My take on Fiberglass Fender building

[CopyKat]

Step one....CUT.




Step two...Build it back up.



Step Three...Trim it to shape!



Step Four...Cover to protect.


That's where I am at right now. Some have been following this on other sites, so they have seen more of the progression.

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[X9 Racer]

I can't stop thinking about the cleanup after Step Three-Trim to shape.

Nice fenders though! Looking up to finished photos.

[CopyKat]

Booooyaaaaaa
I got one done in 4 layers. About a gallon of resin for one. Slight miss calculation. What a PITA to do in the wheel well. Once I pull them off I'll run another couple of layers to thicken them up. They are in the path of flyin debris.








#2 done. I used a different resin I had, as I'm left with only 1 gallon left that I bought the other day. I've got about 2 gallons left from about 3. It was just over half of a 5 gallon pail. Now I have 2 fenders left to go. will be doing that tomorrow.

[Shred918]

Looks great so far.... I have done stuff like this on a much smaller scale.

I have to give you credit for taking the plunge.

[1971Ford]

wow thats awesome!

just curious,
how much does the resin run?
thanks

[CopyKat]

wow thats awesome!

just curious,
how much does the resin run?
thanks

The 1.5oz chop strand glass mat was $7.50 meter.sq.

The polyester resin was $45/gallon for generic brand, marine grade.

Catalyst was $1/oz


If you plan to do your own glass each fender in 4 layers of mat took little over a gallon of resin. Getting resin in 5 gallon pails may be cheaper than getting 1 gallon cans.

I layed up the drivers front last night and I need to get more resin before I start on teh drivers side rear one. I should have the front glass trimmed and fitted on the truck this weekend. Then the body work will begin.

[CopyKat]

[ckblum]

Thats rad, I have an 87 Ranger that I wanted to put fenders on the front of. It only runs 31's but I have just a leveling coil and I wanted more tire clearance. I would probably just buy a cheap set sometime later.

How much did it cost to do the two front ones total?

[Tom_Willis]

I can't stop thinking about the cleanup after Step Three-Trim to shape.

Or Step Four, figuring out how to clean up the driveway.

[Tech Tim]

Very , can't wait for more pics.