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6sick6: Molding what kind of fog lights in to a 2GS front bumper???
Hey guys. I just wanted to share a lil project ive been workin on for a fellow CL member on his GS. If any of you have seen my threads before, you know I work as a painter at a body shop in AZ. Anyways...heres what we've got....we want to mold 2003-2009 RX350 fog lights into a 2GS front bumper. CRAZY? Oh yes :) so here we go!
The new gs bumper with the used rx bumper http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG216.jpg Starting to cut out the bumpers http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG230.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG234.jpg test fitting http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG233.jpg i cut a piece out of a random bumper i had laying around(the silver piece), to fit inbetween the grill area http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG354.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG356.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG357.jpg I used a 2 part bonding epoxy made for most automotive plastics http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...rxx/IMG237.jpg oh, were also shaving the side marker ;) http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...014_221515.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...014_221528.jpg |
sanded and ready to spray
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...027_170721.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...027_173850.jpg also painting the upper grill and headlight housings to match the Lexus gray color(1C6 off the is300) that im painting the center of the bumper grill. http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...027_173901.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...026_150315.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...026_151152.jpg Center of bumper painted gray http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...027_182805.jpg grill gray http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...027_182814.jpg Masking up the grill to paint the rest of the bumper...(pain in the ass!) http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_143848.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_152251.jpg Painted 062 pearl white http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_160550.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_160948.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_163521.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_163530.jpg Clear coat http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_171152.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_171205.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...028_171228.jpg Attaching the lower lip and getting ready to install http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...029_000158.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...029_000231.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...029_000838.jpg You guys ready to see this thing on the car??? You sure???? BAM http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...102_215851.jpg This was one hell of a project and i think it really came out nice. I hope mex lex posts up more and BETTER pics of the bumper all strapped on the car. Thanks for checkin it out everyone! :D |
sweet looking bumper. sometimes i wished i went to body shop class instead of technician.
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looks great!! i loved it until i saw the front lip added... that curved notch that curved around the oem fog lights no longer matches.. and now throws the whole thing off.. if you sanded the point down to run smoothly with the new fog lights, it would look a million times better!
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Originally Posted by vipers
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looks great!! i loved it until i saw the front lip added... that curved notch that curved around the oem fog lights no longer matches.. and now throws the whole thing off.. if you sanded the point down to run smoothly with the new fog lights, it would look a million times better!
overall, B+ for effort/creativity but i think that lip really kills it |
I saw Caesars car this past week and looks great. Good job.
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Dam that is some nice work it looks factory as hell. But the lower lip dosent really flow well with the new look. Its is still some damn good work.
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that came out really good
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Pretty sick :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by vipers
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looks great!! i loved it until i saw the front lip added... that curved notch that curved around the oem fog lights no longer matches.. and now throws the whole thing off.. if you sanded the point down to run smoothly with the new fog lights, it would look a million times better!
Thanks for all the kind words guys! It's nice to hear pos or neg feedback too since it was a new project. |
Originally Posted by sakataj
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i immediately thought the same thing....also why are the fogs so sunken?
overall, B+ for effort/creativity but i think that lip really kills it |
Originally Posted by 6sick6
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This is EXACTLY what we thought when we put it together so we might change that lip a bit. We were on a real time crunch getting it done before sema.
Thanks for all the kind words guys! It's nice to hear pos or neg feedback too since it was a new project. |
I like the way the fogs sit just not the lip. It takes away from all the work you did on the bumper
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That is outstanding work! It really turned out great. I was gonna suggest the same thing about the lip but I think the message has already came across. :)
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