So after having it hanging in his garage for over 2 years my buddy Ryan finally let me have his front bumper that he destroyed on a touge road we were checking out one night. So i have myself a new project now. I started by bondoing the back but quickly found that it wasn't gonna cut it, so onto the fiberglass. I've had experience with bondo but not glass so this was all new to me lol.

 

 

 

You need to use mat + a ton of resin. Every place it has cracked/ect it needs to be reinforced from the back.

 

what he said. tose are going to be your main focus points since they are the weakest points.

 

Awesome work. Looking forward to seeing it on the car.

 

/looks like your only using resin? you should first take the ares down to base (fiberglass). the inside is where you want to really go crazy and add lots of fiberglass as nobody is going to see it. then filler on the outside cracks, LOL years of fixing fiberglass semi hoods for me

 

actually there's no need to go all crazy with reinforcing anything. i built my car to drive and to drive hard, that being said, this bumper won't last a full drift season in one piece at PARC or Hoodoo no matter what i put in there. I'd like to say it would but i like pushing it and that along with the ride height equals lots more glassing later on.

i'm not just using resin, i'm using tigers hair with resin, it's PLENTY strong. i just don't see the need for mat because like i said, it's going on my drift car. As long as it's straight and pretty i'm fine with it.

If this were going on my street car then yes i would reinforce it and fix all the cracks and other stuff you guys can't see in the pictures but that's just not gonna happen.

 

Thanks, i appreciate that.

 

well i agreee lol if it only has to last a little while

 

don't get me wrong, i will be tough'n up the bottom lip a little bit but nothing crazy. Just enough to survive a little scrapping on and off the flatbed or the usual cone tapping

 

Wish salem was closer, I'd have gone down there and helped! I love fiberglass. it's fun. I've done fender flares for a truck and a few bumpers for misc cars, and was debating making my own fender flares for my fb...

 

did you see what earl did with his front bumper? built a rollcage type thing that runs along the inside of the bumper so it doesnt get shattered by everything it touches. its in his build thread somewhere. seemed like a great idea for people with rediculous/fragile aero who plan to smash it into things.

 

i didn't see his but there was a turbo LS1 S14 in NorCal that did the same. that thing had to weigh a ton though lol. i suppose it would depend on the material used though. i think it's a good idea as long as it's not too heavy.

 

i finally got to the point where i was "happy enough" with the bumper today so i primed it in my garage with the door half shut......



...........then this happened to the subframe, pure high on rattle can devistation super speed cheetah subrame with metallic flake FTW

 

Cougars are everywhere.... lol jk. I think I'm gunna paint mine too. I'm def gunna do something with the pumpkin!

 

lol, i was gonna do something crazy/stupid with my diff too but i think i'll stop with the subframe.

it's a lot nicer then when i got it for sure but it's not great. it's gonna be beat on pretty hard so i'm not looking for perfect but i'll take "really nice"