I was wondering if anyone has attempted to make their own lip kit/front lip. I mean, It's possible and cost a lot less for "exactly" what you want. I was looking around today on the net on How to's and found some people modifying their bumpers and sorts but, I would really like to know If anyone has thought about this. I figured the basics would be mocking it with some cardboard, foam, shaping and then fiberglass/Cf... I know it takes some skills but what do you guys/girls think? sorry its a little confusing, im kind of tired..

 

search for the gangster bodykit for xB on the boards. there's lots of pictures of the process they went through coming up with that kit. lots of mock up and concept pictures.

 

search "the gangster bodykit"? lol ok

 

I've been thinking about such a thing also. I want the FA front lip but $350 seems like to much. I was thinking about doing the same thing except with modeling clay or something.

 

Yea, thats what im saying the 5A is too sexy! But also too expensive. You live in O town, I live in tally/Lauderdale. We should do something and make some money off of this.

 

On my first Celica I made a lip kit.. Never got to finish it. But its not hard. It takes more time then anything else. I spend around 100 bucks in material. But that was spread out in the 3 months of going back and forth to the hardware store.. I am planning on making my own lip kit for the tc this summer..

 

I have a lot of family in the boat business so im sure i could get some discounts... how did you go about doing it Macavely?

 

a lot of drawing at first to get a general idea of what Look i wanted. Then a lot foam blocks, tape, glue, cardboard.. I went to a book store and picked up a book on how to make a kit car. It had a lot of info on how to make body parts from Fiberglass. So I used that to make the parts I wanted to make.

 

as i said. if you search for "gangster bodykit" for the xb and you would have found this.

LOL

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...light=gangster

 

haha thanks FLINT. i looked up "the gangster bodykit" and went through 4 pages with nothing.. i suck at searching..

 

I made a fiberglass solotail for my bike. It takes alot of time and patience to get it right.

When you consider all the time and effort, unless your planning on marketing it, it's worth buying something that is already pre-made.

 

I understand you RichtC, but i like doing handy things. And I figured since i can get everything pretty cheap, that it would be a fun and learning experience.

 

If you don't you have the time and patience to do it.. DO IT... Nothing like going somewhere and you know whats on your car no one else has it..

 

for sure. i could be working on it right now ... im going to start making moves!!

 

If you like that stuff, go for it, it was honestly a great learning experience. Just wanted to give you a heads up, because it took much more time and effort thatn I initially expected. I couldn't even think about sanding for months afterwards.

My biggest tip is to make sure your plug is perfect. Any little imperfection in your plug will show in your mold (which will show int he final product made out of the mold).

 

hopefully ill start with in the next month. so what do you guys think i should use for the plug? cardboard and foam?

 

I'd probably start with foam, then put bondo-glass over it, then regular bondo. Then sand, re-apply bondo, repeat until it's perfect. Make sure when your sanding you get some dura-blocks (used for bodywork) so you can get uniform angles. Once that is perfect, you can make the mold, then once you have a good mold, you can make as many as you'd like.

 

Also, another trick to identify low spots when your sanding is to spray a little paint on it. When you sand, the low spots will still have paint on them.

 

yea, last summer i had to add about a foot/foot and a half in length to a rudder and keep it symmetrical. it took a few days but i got used to how it works. i learned some tips and tricks. im getting super excited about this!! haha

 

You actually got me somewhat itnerested in making something.

I wonder if you can use something like duraflex or the abs plastic? Isn't that what the lip kits are mostly made out of. The reason I say is that almost every fiberglass body kit I've ever seen is cracked to pieces due to fiberglass's rigidity.