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Topic subjectHome made body kits?
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21454, Home made body kits?
Posted by BuckNutty, May-03-02 03:54 AM
I'm makin one :)....hehe. Anyone know of a basic list of materials i will need? I have a lil list that i got off a sight but i would love to get actual products to use. I have my friends front and rear bumpers to help me make a mold. I got some ideas ;) I will also be doing a nifty tail light conversion.....i just have to see if it is legal.
21455, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by guest, May-03-02 11:59 AM
rain gutters tia :thumbsup
21456, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by HondaHater21, May-03-02 02:51 PM
lol, do you know what ur geting urself into? Making kits is no easy task, will all the money you spend it cheaper to buy one and mod it
21457, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by eclipse804, May-03-02 03:16 PM
Ya it is a LOT of work. Just buy it. The initial investment in materials i huge. You want your mold at least 3/4" thick, and you also need a special releasing agent. It won't even come out close to perfect no matter what, just buy it. Buy a fiberglass kit and modify it how you want it. Don't start from scratch, trust me.
21458, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by dsmprobe, May-03-02 03:17 PM
im saying this in the honest to god nicest way possible.. but if you have to -ask- what materials you will need to create your own body kit, you shouldn't be attempting it..
21459, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by BuckNutty, May-03-02 11:16 PM
Hehe....i was waiting for someone to say that ^
I have a list of supplies needed, i just figure that there are people on here with hella more experience that could possibly give me a list so i can fill in things that i missed. I plan on this being a learning experience possibly stretching years :). Hehe.....I have a stock front and rear bumoper that i am looking to mod but i figured i would try n have a lil fun with glass :D
21460, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by dsmprobe, May-04-02 03:16 AM
if you want to try something pick up a front end kit from another car and try to mold it to your stock front end (like keep the top of one and the bottom of the other and join them)

21461, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by BuckNutty, May-04-02 03:34 AM
I decided to save up for the Bomex kit and scrap the whole exterior idea.....but i am still gonna try n glass the interior. I have some awesome ideas that i plan to get done with a local artist ;)....
21462, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by HondaHater21, May-04-02 05:21 AM
what r u gana do by glassing the interior? If you are just gana cover everything in glass you can get the same effect buy sanding the interior with 40, 100, 200, 350 grit paper and some nice paint
21463, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by BuckNutty, May-04-02 05:38 AM
Well....i guess i can let out my idea....top secret though ;).....My friend is wicked into anime and is gonna be making a comic book this summer...I am having him draw a dragon for my back windshielsd and various other drawings...My idea is to have him draw on the interior pieces and then go over the drawing in a glue or something that will stick up. Then make a mold, or preferably use that piece as a mold. Then once the actual piece is created the drawing will be either recessed or popping off of the piece. And then I have a few evil ideas for the dash....but i can't let out all my ideas :)
21464, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by Ryan_Hes, May-04-02 10:01 AM
Sounds kinda buck-nutty to me.....let us see how it turns out.
21465, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by dsmprobe, May-04-02 10:15 AM
> Sounds kinda buck-nutty to me.....let us see how it turns
>out.

woahahaha!!!!! LOL
21466, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by HondaHater21, May-04-02 02:57 PM
well, look on the mods on this site, it has a thing on how to make molds http://importenthusiasts.da.ru/
21467, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by Boofer97rs, May-04-02 03:25 PM
You should have that guy make a comic book in your car. So when a passenger gets in, (s)he can start reading your dash board and ish...that would be pimp as hell, lol.
21468, RE: Home made body kits?
Posted by BuckNutty, May-05-02 02:40 AM
Hehe......we'll see....tis all still in the planning stages. I saw the write up for making molds and that is partially why i was askin what i would need. The pictures are too far away from the items and i can't see the names of some of the stuff. I also have some pretty evil ideas for some neon