Anybody Build a custom hood?
03-17-2008, 12:42 AM
#103
Tell me what your point is.
If we're just taking body parts and saying what other car has a similar part we could go on forever. No one needs to list all the other cars that look close to my closed nose PS because, as a whole, the look is unique.
P.S. Why would you think that might burst my bubble? I don't have any bubble. I'm just trying to make a nice looking car.
If we're just taking body parts and saying what other car has a similar part we could go on forever. No one needs to list all the other cars that look close to my closed nose PS because, as a whole, the look is unique.
P.S. Why would you think that might burst my bubble? I don't have any bubble. I'm just trying to make a nice looking car.
03-17-2008, 12:51 AM
#104
Re bonding Fiberglass to metal, I have gotten good bonding with some work I did under my hood, but the fiberglass has broken were it was unsupported when pressure was put on it. In my case it was where the hood was closed pushing downward on the scoop. When I laid the glass, I roughed-up the metal and used Bondo Resin with woven mat fiberglass sheets. It handled well. When it dried (very quickly) I put another layer of resin and sanded. I finished with a glaze and sanded smooth, heavy primered, wet sanded and painted.
Did you happen to take any pics of the process?
03-17-2008, 01:04 AM
#105
Tell me what your point is.
If we're just taking body parts and saying what other car has a similar part we could go on forever. No one needs to list all the other cars that look close to my closed nose PS because, as a whole, the look is unique.
P.S. Why would you think that might burst my bubble? I don't have any bubble. I'm just trying to make a nice looking car.
If we're just taking body parts and saying what other car has a similar part we could go on forever. No one needs to list all the other cars that look close to my closed nose PS because, as a whole, the look is unique.
P.S. Why would you think that might burst my bubble? I don't have any bubble. I'm just trying to make a nice looking car.
Sorry then forget about said bubble
Yes I can absolutely agree about making a nice looking car. I really like that side shot with it lowered and how the wheels and wheel wells have the same gap all the way around. I saw a WS6 lowered today and the gap was only smaller on the top. Not sayin it didnt look nice but IMO that pic you did looks 10 times better. I would love to try and accomplish that look on my car but the roads around here suck and everything would get scrapped to crap.
03-17-2008, 02:09 AM
#106
I'm working on a bunch of new variations which should be ready in the morning. I'm also closing the gaps around the hood and making the headlights solid like stock. I'm not a big fan of the Breathless units. I'm not going to fill in the sides completely either. I really like that horizontal popped out crease "what's it called?" in between the 2 vent holes. Even if I fill in the 2 holes on each side, I would still leave that body line. That's nice.
03-17-2008, 02:28 AM
#107
Here's a mildly converted front. Grill material in the 4 side holes and solid light covers. That's not bad.
The more I look at this one, the more I like it. I may stop here. We definitely need to get Christian to make the E-2 front End with this new grill shape. It looks so much better than the square holes.
Maybe that shape is from a BMW?
The more I look at this one, the more I like it. I may stop here. We definitely need to get Christian to make the E-2 front End with this new grill shape. It looks so much better than the square holes.
Maybe that shape is from a BMW?
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03-18-2008, 07:02 PM
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[QUOTE=richieg;8934097]How in the world did this thread make it to 5 pages without me whoring out my car. . . I'm e-slacking. factory modified ws6 hood and bumper.
WOW... i really like that... reminds me of the raptor.. nice
WOW... i really like that... reminds me of the raptor.. nice
03-18-2008, 09:09 PM
#111
"So all that work was to just build up the edge of the metal hole?"
No, I had that built up before, but I wanted to fill the gaping holes where I cut the supports away, and smooth the overall look of the modification.
"How thick did you make it?
About 1/4" after sanding. Problem came when I closed the hood. The upward pressure from the scoop's gasket cracked the fiberglass almost all the way around.
Did you use fiberglass matting as well?
Yes, I used the woven matting. It was decent to deal with.
What do you guys thank of the last pic I did? I'm digging it.
