Custom Fiberglass Brake Ducts

[Dave]

Well as a fun project I'm working on making custom fiberglass brake ducts, here's what I got so far:
Where they'll go:

I made a cardboard model first

The made my mold out of clay:

The I fiber glassed it



fit pretty close, not quite right though.



Then I made a 2nd mold,



This one looks alot more promising



More to come as I make more progress, hopefully Ill get this thing to fit tomorrow, maybe trim a little bit of the frame to make em fit better, and make some brackets so it can bolt up.

After that it's just making them look good and running a little tubing

[Dave]

alright, got the first one that fits, should be doing the otherside sometime this week, hopefully will get more sanding/glass bondo and make em look pretty

The first two I tried out of clay, this last one I took the airdam off, and used clay on top of it for a perfect fit, I think I'll barely need to trim the frame at all





Still gotta run piping into the wheel well and whatnot

[brian]

d**n Dave, that's some talent right there...those are going to be freaking perfect.

[Dave]

brian said:

d**n Dave, that's some talent right there...those are going to be freaking perfect.

So much sanding work tho!
I got both sides casted, now Im just sanding them and doing the bodywork to make em sexy, then I just gotta make some brackets/hoses and BAM! IT's all good.

Maybe after I do my front suspension upgrade I'll actually make them run to the inside of the hubs

[brian]

I don't know if this helps any, but this is how the bracket looks on the hub of a kit for a mustang. You have to scroll down a bit to see it. grassrootsmotorsports.com/news/category/project-cars/other-cool-cars-hanging-around-the-grm-world-headquarters/2006-ford-mustang-gt/

[Dave]

tight man, thanks!
I hate the word wrap on this forum for links>

[Dave]

update piccczzzz, didn't do so much this weekend but hopefully will get more done during the week, they just need alot of heavy sanding

[Dave]

Yep, I also got wild and mad-maxed my airdam

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[wswhatever]

it looks kinda cool wow