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Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:02 am
Disclaimer: This is not easy. It is not cheap. The 1st one you make will likely cost more than to buy one. It is frustrating and very time consuming. I would not reccommend doing this unless you really enjoy making things and love your car.
1) Basic Supplies: Pink styrofoam insulation for basements. Bondo body filler & glazing putty. Fiberglass Resin & Mat. Belt sander. Dremmel tool. Sanding block & paper. Sharp scissors. Half a brain. Half crazy. Too much spare time. [IMG]
2) Cut out basic shape of spoiler, and sand it to a good finish. (3-4 hrs) depending on design intricacy. Do not make your design too complicated. It will just end up looking like **** because it takes too much time to get it to look right. Use something simple and clean. I wich I would have used a simpler and cleaner design, but i had to make it big enough to cover up the bubbles. * the more sharp angles you use the more difficlut the design will be.
* dont forget to test fit it, to make sure everything lies up right. Make it slightly smaller than you want it, say 1/2 inch smaller in every direction.
3) Wrap the whole thing in painters tape.
This is what happens if you don't.
4) Cover the spoiler in fiberglass. (TIME: 3-4 applications allwing FG to cure between applications) cut off sand sand down any pices of FG that stick out.
5) Body fill it. Don't use too much hardener if it is warm out, it will start to harden before you get it smoothed out. (takes a long time and many applications. *Between applications you should sand and remove uneven chunks of body fill.
6) When you are happy with the shape and just need to fill in the small pinholes. Glazing putty is your next step.
Ligtly sand between applications. (* allow to dry overnight at least)
7) Primer. Go pretty heavy on it.
Black Primer:
More pics to come once it is carbon wrapped.
Modified by sip at 11:50 AM 10/27/2007