ok so i put on my front bumper yesterday... well of course t wasnt a driect fit and stuck out a lil bit from the fenders... so i decided to mold the bumper to the fenders.. anyway i went to my local auto zone and picked up all the stuff... well when i went i came time to sand i realized accidently picked up the wrong grit sand paper >.<... and to make things worse NOWHERE had the right grit.. nad i mean nowhere! too make a long story short i said screw it and parked it till i can get to a body shop...

i wouldn't mold that front bumper if I were you. they crack constantly from highway winds. If you even bump it on something or scrape it will crack the mold that way too.

hmm... ok well... i already have the molding on.. is there anyway to get it off? haha

if it is already molded then don't worry about it. just keep an eye on it and try not to scrape on things :thumbsup:

did you use tiger hair, or fiberglass matting?

yea i used that mesh adhesive made by bondo

was it a dry mat with a fiberglass resin that you have to add a catalyst drop? if so, and this is the only base you used, it probably will crack unless you did around 3-4 layers.

I could be wrong and it may never crack depending on how you drive and your area. I wouldn't worry about it until it happened. if it does happen use a 5 1/4 inch grinder and a cutting wheel. cut out a stitch pattern in the fiberglass and into the metal(one slice/stitch every 1/2 inch). smear tiger hair fiberglass mixture into the stitches, push hard to penetrate the slices. once this has hardened(with or without heat gun) put your matting over top in two layers. use putty to smooth. should never crack again until you hit something big. :grin:

well... it hasnt cracked yet... and i layered that sob like crazy... but it dosnet really matter.. im takin it to a body shop soon to get the rest of the body fixed and the car painted... so yea... ill just let them take care of it :P

sounds good, whenever you get it back post some pics. i've only ever seen 1 car with it done and it looked like hell. I want to see one that turned out good :beer:

will do... but when i said soon i mean like in the next couple months.. lol.. have to get some spare cash (bday for the win!!!) lol :P but yea.. all i cna say is.. it better turn out good >.> if not they are gonna have a lawsuite to deal with...

haha, that is true. very soon = 4 months, soon = 6 months, shortly = 1 year :laughing:

ok here are some pics of the bumper... i couldnt find a good angle where you could see the amount that stuck out off the fender.. but its not much...

here you can see the gap between the headlight and the bumper... this is gonna be the big challenge to fix :/
(IMG:http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c87/jonbonazza/Image015.jpg)




here is a full frontal pic.. actually dosnet look TOO bad from a distance.. lol
(IMG:http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c87/jonbonazza/Image017.jpg)

NOTE: please disregaurd the snow.. it was kinda iced over so i couldnt get it off with my sleeve alone -_- (thats what i get for forgetting to pull my car in the garage :/

My twin brother seam sealed his body kit to his CRX and it looked excellent...

Although when winter came around and temperatures dropped below freezing the paint and seams cracked and splintered as the body kit flexed. It is a really good look but if you’re not in a constantly warm climate I wouldn’t tempt the chance at it because like Pewee said it will look like hell.