hi guys i was looking at buying a custom made bodykit for my 02 TJ exec and then thought maybe i could make 1 for my Design And Technology Major for my HSC next year. if anybody has had any experience with making bodykits or knows of a good place to find out a bit more about that sort of stuff it would be muchly appreciated thanks

Fibreglass... lots of it. The biggest problem you will come to will be making it symmetrical... unless your 'custom' bodykit doesn't need to be symmetrical! lol

well i do have over a year to figure it all out so im just looking for information on it now and in a years time should have figured out how to do it all

You will need fibreglass resin and the catalyst.

Since you don't have a mould, you will need to create a frame using MDF or wood (or something similar).
You will then need some fibreglass matting for the resin to soak into - you use the matting on top of an MDF frame to craft your shape, then the catalyst sets the resin hard.

Once you get the basic shape, you sand back, and repeat to increase the thickness.


There - crash course in fibreglass moulding :nuts:

thanks thats a bit of a help nebody else hav sum advice?

fibre classing is dead easy..making it symetricall will be the hard part..you will definatly need some sort of frame, so that points of reference on bothe sides of the bars or skirts can be made and measured to assure its all symetrical. automotive filler will be nessesary to get the mould PERFECT.
when you hve made the mould,apply special wax to it and then start fibrglassing.once you have done 3-4 layers your done!..this is now your mould,as the inside of it is EXACTLY the same as the FIRST mould you made to make this mould.

wax the inside of your new mould WELL and fibreglass...let it cure and pop it out..YOU NOW HAVE A CUSTOM MADE BAR !

SORRY IF THIS MAKES NO SENSE AS IM real TIRED AND CANT BE BOTHER READING WHAT IVE JUST RITTEN TO MAKE SURE IT MAKES SENSE...did that make cents?? :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:

if ur gonna go to all the hassle, consider making a proper mould so you can make more, shouldnt be too hard to sell them :)

Peace

Tim

yea..what he said :P just add another 3-4 layers (5-6 total) and the mould will be good for making around 1oo bars if is made properly and is WELL LOOKED AFTER!

Never underestimate the importance of the mold release agent - this is not something you want to use the wrong stuff for (the special wax)...

Cheers
Heath Young

yea this is REAL important ..as is the application of it!

hey all

me and a few m8s thinkin bout doing custom kits & need sum help wif a few things,
were do u get all the stuff wots the price of it and how much do you need?

cheers

If you want to make life easier for yourself go to a few smash repairers and ask them if you can take any wrecked bars that you want. use a hacksaw and chop out all the bits you want then put them together like a jigsaw, get a good plastic glue and glue them all together.

couple of chunks of magna bar, little bit of commodore, a touch of civic and a dash of falcon.

hey all

me and a few m8s thinkin bout doing custom kits & need sum help wif a few things,
were do u get all the stuff wots the price of it and how much do you need?

cheers
are you in brisbane..? if so, i can point you to where you need to go.

are you in brisbane..? if so, i can point you to where you need to go.

dam im in perth thnx thou


If you want to make life easier for yourself go to a few smash repairers and ask them if you can take any wrecked bars that you want. use a hacksaw and chop out all the bits you want then put them together like a jigsaw, get a good plastic glue and glue them all together.

couple of chunks of magna bar, little bit of commodore, a touch of civic and a dash of falcon.

haha that could work but wouldnt it have all the join marks thou?

haha that could work but wouldnt it have all the join marks thou?

Well you get a heat gun and some flat plastic aswell, build the shape. sand down all the joins to as close to flat as possible. use the spraycan body filler and sand it down. It woudlnt be durable enough to use on the car but certainly as a mould.

I thought about doing this for mine but i didnt have the time or inclination.

Well you get a heat gun and some flat plastic aswell, build the shape. sand down all the joins to as close to flat as possible. use the spraycan body filler and sand it down. It woudlnt be durable enough to use on the car but certainly as a mould.

I thought about doing this for mine but i didnt have the time or inclination.

thats actually a pretty good idea a i think ill be going that then now the long process of findin all the pieces... hrmm.. thats gonna be fun