That was a fantastic build man wow it looks wonderful with paint it'll look really cool, I was wondering about you for the last couple weeks now with this fire down there in Australia we see a lot of it on the news up here in Texas I'm glad you posted this video so I know you're okay I was thinking about you a lot God bless the whole country with the fires you got going may God be with you and keep you safe everybody I'm so sorry about the animals but on a positive note that's a cool car and you my friend are very resourceful I've been watching you since you got the foundation for your house I'm glad you're okay God bless you🗽🗽🗽 I hope we can help your country
Are you applying the same resin for the Kevlar material? Thank you so much for making all of your videos! I actually wish they were a little bit slower... try not to fast forward so fast LOL. Fantastic workmanship! Keep up the great work!
Wow that was really impressive! I've never worked with fiberglass before but this is exactly what I was looking for. If I attempted a one piece front end like this as my first fiberglass project would I be way in over my head, or do you think it's doable? haha
Greetings from America. Thank you for another great video. I watched both parts and learned a lot . I also took notes . I want to use a polyurethane front bumper on a car that it's not made for . I need to shorten the polyurethane bumper in a few places and also make it taller. Can you please recommend one of your videos on how to do this ? I looked through your library of videos and I didn't find one . I'm sure I overlooked it I want to know how to bond two pieces of polyethylene with fiberglass and how to make the bumper wider using fiberglass. I'm assuming I will use the bumper as a die when finished. I am a beginner and I'm learning as I go. Thank you again for posting these great informative videos . Best Regards
Fiberglass will not permanently bond with smooth metal or plastic surfaces, so you can't just chop & glue your bumper. What you need to do is sculpt it into a die/plug, then make a fiberglass mold of the whole thing (maybe 2 - piece mold depending on it's shape), then make the final copy to go on your car in that mold. Three stage process that many try to shortcut with bad results & (in the end) even more labour. I've been having internet troubles (no service people travelling in the pandemic), so apologize for the late response. th-cam.com/video/FZUeIv94gTw/w-d-xo.html
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At this moment I’m happy that I found your Chanel 3years from part 1 of this video 😅 Nevertheless great job. Question is how much weight saving you got in kg in comparison to metal/plastic front?
Yes it is. To slow the hardening of the fiberglass the minimum 1% catalyst is used, and a cool or rainy day chosen for the layup. In hot times I'd either start at dawn, or do the layup at night after things cool down. In normal weather conditions layup resin takes around 60 minutes to start to tack, and then you have another 30-60 minutes before it fully sets in which to overlay the pieces together. I haven't had any problems time wise doing that - but picking the right air temp is the key. Depending on the front bodyshape you can do the layup in just two stages with the 4 molds all bolted together as I did here th-cam.com/video/aIST-ixkcTY/w-d-xo.html
I hate to keep pestering you. Okay. I’m building a Mustang. You have sent my mind running with using fiberglass and Kevlar as structural pieces. The Mustang was beat to hell and the rockers on both sides crushed. After a lot of hours with a slide hammer I’ve got one side back in shape. I put down two layers of 7 ounce Kevlar from front to back wrapped around that rocker. In your opinion is that enough? It certainly feels strong.
