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[fr0st]

Fibreglassing looks easy... but is isn't

Doing the whole dash is going to cost you a mint in raw materials.

You can't just shape fibreglass to how you want it and it just dries there, it need a mould. Easiest way to do it probly buying a heap of cheap foam from clarke rubber and cut it to shape. Apply a light layer of fiberglass to make a rough shell, hack out foam, add more fibreglass layers.

I've made door pods before using a wooden frame that I covered in material to give it shape. After a fair bit of bog it look pretty average still, it was a first attempt though. I just spray painted it after a bit of sanding so it looked shithouse. To get a decent finish you need to bog and sand it, more sanding, then apply a gel coat. Gel coats have a kind of filler/wax that smooths out tiny lumps and bumps that come out when you paint it. If your going to vinyl it you just need to bog and sand it. When you put the vinyl on put a thin foam backing on it and it looks awesome (and feels kinda squishy when you push it in).

I got my stuff from -

Kirkside Products

21 Roberts St West Osborne Park WA 6017

ph: (08) 9242 2990

They let you buy the matting and resin by the meter/liter. They also have a heap of gel coats of various colors aswell as weaved fiberglass if you got money to burn.

If you ever want some help just shoot me a pm

[jeffworld2]

take your old dash to peices and press it into a sand pit, thats your new mould.