Do it ur-self Bodykit??

I want to see these pics! :bigthumb:

Sorry bout the accident. Hope you can get back on your project soon.

Here are some pics i have of what i'm planning to do. I got a few friends to help me over the summer. I'm still debating whether to add on to the front bumper and sacrifice having it stick out 2 inches more, or to completely build a new bumper out of fiberglass that would be thinner and make the front wheels look closer to the front, as well as have the front lights flush with the front bumper. decisions decisions....

http://www.xavierfg.com/newcrxsidesmall.jpg
http://www.xavierfg.com/newcrxrearsmall.jpg
http://www.xavierfg.com/newcrxfrontsmall.jpg

Originally posted by xavierfg
[B]Sorry bout the accident. Hope you can get back on your project soon.

Here are some pics i have of what i'm planning to do. I got a few friends to help me over the summer. I'm still debating whether to add on to the front bumper and sacrifice having it stick out 2 inches more, or to completely build a new bumper out of fiberglass that would be thinner and make the front wheels look closer to the front, as well as have the front lights flush with the front bumper. decisions decisions...


That crx will look damn hot when its done....i think that completely building the bumper is a better idea...caz the new on will be shorter then the original.....but u may still whant to use the attachment part or are u gone mold it to the body?...the hood ...u gone fill the center part so that it looks smooth?
Ya i hope i can get back to my projeckt ...il post my pixs to ..the drawing i made when i get to go to the garage again...what u think ..would rear integra lights be worth it?

Good luck with ur crx project

if that kit was completed that crx would look awesome , hell you could market that kit. looks 100 times better then alot out there.

Sorry to hear bout the accident Deadboy... Happy to hear your gonna alright though... Cant wait till you can get back on the project...

Xavierfg, that CRX will look really good once its done...

Hey, can u use the styrofoam that come in boxes or do u have to get a special type of foam?:confused:

The latest pics...here the latest pics from the outside and the inside......maybe....it still need a lot of work but now im up and running again

here the link The link thingi (http://www.zone.ee/deadhitman7/car/) :bigthumb:

Thats starting to look really good man... :bigthumb:

Im loving that CRX pic u got of yer friends car... Thats one nice car...

http://www.zone.ee/deadhitman7/brians_car.jpg

Thats pretty amazing for a DIY! But the rear bumper doesnt look like it will last long. What are you thinking as far as painting the car?(im guessing red) Just curious, do you have any sculpting or ceramics experiance 'cause that kit looks pretty proffessional.

Originally posted by ThePRobed
Thats pretty amazing for a DIY! But the rear bumper doesnt look like it will last long. What are you thinking as far as painting the car?(im guessing red) Just curious, do you have any sculpting or ceramics experiance 'cause that kit looks pretty proffessional.

Nop i have no sculpting or ceramics experiances....i just tought one day that how hard can it be. So i started building...but to build the bumpers and skirts its easy as i found out. Ya i was thinking red or black or red and black. Ou the front bumper will last...atleast im hoping so:bigthumb:

found 2 more pics:iceslolanhttp://www.zone.ee/Deadhitman7/P1010003 copy.gif
http://www.zone.ee/Deadhitman7/P1010002 copy.gif

Look'n pretty TIGHT man. :bigthumb: Are u using the factory mounting hardware to hold it into place?

Originally posted by Caz&Effect
Look'n pretty TIGHT man. :bigthumb: Are u using the factory mounting hardware to hold it into place?

Ya if u look at some of the other pic i have posted ul see that half of the bumpers are the original stock rear and front bumper ........here is a pic
http://www.zone.ee/Deadhitman7/P10150012.jpg

Originally posted by Caz&Effect
Hey, can u use the styrofoam that come in boxes or do u have to get a special type of foam?:confused:

If ya like to but puzzles to getter then u can us it ...but id think the foam that they use when building houses ....is better and u can get it from any construction material shop:biggrin:

aight, cool, thanks fer the info

how about using and can of great stuff.it comes in the spray can and it hardens.....then u can and the foil and the fiberglass.....just a thought but that stiff foam looks like a good idear...im going to do a wide body kit on my 95 civic ex 2 door...heres a link on how its going to look

its the last pic to the bottom


http://autoshow.permaisuri.com/Content/autoshow.asp?autoid=20030714031553

that would be extensive to make.