I like your work filling in the top center of the clip on DropTA's old car. I did not like eliminating the lower side scoops for both looks and brake cooling. Your fill-in skills are excellent, I would not have guessed it was a chop if I wasn't familiar with the car.
No, I had that built up before, but I wanted to fill the gaping holes where I cut the supports away, and smooth the overall look of the modification.
"How thick did you make it?
About 1/4" after sanding. Problem came when I closed the hood. The upward pressure from the scoop's gasket cracked the fiberglass almost all the way around.
Did you use fiberglass matting as well?
Yes, I used the woven matting. It was decent to deal with.
What do you guys thank of the last pic I did? I'm digging it.
I like your work filling in the top center of the clip on DropTA's old car. I did not like eliminating the lower side scoops for both looks and brake cooling. Your fill-in skills are excellent, I would not have guessed it was a chop if I wasn't familiar with the car.
03-18-2008, 09:42 PM
#113
Yes, I'm getting side tracked into custom front ends, but hey, it's still close to topic. 
Check this out:
It's based on the old Morgan Motorsports SD 421 Trans Am.
Now that looks bad ***, especially in black. It might look better if the grills were painted black and it had the stock smooth hood on it. I'm starting to think the flat hoods not bad at all, the car just needs a nicer looking front bumper.
It seems to me that the hardest part of a custom front end is getting a fiberglass mold that will bolt up and fir properly. Once you have that you can go wild as far as the shapes and design go.
Check this out:
It's based on the old Morgan Motorsports SD 421 Trans Am.
Now that looks bad ***, especially in black. It might look better if the grills were painted black and it had the stock smooth hood on it. I'm starting to think the flat hoods not bad at all, the car just needs a nicer looking front bumper.
It seems to me that the hardest part of a custom front end is getting a fiberglass mold that will bolt up and fir properly. Once you have that you can go wild as far as the shapes and design go.
I need details on this. Where did you find it?
03-18-2008, 09:42 PM
#114
Glare on my screen didn't let me see the screens, they are fine. I am thinking of putting my hexagonal pieces in the side ports and see how they look, but I'll likely leave them open. I like the more aggressive side ports on the Evolution clip. I am working this weekend on designing a way to attach the hex material to the large ports.
03-19-2008, 07:49 AM
#116
I LOVE that smoothed front end. If thats how they were from the factory....I might just be driving one of those instead of building my second 3rd gen. Reason...? To me...it looks like it pulls more stlying cues from the 3rd gen trans ams. Which in my opinion have some of the sexiest lines ever. Im somewhat partial though... 
With the vents in the hood, and the smoothed front...it looks like an updated version of the 3rd gen. Just gives it a more refined look. I like the 98-02 cars, but was never really 100% satisfied with the front ends. Jason's smooth version however...completely does it for me.
If you used a stock bumper, made a form, modified the form to be nice and smooth like you have it, and then started making a few, I bet you could sell those suckers off at a premium. I know Ide buy one if I had a non-ram air 4th gen.
J.
With the vents in the hood, and the smoothed front...it looks like an updated version of the 3rd gen. Just gives it a more refined look. I like the 98-02 cars, but was never really 100% satisfied with the front ends. Jason's smooth version however...completely does it for me.
If you used a stock bumper, made a form, modified the form to be nice and smooth like you have it, and then started making a few, I bet you could sell those suckers off at a premium. I know Ide buy one if I had a non-ram air 4th gen.
J.
03-19-2008, 09:20 AM
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Hm... I wonder what an LT1 ram air based hood would look like on our LS1 cars. Can't imagine it would look horrible.. but I think thats the idea of the Superhawk hood.... damn lol.
03-20-2008, 01:49 AM
#119
Richieg, did you ever talk about your hoods construction?
04-07-2008, 12:25 AM
#120
Hey guys, I'm trying to make the shark gill looking hood vents and I need some ideas on forming the metal. Starting on post 117.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=346290&page=6
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