Do it ur-self Bodykit??

[xavierfg]

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 ...

[lkailburn]

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

[xavierfg]

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).

[chris26969]

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

[99civic03]

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

[99civic03]

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.

[lkailburn]

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

[xavierfg]

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.

[T!mmy]

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

[lkailburn]

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.

[xavierfg]

Originally Posted by lkailburn

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.

[lkailburn]

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

[TakimotoRacing]

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

[clubcav_com]

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


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


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[Deadboy]

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 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/