more mad scientist pics lol, fabrication picts hood fenders and front end one complete piece Options

[deathdoakill]

Its a major difference in weight but be careful if u plann to do this there are things/ precautions you need to take before doing this message me when you decide if you want to. an ill run you through it...

[njccmd2002]

Dang dude, when i saw the thread first i was like DAFUQ, but now that is see the concept, its amazing.

[deathdoakill]

Thanks man I appreciate it.

This post has been edited by deathdoakill: Feb 4, 2013 - 1:44 AM

[deathdoakill]

Im actually considering changing my vent design on the hood itself not sure if I'm going to do this yet though...

[kurt95gt]

thats feakin sweet
in how many layers do you use ive been debating on trying to make a set of fenders
some input would be great

[deathdoakill]

As far as layers I would do a minimume of 4 to 8 layers being your max unless u wanna strengthen it more.

[playr158]

Mold release wax + vaccum bag setup would be your friend for this.
Should also think about forming ribs to strengthen the system

[deathdoakill]

Yeah im no stranger to that have a vacuum form table already but in this case this was the easiest method for this particular projct. An yes I do realize the need for forming some type of ribs underneath but at this point its to early for that I was considering carbon fiber but not sure about this route yet the design will most likely be changing so worring about strengthening will most likely come later...

[TheCreatorOf]

lol no it has a duct built into it to rout the water out from falliong on the engine an yeah its lotus elise ish hood i was working on lol looks good on paper but we will see ;P

you should post pictures of your concept art too, that way we can see faster where youre heading with this . I cant wait to see it finished!
I too plan to do some koenigsegg type deal with the front of the car, ill be using BMW headlights tho just to try something different since most people here just do subaru, supra, and dodge neon headlights. what I liked about the MR2 is that people werent limited to like 3 different headlight mods, they have over 30 different headlights they install and custom make for the MR2s... the FTO headlights were my fave. anyway back to topic,
I have to redo the whole font end, to make the body go with the headlights otherwise it wont look right, and this thread is very inspiring even tho im allergic to fiberglass :'( every time I mess with it days later I get like little water blister/pimples between my fingers. so I guess you should consider yourself lucky that doesnt happens to you too and props to you for the project so far its coming along very nice, and hope to see some lotus styling on the celica soon

[TheCreatorOf]

more pics to come people almost able to walk again lol

what do you mean "walk again" and "surgery" what happened to you? I hope you get better soon

[deathdoakill]

Yeah had surgery on my back bout 5 months ago and im scheduled for two more surgeries on my knees in a few months also... was at a red light an some nune slammed into me going 50mph never even hit the brakes. Did a number on me hence I was attacked by a flying nun lol...... il try an draw up some concept art for you guys later tonight at work as I dont see myself working to hard lol lol

This post has been edited by deathdoakill: Feb 7, 2013 - 5:09 PM

[TheCreatorOf]

Yeah had surgery on my back bout 5 months ago and im scheduled for two more surgeries on my knees in a few months also... was at a red light an some nune slammed into me going 50mph never even hit the brakes. Did a number on me hence I was attacked by a flying nun lol...... il try an draw up some concept art for you guys later tonight at work as I dont see myself working to hard lol lol

WHAT!? thats horrible man! one time a guy went to the dealership and he told me the same thing happened to him, and the drunk driver after hitting him flew, hit a tree and died. damn man I hope everything goes well and hope you get back to being 100% and thanks for dedicating some time to give us updates

[deathdoakill]

Ok here some concept drawings just to give an idea these are by no means acurate I didn't use a ruler an drew this in 4 mins so no bashing I didn't have much free time at work today... these will possibly change depending on feed back will do better drawing s later....





This is just to give an idea I realize its a bit crooked lol xD

[deathdoakill]

Ok point of no return ive started to reshape an cut the hood for modding...

Either ill likt the finished product or I scrap it an start over again lol trial an error trail an error...

[deathdoakill]

Ok definitely liking this now I know ecactly where this is compared to what i pictured in my head and how im doing it an no I didnt actually put this on paper till u guys requested it








This post has been edited by deathdoakill: Feb 11, 2013 - 5:10 PM

[mgnt232]

cant wait to see the finished product man

[deathdoakill]

Ok I tried a shorter version of vents and it looked horrible completly defeated the purpose so after some redesign ing this is what came up with....

[cheela]

that's looking pretty badass. keep it up!

[mgnt232]

damn you and your skills lol. what in the world is that stuff your using? and where did you buy it?
I could deff use something like that for some of my projects.

[playr158]

everyone has their own taste...but those arch things needs to go

credit for the unique use of floor panels

This post has been edited by playr158: Feb 14, 2013 - 4:13 PM