nope I scuffed the vinyl up real good before i put the fiber glass on to help adhesion. Also I used a ton of resin... I had a couple spots on the sides that I had to go back and resin but nothing major.

 

Ok guys here it is I finished it and installed it this morning what do you think?

 

Turned out nice I think, even if it's not completely my "taste"

But clean your windshield

 

yeah the whole car needs washed...lol

 

That looks Awesome, I like how you did the speakers, Great Job!!

Did you teach yourself how to air brush, or did you take a class or something?

 

nope I taught myself just bought a airbrush and played around with it.

 

good work, for a redkneck,lol jk........ not my thing but nice job.

 

Actually Im a city boy, I live in Indiana...but In the third largest city and I grew up on the bad side of town. ...but I forgive ya...lol

 

I was thinking about adding a silver pint stripe around the top part of the skulls but I dont know what do you guys think

 

i fiberglassed mine also, but i covered everything. im not running heat or speakers up there, so deleted them all together. ill try to get pics, but still not done

 

 

very clean project-rs, i like

 

Excellent work men!! Mine should be back from paint on Friday, keep this is mind

 

thanks

 

Nice work...both of you! I plan to teach myself to airbrush. Hopefully I can do as well as you!

 

mines still not done. just fiberglass and put some color to sand down the grooves. this winter i will do the bondo work and install the custom radio insert that used to be the center vents

 

Man you guys are making me want to get to the garage and get some work done.... The skulls thing, kudos, first pics, I was like looks OK, then the red made it pop, looks real nice!!

 

I think it looks really unique. I don't think I have ever seen anyone try to modify the stock dash in any way yet. I have wanted to pick up airbrushing for the past few years, but don't know how much/or lack of my art experience will be needed, and don't want to put down the money to buy one without knowing if I will stick with it.

Also I don't have the money for those gears sadly. Need every penny for that '90RS before I sell it. All I have to go is get a distributor, carb and put the motor and tranny in the car.

 

Thats alright I understand, as for the air brush U can get a decent one from ebay for like 20 bucks( be sure to get a dual action) and if you already have an air compressor it will run off it if you can set it down to like 40 psi. And as for skill just play around a bit use stencils for help and do what I do look at a lot of how to youtube videos for tips and help

 

I have a campbell hausfield air compressor and I watched sever airbrush videos on youtube a few months ago. I may spend the money and see if I like it. My friends dad took an airbrushing course and a painting course at the University of Evansville Over the last summer I believe.

 

Thats cool if your just starting out just just keep it cheap dont want to brake the bank on stuff if you end up not wanting to stay with.

 

turned out great...keep going

 

very nice looks clean and professional

 

Having painted several cars and done more fiberglass than I care to do, I can really appreciate the hard work that went into that. Not my style but it's also not my car. Good job!

 

How did you fiberglass it?

 

I filled the cracks that were in the dash with some silicone then I sanded the vinyl real good with 350 grit sand paper to rough it up, then I applied a good layer of resin then added a layer of fiberglass matt cloth. the added more resin and smoothed it out with a stiff bristle paint brush, mid you the whole "fiberglassing" part needs to be done quickly before the resin hardens all the way.

 

If you ever want to do another and sell it . Let me know. I am going with a " dark " theme for my car.

 

That looks really cool dude!

 

evansvilles not that bad. muncies worse

 

MSRED91, That is amazing! Great job! Original idea's are awesome.
I would love to have something like that in my car! And I have a spare Pad.
Just getting all the wear out of my new dash mat, before putting it in.

 

Freakin nice!!!! Gonna hit the junkyard tomorrow fo sure.... Got big plans bro!!!!

 

yeah I am actually in the process of getting started on some new peaces for my car that I will be airbrushing. center console, a piece under the hood.and I might be possibly fiberglassing my t-top headliner

 

I have a friend, fiberglassed his dashpad, painted black mate, and i think it looks pretty cool almost like a oem, i'll post pictures

 

just came across this and i gotta say thats badass man! lot of hard work that paid off nicely.

 

Thanks here is some pics of other mods I hae done to tide you uys over till I get my new stuff done.

 

Sick!!!! Just F'n Sick man!!!

 

is your rear plastics vinyled?? Or is it just paint?

 

Def. came out better than I pictured, nice work. Project your smooth look dash is cool too. Later.

 

Where in SoCal r u from Fords88Bird?

 

That is bad ***! I wish I could do that to my truck and my Camaro. How much did you have in it?

 

althought not something i'd ever do. It is cool and you did a good job. I say no silver stripe or whatever. looks good as is

 

thanks..my back plastics are not covered in vinyl my sail panels are. I took a stock set raised the center ovals out with a small frame fiber glassed it then covered it in vinyl.

 

Time or money? Time about 20 to 30 hrs of work... money it was probably like 60 bucks including junk yard dash

 

Wow That Dash Came Out Pretty F****n Sick!

 

thanks, I am getting ready to fiberglass some more parts for my car hopefully ill be posting some pics soon

 

thats wicked!!!!

 

sooo neat

 

So I finally got around to updating this thread sorry its been so long been busy with school. Anyways here is some pics of what I did this past summer and fall. One is a custom panel I made for under the hood which fits in where the nose section of the car is , it might be hard to see in the pics but it is a graveyard scene with a grim reaper and the tombstones have car names on them. The other is a tribal flame and demon face I pinstriped on another custom panel for where the Map pocket would be on fire birds, and both have my cars name "Demon Speed'n" on them. let me know what you think.

 

Oh sorry about the picture quality, but the red is alot darker in person. and also they are alot crisper.
Here is a better one of the one in my interior

 

you know. the art looks real good but I doesn't match . should have left the tribal out