Need Help (bodywork HLP)

[GearBangnAccord]

i need help with body kit installion (the front bumper) anyone here installed one, i need to kno if i am reusing the styrofoam space cuz it doesnt line up right with it , an w/out it, it feels fragile. Any advice besides getting a pro install.

[cp[mike]]

would trimming the foam help? im sure you could find something coarse that could shave the foam down, like a cheese grater lmao. personally i wouldnt install a fiberglass kit without something behind it for support, but ive never attempted one before.

[GearBangnAccord]

ya i was thinking the same thing cuz even the slightest hit w/ a space an crack waste of my money an time, but i lined it up w/out the foam marked the lines on the rebar so i can install ezier but im skeptical about it cuz i've never done before. plzzz someone with knowledge shed some light on me

[Mayhem Tripp Robinson]

i trimed my fome thing to fit. and if i was u get a pice of alumen and make a brace to the conner of each side of the bumber.

[GearBangnAccord]

elaborate when u say a piece of aluminum for the corners u mean a bar type thing runnin from the far bottom right/left corners inside the the frame of the car correct?can u get me a pic of ur brace also i think we have the same front BW spyder right

[Mayhem Tripp Robinson]

not home now. but it got from the conner of my kitt tothe the lil bolts the hold up the sikd plat thing

[GearBangnAccord]

ok wut did u use to trim down the foaman how much shud i trim??also my kit feels bigger for some reason i layed it down over my oem bumper an it covers its. strange!!

[Brandoncb7]

I am doing this right now too. I just started yesterday. I got a used kit from a friend and it needs some work as far as fitment/fiberglass issues but I didn't pay hardly anything for it. I haven't gotten the front piece on yet but we didn't use the styrofoam on the back. Actually now that I think about it I don't even have it to put inside the front when it goes on lol. The braces I am defnitely looking to making though.

[Mayhem Tripp Robinson]

ok wut did u use to trim down the foaman how much shud i trim??also my kit feels bigger for some reason i layed it down over my oem bumper an it covers its. strange!!

a chess grader, and a electrice carving knife, and file to trim it to fit right. it csn be a pain. and i just scread it to the tob of the bumber suport. and then the two sreaws in each finder thing. yea it is biger but it should fit

[GearBangnAccord]

I am doing this right now too. I just started yesterday. I got a used kit from a friend and it needs some work as far as fitment/fiberglass issues but I didn't pay hardly anything for it. I haven't gotten the front piece on yet but we didn't use the styrofoam on the back. Actually now that I think about it I don't even have it to put inside the front when it goes on lol. The braces I am defnitely looking to making though.

i hope u kno how to park cuz if u dont crack.
I need to look into some tools to carve the foam wut works best IYO

[Brandoncb7]

i hope u kno how to park cuz if u dont crack.
I need to look into some tools to carve the foam wut works best IYO

Yeah I haven't had to do it before. This is the first kit I have attempted getting right. I'm guessing if you had a friend to help hold it and maybe a sawzall with a blade made to cut metal. That way the teeth would be smaller but it would make a cleaner cut. I really have no clue though. I wouldn't think you could mess it up too badly though. I mean even if you have messy cuts or something..........all of your work will be covered up. It's just there for support so as long as it's there and you have it secured it should be good. Even if you do mess it up and aren't happy with the outcome you could always just go to the junkyard and get another for next to nothing. Good luck with everything man. I have to get back outside and finish sanding. I got some F1 fenders to see how they would turn out and the original owner had painted them like extension cord orange.

[Brandoncb7]

hey by the way what kit is the front bumper from? got pics?

[Mayhem Tripp Robinson]

a chess graderworked the best but was messy

[GearBangnAccord]

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...cord/Im009.jpg
only pic i got it look exactly like beermans

[Brandoncb7]

That's gonna look nice. Like I said before I got mine used from a friend so it already had a small crack in it lol. I think he said it was the spyder kit but I haven't checked that out. I haven't ever had one and it seems like it will look decent but it just needs some work. Oh well i'll learn how to do bodywork a little bit better I guess.