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Re: Making a Body Kit Mould Sun, 03 April 2005 14:57 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Have you ever worked with fibreglass before?

Making moulds can be quite tricky, and if you are making a mould of a front bar it will be at least a 3 peice mould, else your returns of the bar will get stuck and you will not be able to release it...

Also, for a mould, you need tooling gelcoat. Normal gelcoat may be used but it will not last very long and is not designed to be used ina mould... the heating resistant properties are weak... and it is not flexible as tooling gelcoat...

It also depends if you want a proper 100% perfect mould or somehting just temp enough to hold up to make a few rough copies...


Why not just repair your bar as you damage it... or use a stocker bumper or take off your front bar for drifting?
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