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Old 11-15-2004, 02:35 AM   #5
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Re: custom hoods?

what kind of shrinkage can i expect on the fiberglass mold and hood id imagine the size after the mold has shrunk and the new hood has shrunk as well, would be much smaller the the original.
my actual plan for this probe is going to be a full wide body kit
which means i will be fabricating front and rear fenders the hood as well as the door skins.
i have found the front fenders i want to duplicate and they dont seem to complicated there pretty much just wider with some vents behind the wheel.
and as for the rear there extended a few inches wider from the top of the fender and they narrow down at the tail light and to the front of the door i hope you get what i mean by all this.
i have some photos but im having trouble posting them.

so what i really want to know is could this work be done by sombody who's never worked with fiberglass. i have however taken three years of sculpture and ceramics so im not completly in the dark about this.
also you dont have to be dead on accurate but how much money and time do you think im gonna be spending on this stuff?

thanks for any help.
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