fiberglass modifcations?

[R3D]

hey guys im looking to do some things to my 79 lancer hatch (the one with the staz donk), i wanna put some r33 or r32 frypan lights in the back and some ford laser tx3 twin lights (or simmilar) in the front but that means a custom grille will have to be made and also a bit for the back.....

i was thinking fiberglass would have to be the soulution but few people rekon it could be done but would be bit shit.. or really flimsy.

would i be able to get my dimensions and make a wooden mock up of it and take it there and they mould over it or whats the deal? i have no idea about fiberglassing :(

or are there other alternatives ?

heres some pix to get the jist of what i want done




imagine r33 tail lights kinda imbossed into it


i want to fill the whole front of it out instead of having gap and put the lights a bit in center, and maybee work out a mesh or billet soulution


just in dreaming stages at the moment.... if its to expensive im screwed but then again i need another vice.. drinking my money away isnt prooving to bee a good hobby :(

cheers, wade

[nzgsr]

i rekon the head lights would b pretty easy make sure you get the mounts not just the lenses. make a couple of brackets 2 hold them in which wouldnt need 2 b adjustable as the mount the bulds sit in has adjustment in it.then make a template 4 your grill from card board get some light weight mesh and cut it out making sure you leave some mounting tabs on it

[decoy]

front looks pretty easy considering it's not moulded into the body at all, just floating in the there with the grill covering the rest of it, well, most of it. You don't want too much mesh on the front though.

a quicky, i screwed up the shape inside the headlights, but the idea is there...

[starion4me]

back in nz these were called a celest. very light weight car from memory.

just a personal taste thing but i would paint the wheels, the front grill, the garnish between the tail lights that hold the reverse lights and the towbar black.

maybe decoy can work his photoshop magic to see what these differences could look like. i would be interested to see a less aggressive more moulded to the body line side skirts.

getting back to the topic at hand i think the hardest thing when customing is getting a finished product that doesnt make it look like an add on if you know what i mean. When it looks like it doesnt belong there

all the best mate

[decoy]

[nzgsr]

i think all the ones here rusted away and yes lots of mesh looks horrible but if u used thicker stuff and painted it satin black put a mitsi badge on the front it would look pretty stock

[starion4me]

now that looks cool. tinted tail lights with the black - very nice. yes - thats what i imagined

well done decoy your bit of a wizz with photoshop

[BDperformance]

usa these were the plymouth arrow, came with 1.8,2.0,2.6

bring an extra set of tail lights to your fiber glass man and print up a few pics of the skyline tail lights you want or bring him a set and have him make a fiber glass housing for them.

fiber glass is pretty strong, look at all the corvettes (100% fiberglass
body) light weight,durable, inexspensive.

hard foam is usualy used to make mold patterns with on large projects, but you can use screen,chiken wire, etc.....

lay your cloth, apply the resin, drink a few while it cures, sand, body fill the low spots, air bubbles etc.... prime & paint .....