Not really needed. I used the factory bonnet hinges and laid in the mounting plates for them when I made the front clip. Two bonnet pins above the headlights and another pair on the lower back edge near each door are needed as well. What I did find is that the rear of the flared guards catch on fat front tires when you raise the front clip, which is why I now make them as a three piece unit, with the panels either side near the door front edges as separate units which are bolted to the car... as shown here th-cam.com/video/4iOX6hJWdNs/w-d-xo.html
Music police aside, glad to see you and the family are at least upright and breathing! Hoping the bush fires subside soon bill, it’s beyond unfortunate the gov isn’t making fighting them easy. Quick question about your layup process on the front end: (I apologize if you answered this in the video as I know how much you like to repeat yourself) when laying the carbon and Kevlar into the fiberglass component, do you use an epoxy resin for the carbon/Kevlar and then GP polyester resin for the fiberglass? Or all GP resin throughout the entire layup? Thank for all you do teaching us sir, you’re a legend 👌
One of the myths in the composite lay up world is that you can ONLY use poly resins with fiberglass cloth, and that you can ONLY use epoxy resins with carbon fiber or Kevlar. Normally that is what you use for each, but on some jobs you CAN mix those products. When laying up the fiberglass in this front clip I use poly resins, but to get the greatest strength between that lay up and the Kevlar reinforcing the two materials need to be wet laid as one, so the Kevlar gets laid into and is saturated with the poly resin of that main lay up. I could have done the same with the carbon fiber feature panels, but for greatest surface clarity there I chose to use epoxy resin on those features because paint wasn't going over them and using poly resin would have left discoloration. So in those spots I laid up the CF and let it set. Then I over laid the main fiberglass with poly resin. You can't mix poly & epoxy resins when wet because they are chemically incompatible, but the three cloths CF, Kevlar & f/glass can be inter mixed in the one lay up. There have been other jobs where I have laid fiberglass csm using only epoxy resin. All resins work with all cloths. You can step outside conventional practice when needs be.
That was a fantastic build man wow it looks wonderful with paint it'll look really cool, I was wondering about you for the last couple weeks now with this fire down there in Australia we see a lot of it on the news up here in Texas I'm glad you posted this video so I know you're okay I was thinking about you a lot God bless the whole country with the fires you got going may God be with you and keep you safe everybody I'm so sorry about the animals but on a positive note that's a cool car and you my friend are very resourceful I've been watching you since you got the foundation for your house I'm glad you're okay God bless you🗽🗽🗽 I hope we can help your country
I plan on doing a Fiberglass body f1 car using a cardboard mock up body I learned a lot from your videos.
hi friend ...I love your videos....i learned a lot from you....thank you from palestina
Interlude. Nice one, as always.
I want to do a 1958 Volkswagen van complete I am watching your videos over and over
I love your work. Thank you for posting
ive seen your videos before but never realized YOU race these cars. thats awesome. I hope i can still be a bad ass when im your age. Like burt munro
The older I get the faster I was.
Are you applying the same resin for the Kevlar material? Thank you so much for making all of your videos! I actually wish they were a little bit slower... try not to fast forward so fast LOL. Fantastic workmanship! Keep up the great work!
See my below reply to David Williams to this question.
Wow that was really impressive! I've never worked with fiberglass before but this is exactly what I was looking for. If I attempted a one piece front end like this as my first fiberglass project would I be way in over my head, or do you think it's doable? haha
Great job i love the lights.💪💪🔥
Greetings from America.
Thank you for another great video. I watched both parts and learned a lot . I also took notes .
I want to use a polyurethane front bumper on a car that it's not made for . I need to shorten the polyurethane bumper in a few places and also make it taller. Can you please recommend one of your videos on how to do this ? I looked through your library of videos and I didn't find one . I'm sure I overlooked it
I want to know how to bond two pieces of polyethylene with fiberglass and how to make the bumper wider using fiberglass. I'm assuming I will use the bumper as a die when finished. I am a beginner and I'm learning as I go.
Thank you again for posting these great informative videos .
Best
Regards
Fiberglass will not permanently bond with smooth metal or plastic surfaces, so you can't just chop & glue your bumper. What you need to do is sculpt it into a die/plug, then make a fiberglass mold of the whole thing (maybe 2 - piece mold depending on it's shape), then make the final copy to go on your car in that mold. Three stage process that many try to shortcut with bad results & (in the end) even more labour. I've been having internet troubles (no service people travelling in the pandemic), so apologize for the late response. th-cam.com/video/FZUeIv94gTw/w-d-xo.html
Awesome. Any chance of a basic list of main items, the brand's and where to buy??
Where are you?
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At this moment I’m happy that I found your Chanel 3years from part 1 of this video 😅
Nevertheless great job.