Ok im finished .....but the cool thing is i cant up pics at this time caz our digi got stolen from the office:mad: Well and im gone buy a new one next month maybe if my father dosent buy a new one sooner...but the bumper is done . Just have to mold it to the body and then the paintjob...lol the funny thing is that i have only spent about 80$ on all the things from the foam to the fiberglass. All the fiberglass glues and tools cost only 38$...wiggy stuff i thought it would cost me about 200$.......hope to get some pics up soon...it look OK:bigthumb:

ive been waiting for this for a while , this post kinda died . Now i see you finished , maybe it will encourage other people to start making there own too.

Glad to hear your finally finished... Cant wait to see it! :bigthumb:

cmon, lets keep this thread alive. i was sooo stoked when i was reading through this. i'm really pumped up to make my own lip kit for my 97 civic. i was thinking of something similar to the tsunami one. hey post those pics if you finished your kit man!

Hey, ya man, common, post some pics, we really need 2 c it.

I was looking 4 some kewl side skirts 4 my '91 Accord Coupe. But when i didn't find wat i was looking 4. I made mine the same way, with foam.

I compleated the left side, now i just need 2 paint it & install it. As soon as i install it, i'll get some pics 4 sure.

{"peace"}
{~aj~}

lets get some more tips/suggestions in here. i bought a block of foam to practice my skills( or lack there of). but i'm really pumped to start making my lip. can anyone think of a shortcut on making it considering i'll still be using my front bumper. is there a way i can just make a mold of the car, and then work with that somehow?
ps. that is not my car in the pic, but is exactly how it looked on day 1. now i have a DIY type R grill and i cleared out the headlights. i also have a sunroof.

lets get some more tips/suggestions in here. i bought a block of foam to practice my skills( or lack there of). but i'm really pumped to start making my lip. can anyone think of a shortcut on making it considering i'll still be using my front bumper. is there a way i can just make a mold of the car, and then work with that somehow?
ps. that is not my car in the pic, but is exactly how it looked on day 1. now i have a DIY type R grill and i cleared out the headlights. i also have a sunroof.

First of all id post some pics but i dont have a digi at the moment got stolen and all my money has gone in the car and tools. But as soon as i get a camera il get the pics up.
There are 2 ways u can make it 1) like the do it in the shops....then u have to add ur modification to the bumper that u made from the foam..and cover the foam part with somekind of material like some kind of tape so that the glue wount melt the foam. attach it to the stock bumper and then cover the bumper with fiberglass and then u have a mold that u can use to make lot of bumper with the lip molded to the bumper and with no mistakes ..u just have to paint it but i took a shortcut not easy but i tought id take it cas im just gone build 1 bumper....the same steps but i used the mold ....ya it need a lot of work cas there are a lot of mistakes on the front side of the mold ..but its smooth as hell inside the mold ....but if ya got the time...its worth it ....but if u want to make a lot of $ then use the mold to make em.
hope this will help u ...there shold be a lin on the first page there u will se how some guy build his ford a lip.

how did you stick the foam on to your existing bumper w/out ruining the paint on it? .. I want to try this out, but i dont want there to be scratches on my paint when i take the foam off if i cant get the foam shaped how i want it.

Hey, I 2 want 2 know how u managed 2 hook up ur creation 2 ur ride. I did make a side wing 4 my '91 Coupe, but right now im just trying 2 figure out how i would go about attaching the thing 2 the car. I have some ideas, but i want 2 get all the ideas there could b, b4 i actually do start doing nething.

This wing i made is like almost perfect, so i don't want 2 ruin it.

Waiting 2 hear u, and pics will just make things e-zier.

