clear coat day

[gixrman]

Well today I had a little setback the fiberglass that I used on the inside of the nose started to seperate from the ABS. I had to really cut the ABS up for the FG to have something to grab onto, not really sure if this is going to work. I used FG hair this time and spread it out more. After that I wet sanded the nose with 2000 grit and layed on 4 coats of clear. It looks really good and hopefully tomarrow I will put it back on the car. I have off Tues. and wens. so I can finish up. While I was waiting for it to dry I took the car for a spin down the road with no front nose which was really getto looking but did'nt care I just wanted to remember what it felt like.

 

[tlikethedrink]

i was thinking about shaving/deleting the oval bumper lights. my bumper is abs too. i think drilling small holes for the fiberglass to seep in and grab onto would work. i think cutting up a some frayed up FG to bond the rest of the cloth to the area with the holes a little. Post updates to see if it holds up with out cracking with vibration and road debris.

 

[gixrman]

Thanks, I was thinking that after I painted it. If if starts to crack thats what I have to do. I spread out the fiberhair over a good part of the inside and it made it very rigid so we'll see if it holds.