Making bodykits

When making a bodykit, how do you make the flat parts for vents on the sides? Everytime that I try, they come out deformed and don't look right. Also, how do most people get the filed parts looking so smooth? Thanks for the help.

It depends on what kind of material you are using. Certainly, you can get a flat vent with putty, but that's very hard, and I don't see many people do that. So, just use pieces of styrene sheet.

To achieve a smooth surface, follow the basic rule of body prep. Hand brush the primer, and sand, starting from 600 grit to 1200, then spray the primer, and finish it with 1500 or 2000 grit. Finally, polish the primer with compound, and you should be able to achieve a very smooth surface like bare plastic.

Hand brush primer??

I've never heard of that, unless that is a modeling thing.

Originally posted by hirofkd
It depends on what kind of material you are using. Certainly, you can get a flat vent with putty, but that's very hard, and I don't see many people do that. So, just use pieces of styrene sheet.

To achieve a smooth surface, follow the basic rule of body prep. Hand brush the primer, and sand, starting from 600 grit to 1200, then spray the primer, and finish it with 1500 or 2000 grit. Finally, polish the primer with compound, and you should be able to achieve a very smooth surface like bare plastic.

I meant
"...brush paint the primer..."
Sorry.

Why not just spray primer?

Originally posted by hirofkd
I meant
"...brush paint the primer..."
Sorry.

Originally posted by clatescivicr
Why not just spray primer?


i never used brush primer before, but if you spray primer u usually get it over parts u dont need to check on, if u brush u can just put it exactly where u need it, am i right? and by the way where can i find some brush primer?

That is what I was thinking too since that is what I do when I repaint rust spots on real cars.

I would think any paint shop should have it? I even think Testor's has primer in a bottle.

Originally posted by fullbloodchop01

i never used brush primer before, but if you spray primer u usually get it over parts u dont need to check on, if u brush u can just put it exactly where u need it, am i right? and by the way where can i find some brush primer?

Brushing primer helps fill in more scratches because the coat is a lot thicker. This way, you don't have to flood the entire car in primer in order to get those scratches from sanding.