Thanks,

{"peace"}
{~aj~}

I've started my project!!!! :iceslolan :iceslolan
I'm going to make my own front and rear lip for my 97 civic. ohhh man, i can't wait for it to be finished. but i am far far away from that. i barely just started. this is going to be my winter project, so i will roll out this spring with front and rear lips that no one in the world has!!! talk about one of a kind. i'll keep updating you guys, but beware, it will take a bit. i have 2 projects i need to finish first before the fall and they are painting my exterior trim (mirrors, door handles, side moldings, and skirts) to match my color, and then i'm redoing the interior as well. wish me luck!!!

this is what i want to make. same as ctr lip, but has a little more style to it. one of a kind! :wink:

i'm also thinking of making new skirts, if i do, they will be almost the same as stock(just to keep things easy and simple) but i will carry that design onto them towards the back

Well for the bumper i and u could use the old bumpers parts but for the side skirts ...i used the existing holes that aret here /in the center of the side that are used to hold the plastic things/ and i used some kind of aluminium plates/can get from any construction shop...and pop-ribits....id make some pics but no camera to make the pics with..il post the pics someday when i get a new camera. :smile:

I posted a while before here w/ some sketches of my plans, and now here i am starting them.

I finalized the front bumper (still gotta cut out the left/right vent holes after the fiber is down though). I also have the template for the side skirts, jus gotta cut it out of thicker posterboard and attach them w/ more blue masking tape. After that, then the glassing starts.

NOTE: the reason why the bumper and skirts are so high off the ground than normal bodykits is that i have to leave some room for when i lower my car.

So here are just some pix of my progress, you can follow it along at http://www.xanga.com/xavierfg if you are interested.

Right now, its all blue masking tape and posterboard, but i will be fiberglassing it this weekend hopefully. School's been a bitch, started my last year in HS this week, so progress might be going slower than i hoped. i spent most of august finding parts and doing my mpfi swap on my car w/ auto tranny (.. yeah, i kno, i'm too poor to get an si right now, or a new engine/tranny).

So here are a few of the pix i took ...

http://www.xavierfg.com/isobody1.jpg

http://www.xavierfg.com/isobody2.jpg

http://www.xavierfg.com/newbumper.jpg

nice job man, keep up the good work and post lots of "in progess" pics

Here are some new pix from today. The pix of the car in the sun w/ bondo are prior to sanding. I didnt take any pix of the fiberglassed bumper cuz it was my first time fiberglassing, and my skills are horrible (were horrible). So, it looked kinda nasty. So its taking a layer or two of bondo to cover it up. The night shot w/ bondo is the final layer of the stuff, and i'll sand that down and put on primer some time this week (depends on school). Sideskirts are still being fiberglassed (ran out of brushes, so gotta wait).

http://www.xavierfg.com/newbodyprofile1.jpg
http://www.xavierfg.com/sideskirtsprofile.jpg
http://www.xavierfg.com/bondofinallayer1.jpg
http://www.xavierfg.com/bondofinallayer2.jpg
http://www.xavierfg.com/isopriorsanding.jpg

wow , good progress Lets keep this thread alive , Im very interested in progress pics and soon enough a painted finish pic.

That looks awesome for a DIY, be sure to keep us posted, I wanna see how this turns out.

Mods :
-3" Full Cat back exhaust
-K&N Filter
-Ram Air
-BOV , made by who knows
-2 inch Drop
-Red/Orange paint job
-17" rims
-Indigo Gauges


JW, the BOV seems kind of out of place considering theres no turbo setup, unless theres something im missing...I apologize if you are running a turbo setup though.

EDIT: My bad, didnt see that you had a GSX. forget I ever said that.

hey nice job man, lookin very sweet. could you tell me how you did the skirts, like how do they attach to the car. and how long did it take you to make the front bumper and what did you use? plz i'd really like some help so i can make mine for my civic. thanks man

the skirts are just made of posterboard backed by stiff cardboard, then fiberglassed over. i'm probably gonna do 6 layers so its rigid, then put body filler and sand them down flat.

it took me about 2 days to build the front bumper shape out of posterboard and masking tape. another 2 days to fiberglass it, and right now i'm working on smoothing it all out with body filler, so far on my 3rd day with that (only cuz of school).

