03 Front End (not a conversion question) - post yours up

[skyhighron]

so i have an '03 zx2 and was hoping to see what some people have done with it since we are a rare breed. mine is still stock (not for long) but lets see what you've got

[OGreaTFuzzY1]

one person molded a shogun body kit to the bottom of his. i guess if you wanted to, use a body kit front end from a different car like a blitz kit or something and mold to the bottom.

~Fuzzy

[skyhighron]

i was thinking of something like that. does anyone know any cars that are similar in size to the zx2 that a kit would match up with? someone has to have done some stuff with an '03, lets see some pics

[Fordboy]

in the available body mods there is the shogun with 03 front pic, also i think the acura integra is close because someone has done that front end conversion, also a mazda front end but idk if it was a mazda 3 or 6 or something like that

[Buster]

It was a Mazda 6 and looked HORRID.

[yellow2000S/R]

If you are going to mold together bumpers, 95-99 Eclipse, 00-05 Celica, and 96-05 Civic bumpers are close. Celica are a tad more boxy but can be made to work.

Regardless, there its a lot of work and will look like ass if you dont do it right.



Check this out if you have a beater to drive during down time: http://fiberglassforums.com/showthread.php?t=2980&highlight=VW+Front+Foam

All the way to the point he does the fiberglass over the front is good. Starting at the fiberglass point I would wax it all good, then make flange points for openings and for the outter edge. Then spray PVA let it tack, and then spray tooling gelcoat. Let it get to B stage (where you can touch it with your finger and just leave a finger print and not have anything on your finger) and start applying fiberglass and resin doing 2 layers at a time and letting almost fully cure before continuing. If you get the setup to hot from too much resin it can warm the mold and also make the piece wavy. After youve got a good 8-10 layers you add ribs made from MDF or metal and fiberglass over that to strenthen the setup. You do this piece by piece (there are other how-tos I can link you to if you are interested). Then drill holes in all the flanges for bolts. Then pull piece by piece off the foam. Once its all off clean with some hot soapy water, allow dry, and then wax. Then you start over with regular gelcoat and build up inside the mold with the fiberglass / resin.

[ZXWHO]

The only thing I did a couple years ago was make clear inners and try a Civic lip but the lip didnt work well. I liked the inners though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/smurphskustoms/clearinners.jpg

[WickedZ]

zxwho your pic dont work.

[skyhighron]

how did you make the inners clear?! thats the first thing i'm going to do when i get few days off, i havent figured out how to do it yet. i like the way you were going with that lip but it just didnt come together right. andys auto sport has wind splitters/lips that look like they might work. still looking for some more help if anyone can........

[nodnarb85]

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/12/web/528000-528999/528213_90_full.jpg

[ZXWHO]

how did you make the inners clear?! thats the first thing i'm going to do when i get few days off, i havent figured out how to do it yet. i like the way you were going with that lip but it just didnt come together right. andys auto sport has wind splitters/lips that look like they might work. still looking for some more help if anyone can........

Go on Ebay and buy some clear side marker lights for a focus. Then you just need to trim them down a bit to fit in the 03 grill spots. But they are only single filament bulbs so you will get hyper blink. But thats ok in my book.