I was just looking around the computer for bodykits and I came across this thread. Seems very interesting and definately worth a try! When it starts to get nice out i plan to try it out, and I will let everyone know how it goes.

http://www.civicforums.com/forums/7-...-rear-lip.html

 

definately a project

 

Good luck with that! Get all the info from that company as well as their previous company name,...cause when it's time for you to get some replacement parts for that "aero kit" they'll be out of business by then and someone else will have the ownership rights that the company!

 

I don't know if this is discouraging or not, but that looks like poop.

 

WOW , that came out pretty good . im shock

 

yeah i thought it turned out pretty well, IMO. I will obv do a few things different and def paint it black. but hey, looks fun!

 

Kinda what I thought too... Unless you're really handy with stuff like that, I doubt it will come out good. I donno if it's the picture or not but the lip didn't look that even to me.

 

Agreed.....way too much time time on that guys hands, no matter how crafty that guy is LOL!!!!!!!!!

 

It's cool looking, and interesting.

An issue I see is durability. If professionally made fiberglass body kits are fragile (which they are), then I'd be doubly worried about a homebrew one.

Rather than cardboard, why not get a big chunk of that foam they use for like pontoons and insulation and stuff - comes in big blocks, it's very fine grained (moreso than styrofoam), and it should be able to be carved and then sanded.

Bolt some onto your car, then cut and sand it until you get a good shape, then see if you can use it as a mold to make polyurethane casts. Do a group buy on them, and make some money. See how popular the GAB is? There would definitely be demand for a "poor man's lip kit", as long as quality isn't TOO shoddy.

 

Like any kind of bodywork, the finished product will come down to how much prepping/sanding you do.

 

it looks like a good project.. i would do it if i was into body kits..

 

i mean its not that bad look considering how it was done.

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