Question is how much weight saving you got in kg in comparison to metal/plastic front?
No expert here. During the final piece creation, and the steps prior to putting all 4 moulds together while tacky. Is time and temperature critical?
Yes it is. To slow the hardening of the fiberglass the minimum 1% catalyst is used, and a cool or rainy day chosen for the layup. In hot times I'd either start at dawn, or do the layup at night after things cool down. In normal weather conditions layup resin takes around 60 minutes to start to tack, and then you have another 30-60 minutes before it fully sets in which to overlay the pieces together. I haven't had any problems time wise doing that - but picking the right air temp is the key. Depending on the front bodyshape you can do the layup in just two stages with the 4 molds all bolted together as I did here th-cam.com/video/aIST-ixkcTY/w-d-xo.html
The music was pretty good this go around where did u find it if u don’t mind me askin I really liked the bass rif on the one
Technoaxe
WAY better than the hideous Prelude front. 😀👍
I hate to keep pestering you. Okay. I’m building a Mustang. You have sent my mind running with using fiberglass and Kevlar as structural pieces. The Mustang was beat to hell and the rockers on both sides crushed. After a lot of hours with a slide hammer I’ve got one side back in shape. I put down two layers of 7 ounce Kevlar from front to back wrapped around that rocker. In your opinion is that enough? It certainly feels strong.
I'd have to see pics to comment on that. PM them to me via my Facebook links on this channel's home page.
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Great follow up video!!!!
Buen trabajo. Maestro.
This was killer
Can you do a video on the latching and operation of the flip up boney?
Not really needed. I used the factory bonnet hinges and laid in the mounting plates for them when I made the front clip. Two bonnet pins above the headlights and another pair on the lower back edge near each door are needed as well. What I did find is that the rear of the flared guards catch on fat front tires when you raise the front clip, which is why I now make them as a three piece unit, with the panels either side near the door front edges as separate units which are bolted to the car... as shown here th-cam.com/video/4iOX6hJWdNs/w-d-xo.html
@@BillsBuildandRace righto, only asked because none of the videos really helped.
Great video! U ale hero in Poland 🇵🇱
Music police aside, glad to see you and the family are at least upright and breathing! Hoping the bush fires subside soon bill, it’s beyond unfortunate the gov isn’t making fighting them easy.
Quick question about your layup process on the front end: (I apologize if you answered this in the video as I know how much you like to repeat yourself) when laying the carbon and Kevlar into the fiberglass component, do you use an epoxy resin for the carbon/Kevlar and then GP polyester resin for the fiberglass? Or all GP resin throughout the entire layup?
Thank for all you do teaching us sir, you’re a legend 👌
One of the myths in the composite lay up world is that you can ONLY use poly resins with fiberglass cloth, and that you can ONLY use epoxy resins with carbon fiber or Kevlar. Normally that is what you use for each, but on some jobs you CAN mix those products. When laying up the fiberglass in this front clip I use poly resins, but to get the greatest strength between that lay up and the Kevlar reinforcing the two materials need to be wet laid as one, so the Kevlar gets laid into and is saturated with the poly resin of that main lay up. I could have done the same with the carbon fiber feature panels, but for greatest surface clarity there I chose to use epoxy resin on those features because paint wasn't going over them and using poly resin would have left discoloration. So in those spots I laid up the CF and let it set. Then I over laid the main fiberglass with poly resin. You can't mix poly & epoxy resins when wet because they are chemically incompatible, but the three cloths CF, Kevlar & f/glass can be inter mixed in the one lay up. There have been other jobs where I have laid fiberglass csm using only epoxy resin. All resins work with all cloths. You can step outside conventional practice when needs be.
Awesome, just awesome, makes me wish i didn't live in an apartment
You can always rent additional space, like a residential garage or industrial space. Where there is a will there is a way.
Fiberglass. Bludger in so cali
Good luck
Mega car, takes weight off right where it's needed most.