help w/ fiberglass work

[tido_29]

As most of you know.. my front AED bumbper is gone and so is my hood. :cry:

I am selling the hood to a buddy of mine. bye bye hood.. i just dont have the money to fix it and he would do it himself

I have a buddy of mine here in houston who is selling me his front and rear kit but the front needs work. I would like to try to fix it myself but i am looking for help

It has chips and some cracks.
The chips i guess bondo would fix... but what about the cracks.. :(

does anyone know of a site that could give me a "how to" fix broken fiberglass.

thanks
Fausto

[Stephen's GA]

Well you should no by now that ill help you since im stealing your hood LOL but anyways when you get ready to do it just call em ill walk you through it its not that hard i can even show you friday when i get up there so anyways laterz.

[redfox]

So stephen your getting the hood. Wow that hood has been around like a French Hooker... lol

[Stephen's GA]

LOL so ive heard was it yours from the get go? and did you ever get rid of your front aed? Ill have to change the hoods style up a little man nitrous is gonna look sweet purging from those vents ill prob drive all over TX just so i can purge LOL

[redfox]

I got it from a guy in Orange, Texas near Beaumont, I have it for about 4 months, Fausto got it from me and he has had it for almost a year now it is yours... lol been around the state. Yeah I got rid of my AED front about month after the hood. The girlfriend...now wife.... thought I loved the car more that her so it was her or the car, and well the car is replaceable, so i parted everything out. Sold the hood, front, wheels, I cried for a month. I loved that shit on my car, but glad to be able to see it on others. Glad it's still in the "family" and the you are bring it back to life "Dr. Frankenstien" lol

[tido_29]

yeah thanks kyle.. i loved that hood and wanted to keep it but i dont have the money to fix it and need all the money i can save up.

Now i just need to get the front and things will be normal (kinda) :cry:

[redfox]

If you didn't repair the hood yourself it would be cheaper to buy a new one.... I can't believe that it is even repairable. I had it resanded, and a few places reinforced on the hood and repainted and it was close to 700 bucks. so to have that much repaired would cost you out the ASS. It's like 50-60 bucks a hour for fiberglass labor.

[tido_29]

i have some pics at home. I will send them to ya.. the ones seen on the crash make the hood look totalled but its okay.. but definately

a job for someone who would do it himself.

[redfox]

sounds good, because from what i've seen that this is splintered into a thousand pieces.

[Stephen's GA]

give me 2 days ill have it fixed and primed but its gonna be a hell of a job I might open my own business after this if it turns out ok.LOL

[tido_29]

hhmmm, how fast can you fix a front?? that guy that is selling me his front needs work?

[redfox]

I for sure want to see it once it is fixed. It will be the shit. and if you can do it you will be a fiberglass GURU.


Originally posted by Stephen's GA
give me 2 days ill have it fixed and primed but its gonna be a hell of a job I might open my own business after this if it turns out ok.LOL

[Stephen's GA]

less than a day i dont know if you ever saw mine before we had the car painted but i pretty much had to rebuild the whole bottom half are you gonna have it by friday so i can look at it.

[tido_29]

yeah, i will see if my buddy can come by and drop it off.

that guy w/ the rear and back hasnt gotten back w/ me.. i think someone else gave him a better deal

[redfox]

someone else in houston have a AED front? Who and what color

[tido_29]

a friend of mine is selling both his front and rear. the rear is in perfect condition but the front is cracked and has chips..

[redfox]

was it a silver gt?

[tido_29]

no its a white grand am. he traded in his car for a subaru wrx

[redfox]

what was his name?

[tido_29]

he just moved from laredo to houston (about 5 months ago)

eddie.

[Stephen's GA]

I remember the guy cant think of the name but his car was featured on a few personal GA websites he had his kit way before any of us thought about gettin it.

[redfox]

o ok, Hope you get your ride up and going. how is the shop coming along on the repairs. and what was the total damage cost

[tido_29]

this was his ride before he messed up the bumper and stuff like that.

[Stephen's GA]

yeap thats the car now all i wanna know is how he did his hood that way.

[tido_29]

he used some hinges and all for the front. but the problem is that if you want to work on the car.. the hood has to come off

i need my front body kit......:cry:

[Stephen's GA]

Well the hood is starting to look better i have 2 little spots to fill and the top half is done I had to fiberglass the inside so i cut the bottom layer off so I could get to everything. Next is the latch area i have it glassed all it needs is to be sanded and puttied in some spots then i have to connect the hood to the bottom layer and re glass it. I should have it done tommorow and painted on mon or tues.

[tido_29]

:cry:

good bye hood.

looking good, glad if found a good home. :)

[Stephen's GA]

Well its almost repaired ive done all fiberglass work now all i need is the final sand and primer and then it goes to the paint shop.

[tido_29]

looking good. any new pics?

[Stephen's GA]

Last pic before it goes to the paint shop. Every thing is done only prob i had was with the hood latch, so i glassed over the spot and decided to go with hood pins:mad: but i loose the gap in the front which is a plus.

[tido_29]

hey that is a pretty sweet job. :) nice work

[redfox]

Damn, I stand corrected the hood will live again.

[Stephen's GA]

Its not perfect the hood is a little bit straighter than it should be but i dont have the resources to curve it more,and id have to custom make a shorter hood latch with the factory latch on there I have about a 3" gap without it it sits flush all im waiting for is some hood pins so i can bolt them onto the car and hood first then after i make all my needed holes ill take it in for paint.

[tido_29]

looks good though. :)

I was woundering if you could show me how to fix the front AED that my buddy is selling me. I think its just a cool feeling to say, i fixed it. also, good practice incase of any future mess ups.

[Stephen's GA]

yeah no problem i can walk you step by step through it if youll get some pics of the damage. And yeah i hear ya on the part of being able to say you fix something yourself.

[lightningGA]

Originally posted by Stephen's GA
Last pic before it goes to the paint shop. Every thing is done only prob i had was with the hood latch, so i glassed over the spot and decided to go with hood pins:mad: but i loose the gap in the front which is a plus.

damn bro the hood looks great....nice work

[Stephen's GA]

Ok one more pic now i got this bright idea that maybe if i put the hood on and tighten my pins down real tight it would hold its shape but the hood is always getting hot *duh*so this isnt gonna work but i figure ill be a ricer for awhile and run around with a primered piece on the car oh and plus im waiting on my paint it should be painted next week.

[tido_29]

well i got the front from my buddy at my house.. Unfortunately, i dont have the money to buy it right now but i will snap a few pics tonight. I will then take it back to him and let him take care of it till i have time to buy it.

I think some of that stuff that has fiberglass mixed in it should fix it, since the crack that i had thought really isnt that bad.

But i also would like to fiberglass the edges again since they are missing some nice pieces.