95HellBird

anyone every work with fiberglass much, i'd like to know how to go about starting to refabricate door panels and stuff like that but alittle less designed if that makes sense....

what i really need is a really good how-to on fiberglass, ive search and read alot but haven't got shiot out of what i read/saw with tutorials

meissen

I made a custom 10.5" radio bezel for the touchscreen that I am going to be putting into my Camaro once I finish wiring it. Anyway, though, it was made out of fiberglass, and really wasn't too hard at all. For mine, I took a stock radio bezel, cut away the middle bottom part of it, so it was just the sides and top of the bezel. Then I took balsa wood and framed out exactly what I wanted, using metal pins to hold the balsa wood together. I made it really sturdy. Once I had the frame of what I wanted, I wrapped the entire piece in a 100% cotton old tshirt, then mixed my resin, and soaked the resin into the tshirt. This made the tshirt hard, and it also made the shirt shrink a bit which is why I made the frame really sturdy. Once the resin was dry, then it was just a matter of doing the layers of fiberglass, filler, primer, and paint. That's the real basic and generalized version of how I did it, if it's kinda what you're going to be doing and you want more info, I can help ya a little bit with exactly what I did in more detail, but I'm no pro at it.

95HellBird

thanx for the help im thinkin of a big project, my WHOLE interior besides carpet...i think it will take a year or a few lol and alot of money, if you have more steps id be glad to hear them though.

meissen

I actually have a site that kinda shows, in pictures, how I did it. Fiberglassing really isn't that hard once you have the shape you want... building up the layers is the semi-easy part. The worst part is getting it smooth. Anyway, my site's here: http://carpc.meissenation.com/

95HellBird

ok i got started and was wondering is there anyway to just re-wrap the stock doorpanels with fiberglass and make it hold?

Z28SORR

You could also try this: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...racticekit.php

They also have Kevlar, carbon fiber, etc.

stangkilla1

Did someone say fiberglass? LOL!!!


Man I have been engulfed in glass for the past nine months, everything from door panels to enclosures amp racks and consoles. check me out and lemme know what your tryin to do. Chances are I can help being that both my 3rd and 4th gen camaros are glass'd.

http://glassmanscustomforum.com/v-we...pic.php?t=1364

That was my newest stuff. this is from the past nine months

http://camaroz28.cardomain.com/ride/239349/9

I'm about to ****** my door panels off in my 2000 camaro and glass them. The door panels in my Z28 are already glass'd

(2) 6.5's, 1" chrome tweeter, 4" mid and a 7" TV in each door panel