[macavely]

QUOTE (FallenHero @ Jul 23, 2003 - 11:04 AM)

I'm really impressed. That's beyond my level of creativity! I might try to make some 'Curren' style mud guards though... Where do you find the foam? Jon

do you have a Rag Shop around your?

[Neipas09]

QUOTE (doGGy @ Jul 23, 2003 - 2:45 AM)

QUOTE (Neipas09 @ Jul 23, 2003 - 2:22 AM) So are you sayin that your front is nothin but foam? Read everything again Cuz you read it then it wasnt finished yet

Ahh!!! I see now!
You took your sweet azz time in writing it up, that's why i was mislead!

Sweet bumper man! Wanna do mine next???

[Inferno]

Rag shop?

[macavely]

yea go to www.ragshop.com

[Inferno]

Uhh..they are only located in 5 sates. There are none within 100 miles of me. Anyhow, I need a place to get the foam.

[macavely]

try a hardware store...

[FallenHero]

I'll look around. It's "2 component poliuretanium foam" right?

[macavely]

that i don't know...

[doGGy]

QUOTE (Inferno @ Jul 23, 2003 - 10:08 AM)

Hmm.  I have a couple of questions.  When you were putting down the foam, was it an actual seperate piece from your original bumper.  I don't have my car yet, but I'm going to try and make a custom kit for my brother.  However, I don't want to ruin his only bumper.  Like, let's say I do the foam and the fiberglass, what happens when I remove the fiberglass, do I then have two seperate bumpers?   I'm just kind of confused on that.  Also, my other question is how you made the outline in Photoshop.  I mean, did you take a photo and use a special effect?  I don't know how to do that, but I do have Photoshop.

I'v been on avcations, so sorry for no quick replay

If you gona use aliuminium foil on your bumper BEFORE you put the foam you will have 2 separate pieces, if NOT the foam WILL stick to the bumper and the bumper may be mesed up if you try to remove the foam from it Thats the same with fiberglass.

About outline, i took the picture used the special effects and then cleaned the unused or unesesry parts I will write more on this, let me check it out

QUOTE

I'll look around. It's "2 component poliuretanium foam" right?

In Lithuania we call it like this, i dont know but i think in US it may be called the same. Try to make the research

This post has been edited by doGGy: Jul 28, 2003 - 5:30 AM

[slipgun]

Wow, I was impressed you did that before doggy, now im just scared. Thats crazy but awsome!