Winter mod... Found something to kill time with. - Page 2

Lances133 · #16 12-15-2006, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Classicrocjunkie

As the saying goes... "measure twice, cut once"..

And...."Kindness matters"

JaysZ24 · #17 12-15-2006, 10:10 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHA good one lance i seen that on the chair too this mod looks pretty sweet i might attempt putting a gauge behind the steering wheel by the hazard light switch Keep up the good work tho man

Classicrocjunkie · #18 12-16-2006, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Lances133

And...."Kindness matters"

Thats like the 3rd person to tell me that... Am i missing something here? I obviously know kindness matters.. i just don't see the relivance of it to the post...

Yes i know about sanding, but between my dremel with sanding bits and my palm sander, was a piece of cake...

Also i was going to keep the cig lighter, but then i said nahhh.....

Lances133 · #19 12-16-2006, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Classicrocjunkie

Thats like the 3rd person to tell me that... Am i missing something here? I obviously know kindness matters.. i just don't see the relivance of it to the post...

lol are you serious bro? It's on your pillow. Nice work tho, lookin' good. I wish you were around here to do my fg projects.

01Cavy · #20 12-16-2006, 03:47 AM

Are you planning on painting your interior or are you going to try to match it to your stock interior color?

Classicrocjunkie · #21 12-16-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 01Cavy

Are you planning on painting your interior or are you going to try to match it to your stock interior color?

I've got a paint thats pretty damn close to the stock Charcoal gray. I'm not one for the whole painted interrior thing.

Lances133 · #22 12-16-2006, 04:18 PM

You should do another one of your "How To" write ups. I wanna do some gauge modding and molding and I've never heard of epoxy until recently and would like to know what to use the stuff for and how to use it.

Classicrocjunkie · #23 12-17-2006, 02:16 AM

Epoxy is like a 2-part superglue that comes in a syrnge. You have to despense the liquids in equal amounts and then mix them together to make a homogeneous mixture. There are different types per say... ones that take 1 min to cure up to 24hrs. 5min is the average tho and is what i used for my project. When you are bonding plastic to other plastic the 24hr one is the strongest. When I mounted the cups to the wooden pod it worked like a charm. But when i went to glue the pod to the bezel, and i was flexing it the epoxy was actually starting to crack since i used the 5 min multi perpose one which is why i have the fiberglass body filler as a mold for the cups. With normal fiberglassing that is a big no no structural wise. But since this is just a base for the actual fiberglass i didn't give a rats ass... I've been doing alot of reading on this and so far i haven't encounterd any problems with what i am doing. I have to work these next 2 days so i won't be able to get any more progress till like tuesday and weds. But then i leave for seattle on friday till jan 2. I'm hoping to atleast get 2 coats of glass on by then. We'll see...

my99cavy · #24 12-18-2006, 11:27 AM

Looks really good so far man, keep up the good work. I would say make sure to keep posting pictures but then I rememberd it was Cody I was talking to

Classicrocjunkie · #25 12-20-2006, 12:53 AM

Fastforwards here....

I realized tonight that one of the mounting brackets had been busted off somehow, not by me. It the one by the driver side vent. So I am currently in the process of trying to figure out how I am going to make another one, Right now i built like 3 layers of glass up and am letting that harden and going to see if that will do what i need for it to do... Other than that... Just got to sand everything down, spread some body filler and fix any high spots, primer, sand, paint... done ski!

my99cavy · #26 12-20-2006, 01:03 AM

fuck does that look good bro!!! Wanna make one for me?

Classicrocjunkie · #27 12-20-2006, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by my99cavy

fuck does that look good bro!!! Wanna make one for me?

I have no intentions of ever doing another one of these damn things. It is soo labor intensive trying to fix your errors from not knowing what your doing. LOL...I spent probably 2-3 hrs sanding this bitch today before the last coat of resin in those last pics. Tomorrow that gets sanded down to smooth. Gotta fix that mount, and get to the fun parts where its going to look like it should... Only downfall i leave for washington in 2 days now.

... and i still have to do my steering colum cover pod.

Classicrocjunkie · #28 12-21-2006, 12:15 PM

I'm a nit picky person so i have spent alot of time sanding to make sure there are zero high spots in the top layer of resin. I'm at the point where i just need to sand down the area where i made the new little bracket and then sand the entire bezel so the primer adhere's and dosn't have the normal texture. Break out the new body filler i bought... From what i was told its comparable to evercoats low grade filler... lol. I really didn't feel like driving 20 miles to pick up evercoat from a body shop supply store.

I'm off to Seattle washington tomorrow morning till jan 2nd, so finishing this up is going to have to wait till i come back. But so far i am liking what i am seeing.

my99cavy · #29 12-21-2006, 03:23 PM

Yeah im liking what i'm seeing also

So you decided to do away with the cigarette lighter after all huh??

Classicrocjunkie · #30 12-21-2006, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by my99cavy

Yeah im liking what i'm seeing also

So you decided to do away with the cigarette lighter after all huh??

I didn't want a hole that was going to sit lower than the rest of the gauges, also is going to make my nitrous switches easier to mount.

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