I suggest you use an orbital sander for smoothing out (i learned the hard way). its REALLY fast on body filler. but makes ure to chop off any realy sharp and pointy projections, w/ a sanding block before going at it w/ the orbital.

that's badass...nice work man...I would do the same thing BUT I want urethane and can't exactly do your own urethane. :frown: regardless nice job man, keep posting pics.

Hey, i went to your site to look at all of your pictures, and there is a picture where your front bumper is 1/2 covered in duck tape, and 1/2 covered in tin foil. did you cover your front bumper to make like a blank template to carve out a new design on? even if you didn't, seeing that picture gave me a wicked idea. please if you could, tell me your fiberglassing steps. like did you fiberglass both front and back etc.

Hey, i went to your site to look at all of your pictures, and there is a picture where your front bumper is 1/2 covered in duck tape, and 1/2 covered in tin foil. did you cover your front bumper to make like a blank template to carve out a new design on? even if you didn't, seeing that picture gave me a wicked idea. please if you could, tell me your fiberglassing steps. like did you fiberglass both front and back etc.

well, that was my original plan. It is probably the best way to do it if you arent definite on your design, or new to fiberglass. i was limited on time, money, and materials, so i chose instead to just build on to the bumper itself. i ended up ripping off the duct tape and foil in that pic, and starting over making cardboard shapes and designs, then fiberglassing everything together.

anyways, one thing i learned is, dont overuse bondo. i used too much and it was cracking all over a few days ago, so i parked it back in the garage and decided to fiberglass over it, because i got my technique down and i'll do a lot more layers than before. good thing i didnt paint it yet, heh. if anything, the more layers will give it extra strength. and as for weight, it will just probably balance the car back out, since i have a huge sub box in my trunk anyways.

hey awesome man, i appreciate your tips on what you've done. keep us up to date with everything ok! goodluck man
Luke

Yo thats a mad idea. i did a foam rubber body kit for my 99 civic HX complete with fender flares and type R (well, almost!) lip but wrecked b4 i got it finished (imagine wrecking your car with an UNPAINTED body kit. how embarrasing) but that looks good DEADBOY, real good. keep it up :)

omg you're kidding you can actually do that??


wont it rip off when you go over a speed bump?


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sry for not posting 4 a long time but im back and got pics......looks like some of u have been working hard ......looking good :smile: the crx skirt and bumper a starting to look good.......here are some of pics i finaly took of my progress...

amm here is a link where some of the pics are...the last 4 are of the progress :)

http://www.zone.ee/deadhitman7/2003/

i am still kinda iffy on this, cause it still looks pretty rough to me, the surface isnt even level, its all bumpy, and then the front the little holes and curves are not even the same, still needs a lot of work, to even look good in my book,

here are some new update pix, .. i typed some stuff about it at http://www.xanga.com/xavierfg .. buh i'm too lazy and tired to retype here (or evn copy and paste, haha, school is a bitch). Read up there if you want, and NOTE: its still not done, thats not final coat of primer or final sanding before paint (my excuse for it looking like crap right now, heh).

Oh, and, I'M LOOKING FOR A SET OF CRX OEM SIDESKIRTS AND FRONT BUMPER if anyone has any lying around. i just wanna keep an extra set in case i have to swap out these parts if hurricane Isabella lays waste to my developing kit or if it ever snows hard here, hehe. just email me at [email protected] or pm me or something, thanks.

