Fat rear fibreglass guards...just about done!!

boof2332 · 2008-07-23T02:19:47+00:00

Hi All, For ages I have been talking about making some rear guards to match my aero fronts that do not have the big, elephant foot tail lights. Fat smoothies...... A few moulds and alot of filler and sanding till 4am on several weeknights has finally paid off. I am about to do the final 2 piece mould which will be the master mould. From this I will be able to make copies for anyone who wants a set.... I will post lots of pics when finally done however here is a sneak peek!!

The Stump Slammed & Awesome Dubber

79 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 15 Jul 2009, 3:59 pm

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STIDUB wrote:almost a year since he's udated guys... id be giving up & having a crack at your own by this point, or just put up with the elephant foot lights, plently of different lenses around, clear smoked standard & flat, even some that you could make to look alot smaller.... flat lense with 3 small circles of colour... cant rember where i saw them though sorry

Yeah... I am just about resigned to having a crack at making some widened steelies for myself. CSP have what I want - but they would not sort out freight for me. Told me to find a freight company for myself... Which is a bit pants. I might have to track down some decent early guards as "prototypes" before I start cutting my current ones up.🥲

Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 15 Jul 2009, 9:24 pm

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There is someone in Adelaide making moulds for 2" wider early rears 2" wider oval fronts and standard oval fronts at the moment.
I have leant him my mint set of 54 fronts to make the mould from. Should be around 150 per guard. U2U me if interested and I will send you his number. They should be really good and the 2" rear will have the perfect shape as I am being really fussy with the prototype as we are trial fitting them on my oval.
T54

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boof2332 Custom Title Time!

1,210 posts · joined May 2004 · 16 Jul 2009, 8:44 pm

#724392

Sorry kids,

They were put on the back burner when one of the mould halves did not release properly, and I had to get my car back on the road so I just put the ugly aeros back on.

One mould is ready although the other will need the bad half hand ground and then filled and re gelcoated.

Ill pull it down this week and re inspect the damage....it really put me off after all the initial time spent.

Matt

The Stump Slammed & Awesome Dubber

79 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 20 Jul 2009, 2:00 pm

#724973

boof2332 wrote:Sorry kids,

They were put on the back burner when one of the mould halves did not release properly, and I had to get my car back on the road so I just put the ugly aeros back on.

One mould is ready although the other will need the bad half hand ground and then filled and re gelcoated.

Ill pull it down this week and re inspect the damage....it really put me off after all the initial time spent.

Matt

Matt,

Good to hear from you again mate. Hope you healed up well.
I'll wait for your results - no huge rush. I know what you mean about the moulds. I have done a little playing around moulding stuff and yeah it can be a real put-off when things don't work out, considering how fecking messy it is to work with this sort of stuff.

Cheers mate.