Repairing 'wrecked' fiberglass hood
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especially when its down the back of your shirt!!! I took a couple of tyvak sutes from work to help cut down on the glass dust that gets all over you when you sand...
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Its going along slower than I had hoped, but with some luck I can get some paint on it next weekend.
Thank you !
Its going along slower than I had hoped, but with some luck I can get some paint on it next weekend.
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my justification at the time is the air box kit was going for $295 any how, so if I got the hood and it was too much of a project I could always pass it on, keep the air box and not loose out too badly.
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nice tight layer of body filler
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood020.jpg)
lots... I mean LOTS of sanding later with some long boards and mandral I now have a nice level base.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood021.jpg)
did I menton lots of sanding?
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood022.jpg)
well there are a bunch of pots and divits nothing too major but should be addressed before I hit it with some primer.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood023.jpg)
so I hit it up with some glazing putty pathces... Normally on smaller stuff I would do a skimcoat over the entire surface with glazing putty, but on this one I plan on doing alot of thick high build primer coats so Im not too worried about it.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood020.jpg)
lots... I mean LOTS of sanding later with some long boards and mandral I now have a nice level base.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood021.jpg)
did I menton lots of sanding?
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood022.jpg)
well there are a bunch of pots and divits nothing too major but should be addressed before I hit it with some primer.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood023.jpg)
so I hit it up with some glazing putty pathces... Normally on smaller stuff I would do a skimcoat over the entire surface with glazing putty, but on this one I plan on doing alot of thick high build primer coats so Im not too worried about it.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood024.jpg)
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sanded down the glazing putty and threw some black primer on it.
It didnt turn out too bad. No low spots, no wrinkels.
it looks a little funkey because the body filler absorbed the primer diffrently than the glazing putty diffrently than the hood...
with some high build primer and paint it should look great.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood025.jpg)
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood026.jpg)
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It didnt turn out too bad. No low spots, no wrinkels.
it looks a little funkey because the body filler absorbed the primer diffrently than the glazing putty diffrently than the hood...
with some high build primer and paint it should look great.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood025.jpg)
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood026.jpg)
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood027.jpg)
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hey thank you all!
Yeah fiberglass dust is fun!
hopefully I get some time to throw some primer on the top-side, and get to work smoothing out the bottom...
I just hope nothing changed between the test-fit and now. Knowing my luck it will be smooth and slick lookin but wayyyy out of wack.
we will see.
Yeah fiberglass dust is fun!
hopefully I get some time to throw some primer on the top-side, and get to work smoothing out the bottom...
I just hope nothing changed between the test-fit and now. Knowing my luck it will be smooth and slick lookin but wayyyy out of wack.
we will see.
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did the final fitting...
it looks good...
some high spots, but I can still do some sanding to fix that.
now I will start bringing in my sides. basically all it is is lining up the hood best I can, then lay a tape line where I think the gap should be, then grinding back the edge to that point.
After thats done, I will flip the hood over smooth out the bottom and start the priming sanding and painting process.
I cant wait, I think it looks sick!!!
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood/hood037.jpg)
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood/hood040.jpg)
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood/hood038.jpg)
it looks good...
some high spots, but I can still do some sanding to fix that.
now I will start bringing in my sides. basically all it is is lining up the hood best I can, then lay a tape line where I think the gap should be, then grinding back the edge to that point.
After thats done, I will flip the hood over smooth out the bottom and start the priming sanding and painting process.
I cant wait, I think it looks sick!!!
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood/hood037.jpg)
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood/hood040.jpg)
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/cudaeh/ID/hood/hood038.jpg)
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teaches me for trying to organize some files!!!! I found out how to make sub folders in photobucket.... apparently that changes some links!!
I am going to get the before and after pics working for now, and then when I have some time re-link every thing.
I am going to get the before and after pics working for now, and then when I have some time re-link every thing.
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I finaly gave in, and sold it, and Im making a mold off of this one to make another one for my self... I might start making them and selling them off with some brackets for $150 ish each....
or start selling off sub boxes or something like that... this project was too much of a labor of love, but If I was doing it for some one it would be a big pain!!