For a minute there I thought the wood was it!!!! fortunatly I scrolled down to the fiberglassing bit!!

 

lol
wat do you think of it in total cost be about 20 quid so not to bad

 

Well its hard to tell as its still quite rough as its not prepped for paint, and I think its going to be hard to see the overall effect until its on the car.

Don't skimp on the next stage though take some time over your prep and painting get a good finish it all helps ;-)

 

Promising concept for sure - good luck.

 

Excellent Work Matey !!!



Now this is my kind of mod, can't beat a bit of DIY body kit, had a few jobs like this done on the Cabriolet, going to have some custom work done on the 25 too !!!


Liking your style, keep us posted and get rubbing !!!

 

Are you dizzy blood?
Termites gona get ya!

 

British ingenuity at its very best! Morgan motor company would be proud! Most of there cars still have alot of wood in them, they must have a way of painting it, give them a ring. Wood is a very good material in many ways, its strong and light, its renewable, its cheap. we should make more car parts out of wood.

 

 

thats one ghetto mod if I ever did see it.

 

i like the idea its very original and good on ya, but maybe mdf was the wrong choice? if it gets slightly damp it will just blow out and look crap...

 

did you cut and smooth out the downward pieces of plastic on the bottom grille?
was it hard to do?
ive got a spare bumper and was thinking about doing it.

 

na mate it was easy as anything, just got to have the right tools.

 

would'nt it be realy heavy though, i can see it would look as good as a plastic one, so get some pictures up of it finished. well done for be imaginitive, i just think its a bit crazy. sorry.

 

would'nt it be realy heavy though, i can see it would look as good as a plastic one, so get some pictures up of it finished. well done for be imaginitive, i just think its a bit crazy. sorry.

You get splitters bagged with sand to add weight, maybe this was the way he was going with it, his super hot sound system could be out weighing the engine so he might be balancing it all back out

 

forgot to say, this project looks rather interesting.

will probably be better built than all that JDM crap floating about eBay. Could be a new line in carpentry for you, do you work with teak? :dddc:

an antique pine ZR spoiler, polished up with a good layer of beeswax would rule!

 

I think I would encase it in fiberglass (not filler) to keep the water out. Paint might get scratched and let the damp in - disaster!

 

I dont know a great lot about wood.. 'im not a tree hugger' but anyway.. when it is very humid.. damp.. moist.. wouldnt condensation be able to sneak into it and make it expand? Which in turn would crack the paint/filler ?

 

The back of my shower is made from MDF and it was fine for years until a tile got cracked. Then it wasn't!
I think that if it is reasonably well sealed, it will be OK.

 

Grout and tiles are made to be waterproof... Some Filler's aren't, depends what he used.

 

I think that if I was going to do it, I would use the plastic planks that are sold for doing house facias and cladding. There are plastic skirting boards too which are a handy source of material.

 

the whole splitter is not covered with filler just the front, but the rest will need some kind of potection, is my best bet to fibreglass it, thats surely waterproof enaough, and what type shall i use, the standar p40 or the special b
fibireglass kit, which would be easier to prep, the whole idea was just to see if it worked or not, there no harm in tryin, any extra info you can add would be gladly excepted

and thanks for the replys so far, intresting to see what you all think

 

I do alot of custom mods, fibre glass / filler jobs etc.

In your case.. Instead of spraying any form of sealent over it (i wouldnt) I would get some fabric (i.e a old t-shirt and instead of using the fibre glass sheet.. sue the t-shirt and stretch this over your splitter and then use the fibre glass kit paste over the t-shirt to harden it. You'll have a perfect shape too.

 

its a pity there wasnt a way to use the wood to shape the fibreglass around, but then remove it so you have a fibreglass 'shell' which is the required shape. you could then fill the fibreglass shell up with expanding foam and trim it back so none is sticking out. Still a very good idea though. I tried to finish making a BIG front bumper for a metro which i got with a load of metro parts i bought a few years ago. I bought a gti rear bumper, badboy bonnet, smoothed boot with electric release fitted, and this front bumper all for £60. The front bumper had been partially made by joining the bottom part of the later 114 gti bumper with the top part of the standard rover metro bumper plus a bottom splitter. It was all held together with little screws and some really bad fibreglassing when i got it. I got everything joined properly and it was ready for primer. It was really big and rounded and would have looked smart if i had ever finished it. But then again, i did sell all the bits on for a substansial profit when the metro failed the MOT, as i got £200 for the lot. Not bad, considering all i did was got everything ready for painting.

 

That was a nice little story lol Nothing like making a profit.

 

I'll be using a £10.99 bath panel from B&Q as a base for my mods, no warping, lightweight and strong !!!

 

i can tell you now that wont be the case....

 

 

I was thinking that with a bit of work, this could be transformed into some chunky sideskirts. I work at jewsons so i can get everything at cost price as long as i can prove its for my own use. I feel an experiment coming on!!

 

lol!! Dont you dare =O!!

 

have you already done this, as i dont want to be deemed a copycat!

 

lol, no, I custom via fibreglass/filler.. I was saying no to the gutter!

 

I like the shape, if i do it then i will post the pics and await the laughter, dare to be different!!

 

I am serious, if done properly (Unlike nova chavs you mentioned who probably attach them to the car using woodscrews and woodglue and dont even paint them!) They have the possibility to look ok.

 

They have the possibility to look ok.

No, no they don't. They look ******* awful.

 

Hello chap.

I am not sure that the wood you have chosen to build with would cope with the standards required for crash tests in Europe.

While this might not cause you to fail an MOT, you could find yourself uninsured by default if you have a crash. This is mostly the reason why 3rd party car parts are so expensive. And also why your insurance is so high if you put carbon-fibre parts on your car...

 

well arnt you a kill joy