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[sam1741]

really nice article!!!
been looking for article like this for a long time already...

zillion thanks!!!!!!

 

[edgar_raphael]

here is the finished product, smoothed, putty-ed and sprayed. Notice the difference in the car's look with and without the eyelid

 

[edgar_raphael]

close-up

 

[sotplugDESIGNER]

WARNING~

kful when using fibreglass,it will make ur skin itchy & WEAR MASK PLEASE!!! avoid 2 suck it coz damn "hurt" ur body :)

 

[antugile]

can you all tell me some list of shop that you know where i can get these item..


Oil clay, <-- this is what we so called "tanah liat" rite?
Silicon rubber
Epoxy resin
Harden chemcal (To make hard silicon rubber)
A chemical (Easy to move rubber OR resin from A model)

 

[astonwira]

why so kasar or the face ?
any rescuse ?

 

[nismoskyliner33]

bravo... bravo...

my suggestion is that if u want a DIY yet look professional results, u can do a temperary mould first. as u know, FRP is done on the reverse side (need a female mould) i.e., laying process. unless, u wanted both side smooth, then u need both female and male mould.

cheap one-off mould can be produced from FRP itself and can be moulded up to 10pcs or so.. before the mould needs to be touch up again..

just get the sample and do some modification on it with putty, then slowly smoothen the surface using sand paper. then can send to this shop in balakong, and he will do a FRP mould. he can do the mirror side for u too. i.e. if u have the eyelid on one side, he can do the other side.

the mould charges ranging from 100 to thousands.. eg. 1m X 1m size would probably cost you rm350.00. good to produce 10 pcs to 15 pcs from it. you can DIY laying or leave it to him to do it for you.

 

[edgar_raphael]

Hi, the reason why I didnt make the mould in the first place is because, it is not necessary for me to do so. In order for me to proceed on making the mould, it will leave me to a near completed job, ready to be painted.

Since I have no intentions to reproduce the eyelids for sales purposes or any other purposes and prefer to keep the lids for my own, I decided to leave it just as it is.

The surface of the original fibreglass lids have been covered entirely with putty/bogs fillings and sanded down for smooth-ready-to-be-painted surface, which is also essential to overlay with thick layers of fibreglass to therefore produce the mould. But as I said before, I have no intentions to reproduce the lids so I painted it straight away.

Some may argue that covering the whole surface with fillings is not recommended because chances of cracking the surface in the future is high, but however, you have to note that these are small little piece of fibreglass and it sticks straight on to the headlights, no screwing or no rattling or knocking on any other panels and it will stay as it is for the rest of the time, so I won't see any chances of it getting cracks and have never since, seen any problems with it.

Thanks for the compliment

 

[nismoskyliner33]

of course of course... small items no problem with putty.. and also non-moving (static) parts are ok.

again... well done..

next project? over fenders??

 

[hairulf]

sorry to ask but what is putty?

 

[edgar_raphael]

A doughlike cement/bog made by mixing of hardener use to fill holes in and surface inperfection of the car's panel before sending for painting.

 

[hairulf]

owh.. now i get it.. tq bro..

 

[edwin_lcw]

edgar nice job ..... damn nice .... eh i was thinking coud i do on my wira a/b spoiler thos thin tpe ?

 

[chilskater]

there is fibreglass putty rite?the white color..more halus..i plan to make front bumper for my kancil..custom my rides..a subaru maybe or scion tc bumper..end of the year project..

 

[chilskater]

i found one type of fibreglass mat..different from the usual one..it more like a mat or kain..my fren who worked as maintenance officer told me that it is fibreglass+mat..look like very robust n not easily broken..

i will try DIY it if got chances