ALSO: i'm considering trading my skirts and bumper (in the condition they are in now, almost done) w/ someone for stock bumper and sideskirts if anyone is interested. I got a new design idea and more money, so i was thinking of starting over. Also, i wanna use the stock stuff during winter, cuz i dun wanna wreck the kit in the snow.

http://www.xavierfg.com/bumperprimeriso1.jpg

http://www.xavierfg.com/bumperprimeriso2.jpg

http://www.xavierfg.com/bumperprimerside.jpg

wow man. congrats, the kit came out awesome. i can't wait to see some primer and paint slapped onto that. are you gonna sand anymore or you finished up?

oops, maybe i should have read the text bfore replying. lol. well i can't wait till you finish sanding and then primer and paint.

aha, i spoke too soon.

After isabella hit, the rain leaked in and it soaked the inner layers that were layed down on the masking tape and posterboard. The retention of the water inside eventually made the bottom half of the bumper and the side skirts crack. So i ended up just ripping them off. Oh well.

Maybe I'll try again after apps are done, or maybe i'll make just a lip for now.

awww man that sucks. :banghead: i'm sorry. whats your strategy for making your lip. are you going to use any techniques you would like to share? i'm still hoping to make a lip myself.

If I was to take a body kit from a friends car, coat the inside with aluminum foil, make a thin "mold" of the inside of the kit, remove it, and than fiberglass like 5-7 layers I would have my own body kit that cost about like maybe $500 cheaper, depending on the price of the kit. Or maybe use like bondo or something that will mold to the exact inside shape of the kit. That's pretty much how the kits are made in the first place, by the company making a mold and than turning out hundreds of kits. Unless they make the mold to fit the outside of the kit rather than the inside. But I'm sure that somehow you could make a mold of the kit and than glass your own of whatever style you wanted. I have read that you should use your "X" number of layers of fiberglass, and than coat the final layer with Duraglass to make a harder, more durable sufrace to prep for sanding, if that helps anyone. At least thats what they say in custom sub-enclosure forums. Molding your own kit form an existing one sounds like a lot of sanding and prep work though. Too much for me. Might work though.

about the glue..maybe use emersion glue. it water base and its cheap. its just an idea. it might be stupid. for foam you can probably buy it at home depot, which someone mention or go to a art supply store. i think depot would be a lot cheaper.

xavierfg....damn it looked good.....damn sry to hear about what happoned...that must suck....and just when it was starting to look realy good......but how did it crack? :eek7: ....u used the fiberglass and it cracked ...thats new.What kind of fiberglass did u use?....i had 3 diferent types of fiberglass i used on my bumper.....it could be the blue to....dont know......if u have palce near u where they make fiberglass boats ....u could aske them where to get the glue and fiberglass that they use...i did and it holds ....i have only 3 layers of fiberglass on and its hard as hell.

lol good luck tryin that shit to make ur own kit, my friend tried it wow it was such a pain to add the fiberglass sheets down, good luck

No actualy it isent hard when u get the hang of it.....ya it was...to get one layer on at first it took me 15 min....now i can get 5 layers on in 15min........the best part is when u get it finished and it looks good :iceslolan ...but i still have to finish the spoiler and mold the parts on to the car....but the cold weather...is a problem. The clue i use need at leat +10c and its like -5c in the garage :mad: ...but hope that i will finish it before the end of school.

yes cold weather is a byatch. if you got a garage to work in, just go out and buy insulation, put it everywhere, and get a heater. and be careful with fiberglass and cold weather, hot to cold shock can cause it to crack, but its easily fixable. i also got another way for pepole to make a "template" for their body kit. rather than using the stock pieces and fiberglassing a mould and adding on to it, you could use chicken wire, the kind with 1x1cm squares, its easily bendable/formable, u can keep the wire attached to the fiberglass for added ridgedness. about the only thing that might get annoying is that it will take a while to get the wire straight, but its worth it.

Don't let this thread die!! I want to see other peoples projects for when I do mine!!!

Don't let this thread die!! I want to see other peoples projects for when I do mine!!!


my words exactly :biggrin: ..cmon people, anyone got any updates?

I would start one, but Its getting to be winter and i dont have a garage :mad: