my n-1 auto side skits have landed also my grimmspeed up pipe
my 2011 spoiler is in the works it has landed and been started on it transformation on modayhere are a few pictures it will be updated tomarrow with the overlay photos .my man jared is slick .
for sedan08+ sedan owners we are trying to get a cf vortex generator made also off a charge speed hatch on as the basics to mod to fit and then a mold made of it
i will keep yas in the loop .
day one what can brown do for you
just taken out of the box
Wanted to take it apart to see what was up with that random plastic piece but I figured out it is a wire the goes from one end all the way to the other side incase the wing was torn off or tampered with or even just was tempted to fall off at 140mph + it would stay on by that wire.
Loop is attached to the bolt that mounts to the trunk.
ok back to business after putting it back together I masked off the sides that arent going to be overlayed and also the plan is to seal up that plastic piece so I am filling it in with some handy body filler but before I lay that down I scored the surface with 60 grit and masked off the perimeter
First Layer of Body Filler I will need to do a second pass with filler to make sure I get a nice flat surface then it will be sanded out with a 150grit sandpaper to get the geometry surface where it needs to be before proceeding with the overlay.
so I sanded all the body filler in and there was just some left over dips and valleys in the piece and I actually used 60 grit not 150 I just decided a rougher paper would get the job done quicker ( but there is much skill required when working with heavier grits because it is very easy to burn through surfaces or make weird concaves everywhere.)
When there is a concavity in a section of the surface I like to write in marker to let myself know where all the spots need to be filled in. I like to refer concavity as it being shallow in areas. Just helps me
either looks like a protein shake or a crap load of body filler
a lot of people love to used acetone to clean surfaces or areas with left over residue but on certain plastics such as ABS or other plastics it is very easy to burn through it or eat away surfaces so I use either goo gone but gets kinda oily but if i am going to spray right after I will use alcohol to wipe away stuff
HEre is some 40grit action It is imperative that you have a really scored surface before applying the CArbon Fiber so it has a place to hold on to as well as keeping it from delaminating.
Here is a pic of the sanded surface on the bottom with the body filler. I have had about 6 years of experience now with composites and let me tell you that the hardest part of it is getting the surface the smoothest and the flattest as possible you can see I used about 3 batchs of body filler to get the surface just right.
The last step I did today was I sprayed a black paint just real lightly just about 1 coat touch spots of necessary but this is so when you put your Carbon on you wont see through to the gray ABS plastic just incase somewhere in the Carbon it decides to let an area peek through. But also this step is crucial too because if you put too much paint or dont let it cure for a day and then you put CF over it it will delaminate thats why I only put 1 coat on and I am going to let it Sit for a day before I start laying down resin with the CF.
hopefully the rest will come along shortly .
