Custom Bumper..

[Psywar]

Hello,

I am new to this forum - and I am new to fiberglassing..
actually.. I have never done it.. so I am very new to it.

I got the general Idea on how to do it..
I even bought a few dvds so I could watch and see how it was done..

Anyways.. I Drive a Saturn SW2 (1999) - This summer/winter I plan on rebuilding the motor and going turbo.

I dont know if any of you know or like saturns.. but I have a second gen.
the 3rd gen bumper style is what I am going for.

My plan is to buy a new bumper for 50 bucks at rock auto


This is what the bumper looks like.. The peice on the mount that goes though the middle, I want to cut that out. Also I want to cut out all the way to were the fog lights are, and make it One big mouth.

So What I was thinking, and I am not sure if this will work..
-Tape the Entire bumper
-Put resign on the tape
-Put chopmatt on the resign
-Resign the chopmatt
- let it dry
-pull it off the bumper

and in theory this should give me the mold of the bumper right?
I will prolly have to find away to make it thicker..

And then I am going to have to find a way to make it mount to were the old bumper was..
and then get it painted..

but will this work?

Or is their some other way I should go about it?

Thanks for the help/tips/advice in advance!!

-Chuck

[Carbon Fibre]

No. use wax or PVA. See tutorial.

[TheSilentChamber]

Lid said above, dont use duct tape. Why not just modify that one to work insted of making an whole new one? It will save you alot of time and money.

[Psywar]

I thought about modifiing the new one.. but i think its going to look like butthole with the peices getting cut out..

and I dont really know how to work with plastic (not that i even have the slightest clue on how to work with fiberglass)

But if you guys think making that stock plastic one look the way I want to will work better, I can give it a shot

I can work with wood.. prolly build just about anything with wood.. but when it comes to other stuff.. I am left in the dark..

Thanks for the Input guys!

-Chuck

[Carbon Fibre]

a heat gun will shape plastic. and theyre's plastic welding guns that are easy to use. just use a plastic type filler, not bondo.