Thread: glassin ideas

anyone see the powerblock today where they made fiberglass flares for the fastback mustang?...im thinkin about doin a whole ishload of glasswork now...i work at a bodyshop but anyone try this or anything....like fiberglass deckilid or doors?

i saw that and he makes seem like it's pretty easy. i think it takes alot of practice to get the final product to look that good.

but i think the guys at the shop will know a thing or two about fabbin up some doors...i might come up with the lightest most wavy 200sx ever.....ha ill paint it white

doing add on flairs is one thing, a production replacement piece is another. to make it look like stock, really hard really really. you have to make a mold, and one for like a trunk lid, would be huge and hard considering the 90* bend .

plus there are a lot of other options out there for b14's. heck there was even a run of glass hoods for b13's.

fiberglass doors would scare the shit outta me. I'd hope that the car would never be driven on the street

my altima has fiberglass doors..or either some type of new quiet metal that sounds like fiberglass. my volvo truck has fiber glass doors as well.

I have messed around with some really cheap and easy ways to make some one off fiberglass molds. They are just done in your own garage quality (translation: they are cheap both ways quality and cost). Composites can really get messy and expensive in very little time.

You can use foam insulation sheets from Home Depot (in the drywall section) and cans of spray foam (try and find a better source that Home Depot Dap and the likes don't work as well). Just kind of box in the the part you are coping on one side, use the expanding spray foam to fill in the gaps. Do this for each side like if there is a skeleton like on the inside of the hood. Once the foam drys solid you can separate it from the part, shape it (think razor blade knives, electric turkey carvers, wire brushes on drills)and fill in any pin holes with bondo or even cheaper sheet rock plaster. Then paint the exposed foam/plaster with latex based paint and cast away. Make sure to lube up the part before foaming and to lube up the cast before laying the first gel coat. Vasiline or heavy coats cooking spray oil.
WARNING:That is the short and clean version actual application may in fact be more difficult/time consuming than I just made it.

saw it also and first thing i thought of doing was wrapping my trunk with tin foil and glassing it

then do a underside mold and try and bond it together i guess or is that a bad idea... cus then it would just be 2 heavy

yea i doubt ill get so crazy as to add door panels but its a pipe dream like owning a 69 camaro with fiberglass body and a 572...maybe a hood and a decklid