I had some extra time these past two days and i really like the racing beat gauge pod but didnt really feel like spending all the money for one so i was like ill just make my own, so i did.

Made the mold and fiberglassed it and then finished reinforcing it later last night and doing the finishing touches in a bit (final sanding and paint). Not sure what gauges im going to put in it yet so im not going to drill the holes but overall im very impressed and it only cost me about 30$ and my time (the amount of time and patient is extreme for this thing, very very tideous)

Right after pulling it off the mold and before i sanded everything smooth and removed the lip.

Just finished sanding it down and about to prep it for paint


Once i get done painting it ill get some more pics.

 

How did you get started in fiberglass? I really want to be able to do it, but don't know where to start :/

 

Im a hands a person... Honestly my last car i wanted to boost it so i simply bought a welder and starting learning until i got good enough to weld a manifold and exhaust. Same thing with this, i started with just some cheap fiberglass resin and practiced on something flat to learn curing times and just progressed until i could do complex things. Im thinking about making a front lip for my car next or a gauge pod for the steering wheel cover.

 

well what products could I buy (that aren't expensive) to learn?

 

looks better than i could do...and saved some money

 

you can get like elmers or some cheap resin from lowes, (they might even sell the fiberglass itself). Then just get like a cup or something and practice making a mold using tape or clay and they the glassing itself.

I just realized racing beat sells there guage pods for 450$!!! maybe ill become a vender and sell mine for like 150 lol

 

heh thats cool, ive been thinking of making a sub box like that but just been to lazy.

whats next a wide body ? ^_^


That 450$ is with the gauges, i think its only a hundred something without the gauges

 

o ok lol. I was like wow that is overpriced. yea its with the gauges which makes it a good deal. Ive never been to big into stereo systems so ive yet to doing anything with sound systems. Im really thinking about doing a nice front and rear lip though.

 

i like to mess with stuff, i end up building stuff and working on stuff to turn around and get bored once i finished.

how will u be making the lips are u going to make a mold using foam as a outline ?

 

The RB pod is onl $95 bucks without gauges

 

After first coat of gloss black, alot of painting and sanding still to come...


Do do the lips i imagine i will use foam or clay (most likely clay). Ive become pretty good at freeforming fiber glass so once i get a general shape i can really work with it no problem.

 

the surface isnt that smooth looking, your not going to apply a layer of bondo to smoothen it out more? or is that just a photo effect

did u use the hair style of fiberglass or did u use the mat

 

for this i used mat and like i said i have alot of sanding and painting to still do . Right now the surface is not 100% smooth and the cell phone camera doesnt help its look, its not too bad so after a few layers of paint and sanding it should be good, if not then the bondo is coming out.

 

How did you make your mold? Just taped off the whole assembly?

 

you're doing it wrong

body filler

sand

apply more body filler as needed

sand

prime

sand

prime

wet sand

paint

clear.

 

lol the professional got on me, This was just a little project that i did on my free time and i really wouldnt care if it came out bad. So far so good, thanks for the proper steps so that way next time i try something i can get it all set up correctly.

 

just for 05rex8 i fine sanded it and put some body filler on so now im guaranteed a shine

 

There was alot more to it then that, but essentially yea taped it off.

 

Ok put the Bondo on

Then sanded


Currently has about 5 coats of black paint on it and tom morning ill finish up with a wet sanding and the clear coat

 

I wish I wasn't so mechanically declined... When i get in the mood to build something, the only thing i can do is go onto the sims and build a house haha. Looks good +1 to building it yourself.

 

Thanks

 

you probably should have made the holes for the gauges before the bondo

 

I would of but have not yet got gauges for it so still unsure about the sizing im going to go with...

 

done (except for the hole for guages)

 

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