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sideshow775 · 07-21-2004, 11:14 AM

How do i properly mold the bodykit on my civic. Ive noticed it looks a lot better when its molded. Do i just take bondo and do it that way or is there other ways?

*pdiggitydogg* · 07-21-2004, 04:24 PM

does anyone have a body kit here?
just asking

JDMFantasy2k · 07-21-2004, 06:43 PM

a friend of mine just had his molded. It looked really sick and there is no noticible difference, the whole car looks like one piece. I'm assuming bondo (if done really good) could probably work however i'd suggest practicing on some shitty junkyard car first or something because if you fuck it up you're gonna have one hell of a mess

*pdiggitydogg* · 07-21-2004, 06:57 PM

eh I wouldnt think you really can screw it up since you can always remove it by sanding (forever if necessary).
Ive done drywall mud several times and I think thats a huge pain in the ass...and thats all flat...so I can only imagine how it'd be on a curved surface

CD5Passion · 07-21-2004, 07:00 PM

here's some advice man, do not mold the kit, aside from it looking nice to begin with it's more of a pain then you want to deal with.
if it's your daily driver i strongly suggest against it, but if it's a show car thats another story
my friend has his drift kit molded to his cavy, one peice, i admit it looked nice but the trouble that came along with it...wasnt worth it
here's the problem with doing it, you will have to redo the "molding" job whenever you happen to hit a curb or just bottom out the seal will break and no matter how hard we tried there were always cracks. we molded it with fiberglass and bondo and we remolded it about 6 times before he ditched the cavy for a golf.
it's just a warning of the pains to come if you do it. but if you do i suggest put a layer of fiberglass along the back of the kit then put a layer of bondo over that and on the front bondo it and be ready with a powersander and lots of sandpaper.

95DX · 07-22-2004, 01:08 AM

I'd have to agree with Darin^ unless its going to be show only it really wouldn't be worth it, another thing that I've thought of other then the points he brought up is that its going to also be a real pain if you should get into an accident to have to undo all that sh*t to remove the damaged parts and then have to redo all of it again to make it look right

JDMFantasy2k · 07-22-2004, 11:19 AM

yeah another thing about that, my friend installed a aem short ram on his car before he had the body kit installed, and he didn't remove the airbox piece that was in the bumper, he figured the guy doing his bodywork would...

come to find out he left it and molded the bumper so now that air box piece is stuck in there, making it look stupid and adding dead weight.

07-21-2004, 11:14 AM	#1
sideshow775 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Age: 37 Posts: 131	molding my bodykit? How do i properly mold the bodykit on my civic. Ive noticed it looks a lot better when its molded. Do i just take bondo and do it that way or is there other ways?

07-21-2004, 06:43 PM	#3
JDMFantasy2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: northeastern connecticut Age: 37 Posts: 1,765	a friend of mine just had his molded. It looked really sick and there is no noticible difference, the whole car looks like one piece. I'm assuming bondo (if done really good) could probably work however i'd suggest practicing on some shitty junkyard car first or something because if you fuck it up you're gonna have one hell of a mess __________________

07-21-2004, 07:00 PM	#5
CD5Passion Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Barbara, California Age: 38 Posts: 5,446	here's some advice man, do not mold the kit, aside from it looking nice to begin with it's more of a pain then you want to deal with. if it's your daily driver i strongly suggest against it, but if it's a show car thats another story my friend has his drift kit molded to his cavy, one peice, i admit it looked nice but the trouble that came along with it...wasnt worth it here's the problem with doing it, you will have to redo the "molding" job whenever you happen to hit a curb or just bottom out the seal will break and no matter how hard we tried there were always cracks. we molded it with fiberglass and bondo and we remolded it about 6 times before he ditched the cavy for a golf. it's just a warning of the pains to come if you do it. but if you do i suggest put a layer of fiberglass along the back of the kit then put a layer of bondo over that and on the front bondo it and be ready with a powersander and lots of sandpaper. __________________

07-22-2004, 11:19 AM	#7
JDMFantasy2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: northeastern connecticut Age: 37 Posts: 1,765	yeah another thing about that, my friend installed a aem short ram on his car before he had the body kit installed, and he didn't remove the airbox piece that was in the bumper, he figured the guy doing his bodywork would... come to find out he left it and molded the bumper so now that air box piece is stuck in there, making it look stupid and adding dead weight. __________________

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07-21-2004, 04:24 PM	#2
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	does anyone have a body kit here? just asking

07-21-2004, 06:57 PM	#4
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	eh I wouldnt think you really can screw it up since you can always remove it by sanding (forever if necessary). Ive done drywall mud several times and I think thats a huge pain in the ass...and thats all flat...so I can only imagine how it'd be on a curved surface

07-22-2004, 01:08 AM	#6
95DX 2nd Gear Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: no longer Cal or AZ now in Pa at least until Feb Posts: 189	I'd have to agree with Darin^ unless its going to be show only it really wouldn't be worth it, another thing that I've thought of other then the points he brought up is that its going to also be a real pain if you should get into an accident to have to undo all that sh*t to remove the damaged parts and then have to redo all of it again to make it look right