Doesn't look like it would turn out bad at all as long as you keep sanding, gel coat and sand again with some high build primer, it makes it a lift off style but for like 150 bucks? beats the hell out of buying a 600+ dollar custom hood..we have a fiberglass place here in town that make shower stalls i was going to call them up and ask if they would spray 4 or 5 layers or so onto my hood so i could make myself one without all the laying and hardening work, anyways heres this guys vid. what do you think about it? i know most people would just buy a hood..but if it saves me like 400 bucks i like the idea more and more as i dont mind the work involved. part1 part2 part3
Hey if you dont mind the work more power to you, but be aware that you will be really tired of sanding by the time you get done and very itchy also. If you could get somebody to spray it for you that would be great, hopefully it will come of off your pattern hood easily, I have messed around with fiberglass some and it is really messy to deal with and stinky. Good luck, I am the lazy one that just buys the hood
oh trust me i'm not the most motivated guy when it comes to sanding..but if it's saving me that much it should be worth the PITA. if i could just buy a hood i would, but when i think about all the other parts i need it's just not at the top of the list..especially when i could buy a few parts for that price..or cal-tracks.
Someone posted that before I think. Don't waste your time even thinking about it. To have a fiberglass hood you need a mold. That way the outer part would look like the underside.
Yeah, I noticed that too. I don't think they have come out with a one part fiberglass resin, that is air activated yet.
It isn't something I would recomend for someone that doesn't have a lot of experience working with fiberglass already. By the time you prep the hoods finish, make the mold, and then make the hood, you will have many hours and a lot more money that you anticipated into it. The only way to make it cost effective, is to make a lot of the hoods and sell them for a profit to cover the cost of making the first one. In order to sell them, they need to look really good and be priced right. I bought a maverickman carbon fiber hood and there is no way I could have built one for the price and it is a beautiful piece of art on the front of my car and a bolt on replacement. I would suggest you reserch it well before trying it.
the key thing here is i have a Comet..not a Maverick and the only Glass hood i've found online and emailed about will cost me like 800+ dollars after its shipped and when i asked them about the quality it seemed sketchy because they said some of them need a crapload of finnishing and some don't need as much.
Thats what I was thinking. Isnt this guys process backwards. The nice smooth side will be the underside how hes doing it. Hes never going to get the top side to look decent. Seems like a huge waste of time,money and health.
I am sorry....but to me that is redneck as all get-out. I can't imagine that looking good at all. One would have better results making a hood out of carboard. And the fact that they were trying to do that INSIDE the house!!! I guess we were all young and dumb once....but not THAT dumb.
I think it looks great!! This is what hot rodding is all about! If I said anything different, I'd be accused of being a know-it-all again, by the experts.
I consider you one of the experts. Exactly. Landlord probably kicked them out when he saw the YouTube Video.
So redneck. At best (and this is a stretch) he's managed to make a halfway decent mold. I wouldn't do this to a mud truck.
I have said it before and I'm no expert .. I just can't see how it would release. I also couldn't tell if he was making a mold or trying to make the actual hood lol.
