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Im thinking about having a go at making my own badgeless grille and maybe even have a go at the bonnet with removing the washer jet holes and recess
How hard is fibreglassing or smoothing out parts?
What i need to know is how you fill parts in or over such as the washer holes
Any tips or best products would be really helpful
Thanks
Raz
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:04 pm |
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Welding for the bonnet is the only way to go, as filler/fibre glass can sink bud
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:04 pm |
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body filler is easier
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:08 pm |
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| Addaz wrote: |
| Welding for the bonnet is the only way to go, as filler/fibre glass can sink bud |
Thanks Adam, ill look into getting it welded up then
| Seabook wrote: |
| body filler is easier |
Im guessing this will be used for the grille and lower part of the bonnet? It pretty straight forward to use Seabook? Never done anything like this before, just wanna make sure im not gonna waste my money on something which i'll suck at
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:52 pm |
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I debadged the grill but looked crappy with the bonnet cut out.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:32 am |
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Exactly what Addaz said welding is the only way to go, then fibreglass over that and smooth it.. I'm shocaked you didnt just ask me considering I've done it all before lol!
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:35 am |
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| Razpulsedj wrote: |
| Seabook wrote: |
| body filler is easier |
Im guessing this will be used for the grille and lower part of the bonnet? It pretty straight forward to use Seabook? Never done anything like this before, just wanna make sure im not gonna waste my money on something which i'll suck at |
You can't just filler the bonnet gap bud, that also needs welding, I'd only use filler as a very light thin skim over anyway, fibreglass is much better IMO, but slightly harder to work with..
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:50 am |
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You could use fibre fill (Davids ISOPON P40).
In the old days we used to bridge big gaps with it.
Take the area around where you want to work down to bare metal. Lightly tap around the hole with a mallet to create a recess for the fibre fill to grip into. You mix it just like body filler (paste and hardener). Once mixed put enough fibre fill to cover the hole onto a piece of plastic, (supermarket bags are fine) and then place the filler over the hole, plastic side out. Alls the plastic does is stop the filler dropping through the hole.
With it being a bonnet, you could always spread some fibre fill on the underside too so to create a stronger bond. Once the fibre fill has hardened, just peel away the plastic and set to smoothing off as you would with any standard body filler.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:59 am |
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...just buy a badgeless grill and get the bonnet welded, easy option.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:48 pm |
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i did my own badgless grill you need a long thread to go through were the badge was with nuts on either side to stop it flexing once filled then as mentioned fibre glass it up in the recess and skim it over the top with some filler and sand away, when i did mine it was my first time using both filler and fibreglass so im sure you will be fine, i had to cut the back plate down were the badge sits to make it look right
power tools help with fibreglass as a sander wont do anything to it (palm sander that is)
bonnet i would weld, i will be doing once i get some paint to use with the compressor
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:45 am |
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Just weld the bonnet and buy a badgeless grill, DIY stuff usually looks like a bodge job unless you know what you're doing
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:49 am |
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if you take your time it can look good i did my own badgless grill and it looks as good as a bought one and it was my first attempt with fibreglass
time and patience
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