body kit

[sasquatch]

i was in my neighbours yard and saw this bumper off of his sons old civic race car. i picked it up and thought holy poop half my work is done
i have wanted to make a body kit for a festiva for a long time now and was going to make to out of fiber glass, but now im just going to cut it down the center and shorten it, lay some fiber glass on the back and a thin layer on the front, then some bondo then im done

the first photo is what it looked like when i started. then i hacked out the middle and smoothed out the bumps.

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/sasquatch369/?action=view&current=P1120404.jpg

the second is after i cut out the center. i have to scrape off all the old paint and cut it to the right shape, this is a work in progress so...

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/sasquatch369/?action=view&current=P1120405.jpg

sorry my shop is a total mess...

this is what i want it to sort of look like...

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/sasquatch369/?action=view&current=festivabodykit.jpg

what do you all think?

[sasquatch]

ooo and i had to see what it looked like on my egt lol

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/sasquatch369/?action=view&current=P1120406.jpg

who can tell me what this is? i used it to cut the plastic. and the rusty pices are my custom handles.

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee217/sasquatch369/?action=view&current=P1120407.jpg

[MONSOON]

You used that to cut the plastic?! I cant think of what its called. Im just impressed at how smooth it came out. I mean I realize with enough fiberglass and bondo you could smooth anything, but still.

[SimonTuffGuy]

You will probably want a little more than just glass and bodo holding the cut plastic together. I'd suggest some sort of brace in addition. You won't see anything on the back.

If it were already a fiberglass bumper, you may be alright with just glass and bondo, but I have a feeling that it will flex and crack.

[packrat427]

who can tell me what this is? i used it to cut the plastic. and the rusty pices are my custom handles.

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=P1120407.jpg

Looks like a wire saw .

It is what survivalist use in the woods , small and does not take up a lot of room :lol:

[sasquatch]

im going to use some 3/8 steel rod to brace the heck out of it.

the wire saw was used by doctors to cut ribs out of a guys chest to his heart :shock: my dad worked in the hospital so he got it to use and i used it lol. it works good i have no clue if it was used or not but i dont care lol

[packrat427]

:lol: :lol:

I have heard of some guys getting ribs cut out . :lol:

[sasquatch]

lets not talk about that...