project i started monday

[blue LEDz]

Originally posted by asylum24
wait let me get this right... you covered up your drink holders? hmm interesting... wish there was room for something like this in the 2nd gen

yep, don't need them it'll discourage me from getting fast food

[asylum24]

lol true that... I Dont have to worry about losing my cup holders.... I can tput a drink in there in my car.. only a can will fit... anything else would spill on the HU... and that just would be an expensive mistake... stupid ass mazda wasnt thinkin on that one

[funkdaddysmack]

Looks great, blue! Does the fiberglass part sig flush with the rest of the console, or is there a slight lip? Looks great either way!!!

[MisterT]

That table saw you got for your BDay kicks ass!!! I didn't know you were doing all of that to your car. I knew about relocating the AC and saw it with the blue velvet, but not about the doors and center console. The last picture has a dog in it. What are you trying to say? That the dog ate your work? :p: Can't wait to see what it will look like in the end.

[blue LEDz]

Originally posted by funkdaddysmack
Looks great, blue! Does the fiberglass part sig flush with the rest of the console, or is there a slight lip? Looks great either way!!!

i'm going to make sure everything fits, then put a final layer of fiberglass then bondo, so everything fits together, and there won't be any lip, i hope

[funkdaddysmack]

Good fiberglass work makes my pants happy!

I was thinking about doing something similar with an LCD panel down there angled up a little bit.

But I'm not really too much into the 'bling' right now, that will come later

[asylum24]

I think the picture of the dog is showing that it's raining...

[walight01]

any updates on the box blue???

[blue LEDz]

here are some more pics of the center console:

time to make the top curve, so it's flush with the dash:


secure the fabric. the fabric i'm using is from a blanket i stole from delta on a flight to MN


got out my fiberglassing stuff:


put resin on the fabric:


after it was hardened, i cut the excess fabric off:


now it's time to cover it all with a mixture of bondo and resin. recepie is at the bottom of this post:


all covered in the mix, and hardening:


the resin bondo mix works well, cause it's thicker than resin, so it's easier to paint on, and it's thinner than bondo and has longer working time. and it sands better than resin, but it is much stronger than bondo.

here's the mix:
1/2 cup bondo
1/2 cup resin
1/4 teaspoon resin hardener

i use a 1 cup plastic measuring cup that i stole from my mom, so when it dries, all i have to do is squeeze the cup, and the hardened mix breaks apart. use a liquid measuring cup, not a dry measuring cup. look at the pic, if you are uncertain.

scoop half a cup of bondo in the cup with a plastic spoon. then once it's close enough to half a cup, pour in resin to the 1 cup mark. stir thoroughly to make sure it's mixed well. then add the 1/4 teaspoon of hardener, and mix thoroughly again. then brush it on. working time is about 10 minutes, i think

[walight01]

dangit blue, your making me want to go start on my car even though i can't get the equipment yet. awesome job BTW

[blue LEDz]

here's the latest pic:

[walight01]

is this pic, did you sand the hvac plate?

[blue LEDz]

Originally posted by walight01
is this pic, did you sand the hvac plate?

yeah, it's sanded. i've painted it so much and screwed with it so much i had to sand it back down to plactic

[walight01]

but some blue velvet on it

[Dermen]

That looks really good blue.