Fiberglassing My Dash...

[puzzle man]

I'm working on my dash.

I wanted some thing LIKE this just were the small gages are.

this is what i had and wanted the gages to face me more eg on an angle.

so what I'm going to do is cut some pool pipe 560mm that the gages fit very sung in.

wile i was going to do this i thought i would fix my first cup i made.

 

so i cut the pipe at an angle (i just guessed the angle i needed)

and all 3 in there

 

started glassing..

i just put a little hot glue to hold the cups..

and i decided that the gages should be spreed out more rather than bunched up. i added the plastic i cut off the end to the middle bits to make it stronger.

and made shore the gages looked right.

and the 1st bit of glass

[puzzle man]

just put a little glass on the back to strengthen it..

i sanded the fiberglass a little and then started bogging it up..

theres a lot of bog as this is were the shape will come from.

all so sanded the crack in the old cup back a bit and bogged that up as well..

some people have PMed me and asked how i made the 1st cup so here a little run down no pic sorry i just sort of put it together.

its the same as how I'm making the new one just one bit of pipe about 560mm its from bunnings its actually pool filter pipe just take your gage along to make shore it fits snugly and then fiberglass the pipe to hold it then bog it up... easy hay.

 

 

STILL bogging and sanding but looking better..

 

 

 

just about finished sanding had to put a little more bog in some holes.

it looks a bit ruff because i used 2 different bogs but it nice and smooth.

and finished the cup just have to paint.

 

 

 

put a thin layer of paint on. its primer sealer when it drys its like the plastic use to be a Little ruff (it hides bad bits)

i do this so if theres bit that was bad i can just sand a little.

when this drys i will be putting about 2 more cotes on then sand smooth then put a clear cote on it...

 

 

 

added clear... and finished

[puzzle man]

its all done now...

 

just some more pic because i know you all love pic and

i thought because i had the weal off i would get some pic.

 

and thought i would point out a little stuff up (be for someone else does )

this one i did not square off the hazed switch.

and can you see a like bubble above the switch?

that was hardened resin that was so hard to sand back but took

it back heaps and thought the paint would cover it up but alas it did not.

 

 

and here i did not round the edge that much as i wanted and i

scuffed the paint when i was puting it back in.

 

all in all I'm REALLY happy with it.

it did take a bit of time (manly sanding) but had fun making it.

 

it cost me all up id say about $24-$26 as i had most of the stuff in the garage from last time.

[puzzle man]

I'm now doing a dash for a mate for his ke 70

this is what i started with..

 

and wanted something like this..

 

so i cut 3 bits of the same pipe i used befor..

 

the angle there on..

 

i made more room for the cups to fit by cutting some plastic away..

 

1st one in using a hot glue gun to hold in place..

 

2nd one in..

 

and all 3 in making shore there all on the right angle i wanted..

 

once the glue had dried i then started glassing the back of the dash 1st to give it strength..

[puzzle man]

noticed a crack in the dash be for i stared so i put some fiberglass behind it to strengthen it up..

the crack..

 

the back..

 

and then started glassing the front..

 

and some more on the back..

 

then after alot of fileing and sanding i boged it up..

i did not use even 1/2 the amount of bog i used on my dash.

this is were I'm up to ATM needs sanding then maybe a little more bog, then sand again, then primer and paint.

 

if any body would like a dash done like this PM me.

i would be interested in doing a RA28 or 22/23

[JiP]

WoW, your very Skilled. Where are you located??

[Taz_Rx]

Man you really did part of that the hard way!!

 

After you have glued down your rings, stretch some t-shirt paterial over the section you want curverd (where you built up bog). The t-shirt material will stretch out neatly and give you nice curves. Then just paint some fibreglass resen over it and it will go hard. Give it a few coats and mininal bog to finish.

 

BTW, thats not how I did the dash below, that was just drilled and sanded MDF.

[puzzle man]

WoW, your very Skilled. Where are you located??

thanks, Sydney liverpool

 

Man you really did part of that the hard way!!

 

After you have glued down your rings, stretch some t-shirt paterial over the section you want curverd (where you built up bog). The t-shirt material will stretch out neatly and give you nice curves. Then just paint some fibreglass resen over it and it will go hard. Give it a few coats and mininal bog to finish.

 

i did it that way as that was the best way i new how.

the way i did it seams easyer to me.

[puzzle man]

I sanded this last week and just needed a bit more bog to fix some little bits

after the 1st sand and then some more bog....

when the bog drys i will do some more sanding and then primer and paint.

[puzzle man]

thats it I'm finished with it..

 

 

after heaps of sanding thats it.

 

my mate came and picked it up and he is going to paint it so when he puts it back in his car i will take pics.

[andro0o]

such much effort, we drive corolllas.

 

though, admin should make a tech article section for this stuff, like on driving club.

[Mickoolz]

Nice work mate. I work with fibreglass for a living as I'm a boatbuilder. The only bad thing is that fibreglass doesn't stick to plastic that well so over time it may delaminate. I'm thinking of doing my whole dash, not just the facia, in my ke35. I helped my brother do his rx-7's we basically just peeled all the plastic vinyl off and just fibreglassed straight on to the foam underneath. Then just bog and faired the whole thing.

 

Anywayz good work :)

[puzzle man]

made this for my KE35..

got 4 rings and hot glued them in..

 

 

made shore that they sat right be for glassing..

 

then fiber glassing...

 

then bog..

 

then bit of sanding some primer and then some paint

and finished...

 

just waiting on my oil pressure gauge for the empty hole

[morgzz]

noticed a crack in the dash be for i stared so i put some fiberglass behind it to strengthen it up..

the crack..

 

the back..

 

and then started glassing the front..

 

and some more on the back..

 

then after alot of fileing and sanding i boged it up..

i did not use even 1/2 the amount of bog i used on my dash.

this is were I'm up to ATM needs sanding then maybe a little more bog, then sand again, then primer and paint.

 

if any body would like a dash done like this PM me.

i would be interested in doing a RA28 or 22/23

 

 

ra40?

[puzzle man]

ra40?

As in can I do an RA40? if so PM me if your in Sydney.

or did you mean is that dash an RA40

that dash was a KE70