i know people have done it. do they take out every single piece and fiberglass it? i saw the sticky on how to fiberglass door panels which are easy to take off, but the dash and rear seat panels are a little bit harder i'd think as well as the middle console. fiberglass looks very cool when it is all done and i was just wondering how you did it and how hard is it on a scale of 1-10? i wanted to make mine completely white with the vents and cluster panels and parts of the center blue to match my cai and dvd player lights. i might also get front seats that are blue to match. please help.
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laying fiberglass is probably a skill lvl of 4 to 5 or so, out of 10. But when it comes in finishing the product, all the filling and sanding and perfecting, ect. it takes a toll if you don't have patience.
Other then that, making the frames for fiber glassing and doing it, really isn't that hard, it's just expensive and time consuming.
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If you aren't wanting to change the look sand em smooth and paint em.
^ agreed
If you're not changing the look/design, sand the plastic down smooth, prime, paint, clear. It will come out giving you a smooth fiberglass look and feel.
If you are changing the design/look or added something to it, then yes, fiberglass would be your best bet to do so with.
In terms of skill level...it all depends. If you're creating something new, then you need to build your framework, stretch your cloth, fiberglass, sand, prime, paint (just a taste of what you'll have to do). If you're good with your hands and pretty handy, glassing isn't all that bad. But if you can't do great wood work, framework, or lay your fiberglass smooth...then it becomes trickier.
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If you're good with your hands and pretty handy
at first glance i took that the wrong way. lol
^lol. Ya I can see that now.
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big poppa wrote:^ agreed
If you're not changing the look/design, sand the plastic down smooth, prime, paint, clear. It will come out giving you a smooth fiberglass look and feel.
If you are changing the design/look or added something to it, then yes, fiberglass would be your best bet to do so with.
In terms of skill level...it all depends. If you're creating something new, then you need to build your framework, stretch your cloth, fiberglass, sand, prime, paint (just a taste of what you'll have to do). If you're good with your hands and pretty handy, glassing isn't all that bad. But if you can't do great wood work, framework, or lay your fiberglass smooth...then it becomes trickier.
I'd agree
sanding out the texture in the plastic peices makes it look like a completely different car!
When you get into the replacement of things, like poppa said, then the frame/design/glass laying becomes alot trickier to handle and master. If you were interested in fiberglass and glassing, i'd say start with something small that you can do on an extra peice of something, most people usually go the route of the dash bezel, removing air vents, shaving cigarette lighter, things like that. It will give you a chance to work with the products you'll need to become firmillar with in all the stages. (Design, production and finishing)
I've talked to so many people who say or think fiberglassing is so ungodly tough and hard to do, and it really isnt. It's overall pretty simple until you make things more interesting and chalanging for yourself, case in point. Big Poppa's ENITRE interior. He's got tons of time and it came out beautifully. Just have to take yrou time and do things as right as you can in every step and it saves the headache of hours upon hours of sanding and filling, time and time agian.
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Its not so bad, I had some troubles with it when I first started...I would recommend getting some spare dash peices from a junkyard or something to practice laying on first if you have never done it...then if they turn out good, then there ya go, one peice down, and at least you would have a spare if you screwed it up.... just research, know what you need to do and if all else fails.....ill glass it for you decently cheap lol
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who is close to the lancaster, pa area who can fiberglass my entire interior? i want the back seat panels, door panels, whole dash and center console done in a white/blue two tone. half blue and half white going from the doors to back panels and blue radio trim piece and entire white dash. id like it fiberglassed and painted. if you can do it i will repay you greatly.
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All you have to do is scuff it down with a scotchbrite pad prime it with high build primer and paint it man...it's not that hard. It's less expensive and looks the same
Dont be a smarta$$...although it is better than being a dumba$$
yeah if you plan on staying with the stock shape and not changing anything, id suggest just sanding all the texture off the pieces and then having it painted at a body shop. that will be the easiest and cheapest. dash you will likely have to fiberglass. but all the other pieces can be done without it usually. thats how allot of mine is done.
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