hello everyone my name is Tom hey this
week we're going to do some more body
work we're gonna try to take these
fiberglass bumpers which I've already
cut up into thirds but I'm going to be
attaching them to the car and trying to
blend them in to the flares that were
installed so please stay tuned okay
before we get going into ripping up the
fiberglass bumpers some more I wanted to
talk about last week's video and these
seat brackets so it was brought to my
attention that the seats should not be
taken lightly and that these brackets
were were not according to international
standards so just like I did on the roll
bar I'm trying to incorporate the
International rules from fiha or the
national rules from Seca or PCA to
design the best possible seat brackets
now keep in mind this is not a
full-blown racecar but it doesn't mean
that you should take safety lightly now
I absolutely believe these brackets are
stronger than the factory brackets that
were kind of cantilever it out from the
edges and using those six millimeter
screws but I you know if I can do better
I will and I really appreciate some
comments that were given to me from
those who have who have seen some
accidents and also have been inspectors
in cars so of Uniflow and in paul thank
you very much i'm going to be doing more
research I'm probably going to steer
away from these and I'm not married to
this design it's you know two or three
hours worth of work so in the grand
scheme of things this car is gonna be
well over a thousand hours and when it
comes to safety I will definitely look
into it more so I'm not gonna just dive
right back into it today I'll work on
the bumpers you know there's plenty of
work to do on this car but I will get
back to it here are some photos of two
different cars similar to mine these
have the Carrera R this is actually a
real career RS so it has the same flares
as my car and what I'm after is just
that rear the rear bumper fit here on
the corner how it follows the
arch back here and how much it has a
shelf to it so here's the body and then
you know it it stands proud of the body
and then it blends in with the Flair and
that's what I'm trying to adjust mine to
do so it's really just a matter of
getting these aftermarket parts to sort
of look like factory there is a seal
between the body and the bumper and I
don't have that yet
so I'm gonna be you know kind of
estimating the height on that here it is
just you know really kind of stuck on
there I do have some spacers between the
body and then looking at this distance
here where it overlaps compared to the
car is one of the things that's
important is is getting this sort of
shelf right so it's about uniform width
along the body and then it just mates up
to the flare the profile you know coming
down here to the bumper is is not bad it
looks like to me this angle here is a
little bit flatter than this angle where
the fender leaves off it's almost as if
this corner stands a little bit proud so
it might just need to be finessed a
little bit to continue that arch across
it fits the car pretty pretty nicely
except right here this lens's is cracked
and so it this corner here does stick
out a little bit and then the other
concern is that this space right here is
is just too big
here's a view from this car and you can
see how in the rear here it doesn't
extend past the deck lid very far this
is a photo from a different car and it
is sticking out a little further in this
view but it doesn't appear to be quite
that far
don't want the bumper sticking out past
the bumper ruts I mean that's clearly
not how it's supposed to be so I'm going
to be slicing and dicing and giving this
the way I want it okay I like to use you
know my ruler here to to sort of keep a
consistent arc so if I hold the ruler on
the ends it's gonna follow a natural arc
and when I place that up against the car
there's a mismatch so this arc isn't the
same as this one and it's just not very
pleasing to the eye so if I could kind
of take off the top corner of this I'm
just gonna make a slice right here fold
it back and then the whole bumper can
probably come forward a little bit
okay I'm gonna wear double gloves and a
mask when I cut fiberglass fiberglass
it's not that fun to work with because
it's really itchy and there's little
fibers go everywhere I'm also wearing a
sweatshirt kind of protect my arms it's
pretty warm day today but guess I'll
suffer so I'll refi Berglas this closed
and then make sure that the contour in
this direction is right and this one
looks right shift it in just a little
bit
okay now I'm gonna try to solve this
severe kind of underbite problem I
really don't want this thing sticking
out this far to me it just doesn't look
good
I like this distance right here but I
don't like this so if this is you know
one finger here this is like you know
practically it's like three fingers so I
don't like that mismatch now the only
way to really fix that is to cut it
right here because if I cut it here in
the front I'm going to lose all this pre
shaped curvature and I like the way it
fits the flare and if I cut it in the
rear it's got a corner on it so the best
place to cut it is right where it's flat
I'm just gonna cut clean through I'm
gonna take a measurement of how much I
want to reduce it and then just section
it right in the middle who's afraid to
cut anyways yeah I decided to take out
3/4 of an inch of the length on this
bumper just so that the fit on the
taillight there is a little bit better
and so this masking tape is also 3/4 of
an inch so I'm going to pick a straight
section here tape it and then cut so
someone decided masking tape color was
the was a good color for their car also
this big exhaust hole here I'm not most
likely I'm not going to use this I think
the best thing to do is fill it up while
I'm doing the fiberglassing probably
going to use some exhaust they just go
straight out the back I'm just gonna try
to hold this down while I cut it
so now instead of a three-piece bumper I
have like a six piece or five piece or
something
it's like chicken nuggets here's the
thickness of this fiberglass it's pretty
consistent probably a little bit more
than an eighth of an inch so I think
this is a much more manageable in in
pleasing shape so I have a more
consistent gap you know from side to
rear and I just like it better and then
from down here you can see that exhaust
cutout which I'll take care of you can
see the cut line here and probably just
fix that with that masking tape right
so I don't think my welders going to
help put this back together so I have
this stuff for your boat for boaters and
their craft so I opted for the epoxy
resin which is I think a little bit
different than regular resin it's
stronger and compatible with more
different types of fiberglass or SMC I'm
not sure how this bumper was made okay I
feathered these edges to almost a knife
so there's a strong chamfer on this side
and this side is just cleaned up so I'm
gonna clean it with some acetone and
then let it evaporate and then start
tackling it with a resin
before I mix the hardener I'm gonna
some pieces of this cloth
I just cut a few layers here there's
four different layers and I'm just gonna
kind of play it by ear once I get the
resin mixed up
okay this product came with these mixing
pumps this is you know five parts to one
part but I'm not going to use these
because I don't have you know a ton of
material so I don't want to fill all the
pumps up with material I'm just going to
pour into this bucket I'm just going to
make sure this is a level
I've only done you know like two layers
on the front and two in the back and I
just want to let this cure and hopefully
hold this position I mean I have this
giant clamp clamping it into position
because this wants to spring back so I'm
just hopeful that I have enough on here
to at least hold its shape and then I
can come back with additional layers
once this cures the same is true with
this big exhaust cutout it is trying to
holding its shape I sort of did it
freehand it didn't have anything to
really support the shape so I just you
know kept controlling it while it was
drying and making sure there was no
bubbles in it
I also reaffirm out and it was really
loose before partly because I cut
through some of the structure when I cut
this into thirds but I have a lot of
excess here it's going to be trimmed off
but the overall shape is is pretty good
I have a few more layers on this one and
a lot more resin tucked in there but
this is you know roughly holding the
correct shape so I don't have to use too
much filler I will be putting more
layers on once this cures or just kind
of keep layering it up sort of rather be
welding but you know what are you gonna
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finally a shorter video got myself
worked into a whole I just don't have
time to let this dry before I can
unclamp it and so forth these things
take time
but when we're starting to get some
items checked off the list that are
preventing me from getting this car
painted you probably think I'm crazy for
cutting this bumper into million pieces
and yeah you know it's it's not the norm
but I want it to fit well and to me it's
worth it so we just keep cutting until
we like it right take care
