A Little Help With Ideals For Custom Body Work

[berrier87]

hey i have a dodge challenger and i was wanting some ideals on what i could do to it i am going to use light weight body filler and glazing putty and all the tools to do it ... but not sure what to do... i was thinking a custom cowl hood and some rear fender flars and put custom side panels ....

[taiwanesekid05]

Xmodification's Challenger... lulz.

Some items that you should have are:

Putty (Milliput is probably the easiest to get in Hobby Stores, but Tamiya is the best putty, but hard to come by)

Styrene, good to have around for body panels or whatever needs to be scratch made. .20 or .30 styrene should be good.

CA glue (essentially super glue), to glue pieces of styrene or whatever together.

Dremel or similar item, makes cutting much easier

File, for sanding.

Sand paper, for sanding.

Those should be the basic neccesities for body work.

[Blade.]

Originally Posted by taiwanesekid05

Xmodification's Challenger... lulz.

Hahahahahahahahahahaahahhahahaahahahahhahaahahahah ah

Spam aside,

When I do bodywork of my own, I use

Squardron Green Putty, Contour Putty, Styrene(sheet plastic), plastic tubing, brass tubing, aluminum tubing, old credit cards, old world of warcraft game cards, or any type of durable plastic that won't crack/split when I cut it with an x-acto knife, or drill into it with my hand drill.

I also use glue and other bodies to make one unique body/bodykit.

Blade.

[XMDrifter]

the ideals are as follows:
-flow
-originality
-quality

lol just trollin'

i think you could try lowering the car, then go for a widebody.
putty, most preferrably the two part stuff, is a neccesity, as is drills, sandpaper, files, and a rotary tool

[berrier87]

well i know what i need but , i would like ideals on how i should do a wide body kit dont it to look like a ricer and i know this is off subject but i just in stalled a 30,000 rpm motor and i upgraded all wires and i locked the rear diff and i snapped my dog bones is this normal .. i am going to buy the whole new setup from atomic mods its the dog bones and axel peace... was this from locking my rear diff

[taiwanesekid05]

Do this for the rear.



Then keep the rest stock.

[dontspamme]

Your putting a lot more strain on the dogbones, causing them to snap. Besides, RS never designed for the diff to be locked. Alloy dogbones are practically #1 GPM upgrade.

[berrier87]

well this is what i was going to replace it with what do you all think



will this be better then just replacing the dogbones?

[XMDrifter]

yes.
i like the challenger posted above.

[berrier87]

well i will be re shapping my xmod into that pic above i will be doing this in detail its my 1st body transform but, i have been doing body work for the last 5 or 6 years so it should be easy for me... can i use pro grade body filler?

[berrier87]

also i was wondering if anyone had a extra rear axel for a evo i locked mine and i dont like it..so i want a limited slip diff. if anyone has one.. also i want to know whats the best top speed set up for the evo so far i have a 30,000 RPM steering and spring upgrade all my wires are 18g and tomarrow i am going to buy 2 more batterys so i can do the 6 cell upgrade.

[berrier87]

http://www.revmods.com/wp-content/up...llenger-05.jpg

http://www.revmods.com/wp-content/up...llenger-06.jpg

well this is the wide body challenger that i will be making .. i know i have 50 hours or more on body work

[Howlsatmoonlight]

Okay, first off, please do not triple post. If nobody has posted after you, use the edit post button. Double/Triple posting is very annoying, and against the rules.

As for your project, good luck. Looks like you have a lot of hours ahead of you, but it has potential.

[Blade.]

Your pictures seem to be mis-directed links. You might want to upload your photos onto photobucket to make this easy on you, and for other people. As I know I don't like clicking on links, and many other people do not as well.

Blade.

[berrier87]

sorry about the tripel post... i do have alot of hours ahead of i know this already but i think that it will be worth it i wont be puting in the luvers in the body or on the hood but i will be doing front sides and rear on this... the paint will be a two done flat black with pearl sliver but if not two tone then those colors forsure ..know where should i start on this

[xmodsNSX94]

i am becoming more and more excited as i read this

looks like it will come out well

good luck

[berrier87]

well i got some body filler and i started with the side scoops i made them from random peace of plastic i dont think the body kit will be that crazy but it will look good .. well at least i hope so... ill post pics later on tonight

[berrier87]

well i know i am posting twice but i got them pics up there and i am still working on the body as we speak i am geting ready to primer it and fine sand and then ill post them pics as well

[Bananabrain]

The kit has a nice shape to it, Can't wait too see some more updates.

[Blade.]

Originally Posted by berrier87

well i got some body filler and i started with the side scoops i made them from random peace of plastic i dont think the body kit will be that crazy but it will look good .. well at least i hope so... ill post pics later on tonight

Looks like some really good progress you have going on there bud! I'm not sure why your photos are coming up as links, maybe it's the setting you may have picked for posting your photos.

Blade.