Fiber glass body kits

[EDM95]

I want to know what you think of them?
How do you prepare them for paint?
Are the easy to repair?

 

[Foreverfalcon40]

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You know you post a bad thread when I am the only one giving you advice!

You are a noob, ###### this is your first car, so how about you learn to drive it and maintain it in pristine mechanical condition before you start modding the exterior of your car. Also take into account that when buying things you also have to add the pice of labor. I know for a fact your nt going to to the bodykit yourself. It's best to get a quote from a bodyshop and go from there. Save your money and when you have enough buiy all the things you at once and put it in the shop at once....

I am not oging to lie i was a victin of this, I had boxes anf boxes of exterior mods in my house tkaing up space, waiting to be installed, m parents got pissed. SO just tp save ytou some aggrevation...

 

[FasterImage]

I want to know what you think of them?
How do you prepare them for paint?
Are the easy to repair?

First off, to each is there own. Some eclipses & talons look good with them, others do not. The paint and wheels and other items help to make the car look "right". I have seen some eclipses with nice wheels and no body kit, that I think are freaking awesome. They can also make a car look well, if done right. To each is there own. I personally have a Fiberglass Blitz kit on my talon. Sometimes I like it on there, Sometimes I think money wasted.

To get a fiberglass kit ready for paint, The first Thing I recommend doing is pre-fitting the body kit and getting all your holes drilled and lined up. The next step, Depending on Where you got your kit and what kind of fitment it has...It will vary! If fitment and everything is fine for you, Then Sand it down with 600 grit sandpaper. Then Spray with primer. If not, Then get yourself some Fiberglass mat and resin and start fixing.

Are they easy to repair? Well, that depends on your basic body work skills, if you cant fix a ding on your car. Then take it to a professional. Just about anything that happens to a fiberglass kit can be fixed, If the person knows what they are doing. I hope this helps! Good luck!

 

[oldman]

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Fiberglass is old technology

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Fiberglass
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Flexfiber?

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You know you post a bad thread when I am the only one giving you advice!

You are a noob, ###### this is your first car, so how about you learn to drive it and maintain it in pristine mechanical condition before you start modding the exterior of your car. Also take into account that when buying things you also have to add the pice of labor. I know for a fact your nt going to to the bodykit yourself. It's best to get a quote from a bodyshop and go from there. Save your money and when you have enough buiy all the things you at once and put it in the shop at once....

I am not oging to lie i was a victin of this, I had boxes anf boxes of exterior mods in my house tkaing up space, waiting to be installed, m parents got pissed. SO just tp save ytou some aggrevation...

How about you refrain from acting like a moderator because you aren't, if you feel the OP has asked a question that could be easily searched, report the post to a moderator. You went on and on about nothing that has to do with the original question, if you have nothing constructive to add to the post, do not reply.

 

[BloodWolfRonin]

I'm currently running with a fiberglass kit on my spyder. Words of advice: take your sweet time with the prep, as with any body work, any imperfections you might think are "not so bad" will glow in the dark after some nice painting . I know from painful experience. test fit and drill all corresponding holes first, then prep and perfect. Good Luck!

 

[roadrunner2176]

My opinions

Fiberglass : Just as good as anything else out there. Lets face it, if you hit a curb or whatever, you will damage the material somehow. Urethane spider cracks, flexfiber spider cracks and chips, fiberglass will crack.

Preperation : As with anything, preperation is the key. Good prep will make those fiberglass panels look like fresh sheetmetal. Not so good prep, and your expensive paint job will look like the rocky mountains.

Repair : Fiberglass has to be the easiest material to repair out of the three. Urethane has to be glued, if you can even glue it, and cannot be leveled as easy as fiberglass. Replacement is recommended. Flexfiber looses it's flex ofter being repaired, fiberglass is just more glass and leveling. Cheapest too.

 

[EDM95]

Thank you everone for the help.

 

[Misterio]

answering the question: What you think of them?

personally when i first got my car i wanted it to look nice because I was young and i didnt' have the money to make it fast, i just wanted to look it. so i bout rims and a body kit. and the body kit lasted a couple of months but it was so painful to have to drive like a grandma everywhere so that you wouldn't crack your fiberglass bumper. anyway it cracked and i replaced again with seperate bumpers then they cracked so i went to eclipse stock. lesson learned from me. i personally feel like i wasted my money on a body kit when i could have spent it on some really nice weels or something more usefull. i think a lot of people would agree that the most economical and usually best looking way to go would be with stock plastic style OEM bumpers (maybe a front lip for an enhanced look). you worry less about cracking stuff, its cheaper, and i think whoever designed this car did a good job. so save your money and again this is just my personal opinion i just answered the question.

 

[Misterio]

even though some of those body kits out there sure do look nice

 

[EDM95]

thanks

 

[EDM95]

How do you fix fiberglass?

 

[chico904]

Refiberglass

 

[roadrunner2176]

Fiberglass repair:

Clean your surfaces, remove paint, rough sand with 36 grit sand paper, pre cut your sheets of fiberglass, put down a layer of epoxy, layer of fiberglass mesh. Before applying another sheet of mesh, make sure the sheet you just put down is completely saturated. Layer about three sheets as smooth as you can on the underside, and 2 on the face.

After its cured start sanding it down. Start with 36 grit and work your way up to 100. Once you've gotten there, smooth out with a body filler, let cure, and block sand that until its smooth. I've always went to a 400, some prefer 600, but anything smaller than that and you will run into problems with your primer not bonding properly over time.

 

[EDM95]

Thanks i will do that. looks easy

 

[Jhusey]

which material is the factory mitsubishi front bumpler 2g late model, thanks

 

[crimsonGST]

Thanks i will do that. looks easy

Boy, oh boy, do you have a lot to learn. Just do some searches on different fiberglass builds. It's not so much that it's hard, it's just something you have to take your time on. That and you learn by fixing your mistakes. If you have any questions, P/M me and I'll be happy to answer everything within my knowledge about fiberglass (BTW My entire center console is fiberglass, so I know what im talking about)