body kit grafting, anyone use SEM?

[kre8ive_kustomz]

ok, ive always used fusor 127 for moulding body kits on, i jusr recently found a hell of a deal on the sem brand. i was wondering if anyone has used this and if so how well does it work/hold up? i have tried a few other products on 2g dsms with not much luck, the bumper to fender likes to crack out. fusor works nice but at twice the price it gets expensive. thanks alot all

 

[dsmunrdprsr]

We used to be in a dealer co-op type program and thats all we ever used was SEM products... this was only for OEM type repairs... now if I were to be using it for grafting and molding and whatnot... i would NOT recommend using the SEM products... while it is a less expensive product... doing it twice cost a lot more... ya know... i like the fusor, but you're right.. expensive... just mark up the materials bill... can't do a good job w/o good materials...

 

[n0c7]

Bondo?

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

Bondo?

Bondo brand is pretty cheap stuff, i've had experiences with it cracked in sub enclosures, i dont know how well it would work for molding body panels.

Have you tried rage gold filler? I know some guys that use that for sub enclosures and have great results. Devlish uses rage gold and he always says he gets good results.

 

[n0c7]

Unless the car your molding a kit on is going to be purely for show and see .01% street driving, I think its pointless. As soon as you bottom out its going to crack adleast the paint where its molded, and your gonna bottom out everywhere. Just my opinion on the whole thing although I do like the smooth look.

 

[miteclgst]

Any molding that I have done has been completed with a 2 part epoxy in the seams, a well fastened bumper, any means necessary, (e.i. bolting the kit on and welding the nut so it will never back off. Then fiberglass overtop of the seam. and finally evercoat's fibertech on top.
The fibertech stuff is pretty nice, primarily it is more or less only a stranded filler. instead of only having fiberglass strands it also has kevlar.