broketuner-Sol_Si

I posted this in paint and body, but also thought it was worthy of being in this forum as well

So owning a del sol, there's not many aftermarket body parts offered that look great.

One exception to this rule IMO is the mugen wing, but at an average cost of 1200 for a real oneit's just simply not worth it IMO. Luckily TSC was having a GB on REPLICAS of this wing. The only 2 things I didn't like about it being a replica was:
1/I'd have to drill into my CF trunk for it to be mounted SAFELY(could've just used double sided tape on all 4 mounting areas, but then someone could EASILY remove it and walk away ) so I got over that
2/ they left the badge area there and even included a mugen badge ....so I decided to fix that:


The one thing that I truely hate is people getting replica/knockoff anything and then making it look real by puting stickers/bages on it. That goes from anythoing from wheels to wings. I am not against replicas....if I was I wouldn't have bought the wing....what I am against is people "faking the funk"

here's the info on my FUGEN(fake mugen ) wing:
-bought with TSC GB for 450
-Your's truely shaved the badge area myself
-shaving the badge area was about 8-12 hours or so of work spread out over 2 or 3 days(waiting for FG to become sandable)
-I used rattle can from pepboys which amazingly except for still lacking a clear coat is a dead match

here is my entire process:
The beginning and 1st layer

Damn straight!



OMFG…..what did this clown just do?!??!?!?!?!?!?! LOL



Decently thick….not sure how many layers…maybe 3 or so(?)



Life would be so much easier if it was solid or at least foam filled


Cut out piece wrapped in FG mat and letting the devcon epoxy already curing


EEK that’s a big hole :frustrated:


End of phase 1 FG resin just layed down on top of FG mat and original piece that was cut out(now upside down so as to be filled in and leveled off that way)


Stage 2:

updated pics.....added abotu 4 layers to sunk in area.....very close to being flush....once it's a little more I'll start the "REAL" sanding....right now all I've been doing is brushing over the area with 220 so the next layer(s) will adhere well.

NOTE: the entire area of brown will be sanded down to be the original height off the wing....I'll remove MOST of that tommorrow

no in-between layer pics from yesterday but here's the 3 I snapped a few minutes ago:

rear view:


underside view:


front view:



FINAL TOUCH UP AND PRIMING:

Round 1 of putty:



Putty lightly sanded(not featheredged yet):



I can’t seem to find any final in between pics for this section either….could’ve sworn I took some oh well,…..ON TO PRIMING

I like my car's body parts like my women.....CLEANLY SHAVEN


another shot:



why does this wing make everything around it look so damn sexy? :


PAINTED:
Will be installing it when I get back from big bear the day after xmas.....but paint is pretty much done(might do one more coat and need to touch up a few areas)
topside:


bottom:


close up of color:


and it was done with duplicolor royal blue:



INSTALLED:


Rear view(yes I did some wetsanding on it)


Driverside angle:


Side shot(will be getting the double sided 3M automotive tape to fix that small gap on the center pedestals)



positve comments welcome, haters can stick a their butt


Modified by broketuner-Sol_Si at 11:15 AM 12/30/2007

broketuner-Sol_Si

60 views and no comments....I must've done something really good, or really bad lol

BaconLettuceTomato

work looks good but Im not a fan of that wing! Good work though

butterflychica

why do all that work just to spray paint it not trying to hate you did a good job but i hate when people spray paint parts

broketuner-Sol_Si

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thanks, yeah a lot of people don't like it...I happen to love the look


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by butterflychica &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why do all that work just to spray paint it not trying to hate you did a good job but i hate when people spray paint parts</TD></TR></TABLE>

because even though the car was painted in febuary, I plan to have the whole thing redone later this year(same color) due to ES doing a poor job on some of the body work.


I normally hate rattlecanned parts too, but when it matches as closely as this does to the rest of the car who really cares.....it'll look even closer when I take it off and throw some clear on it

Simple_Sauce

not bad

ianae86

Nice job, dude! Favorite Sol wing hands down.

billboard

i would have just rocked the faux wing; drank a beer and watched t.v. but
your way is good too...

Type X

whats "FG" project

i thought this was about an FG (06+ civic)

sohc95vtec-t

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i thought this was about an FG (06+ civic)</TD></TR></TABLE>
Fiber Glass

lookin good bro! same thing i plan to do if i ever get fugen wing

broketuner-Sol_Si

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Type X &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">whats "FG" project

i thought this was about an FG (06+ civic)</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol sorry guess I should've put fiberglass instead of FG, I just figured since I see FG more than fiberglass and CF more than carbon fiber everyone would know.


didn't even think about chasis codes

Skunk.Werks

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Fiberglass, duh

Mwsol

I really like that wing. Anyone have one for sale?

broketuner-Sol_Si

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thatnks me too. Make me an offer I can't refuse and you can have mine

PSU

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LeArN2LiVe

Wing looks good but maybe not $450.00 good.

broketuner-Sol_Si

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LeArN2LiVe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wing looks good but maybe not $450.00 good.</TD></TR></TABLE>


maybe so, but 450 is a whole lost better than 1K+ for a real one LOL

SOL Food

good stuff Sean. sorry if i'm chiming in a bit late, but i just found this thread. LOL.

i like how you took off the Fugen badge. they should have made these with the option of having it off in the first place.

so everything fits perfectly? can't really tell from the pics, but are there any gaps or fitment issues at all?

anyway, it looks real good on there. if anything i might get one of these down the line too because i share your thoughts on the price of a legit one.

i still owe you a photoshoot so hit me up whenever.

qwk db8

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EKLIS

CARMA_626

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Looks good.

Now clean up that sumbish and take some full size pics.

broketuner-Sol_Si

WOW this thread's back from the dead LOL.

Marchele,
no just a very slight gap on the one pedestal which you can see in the last pic....it formed to fit the trunk snugly after just 1 10 mile run on the freeway


I would love to take you up on the PS sometime....never really had much free time since the last time we planne to do it though... I will just make some time in the future i I don't get some...no races to work at all this month so maybe a weekend coming up? Would want to get a few more things installed first though

SOLtrain "tiiiteboyee"

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by broketuner-Sol_Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WOW this thread's back from the dead LOL.

Marchele,
no just a very slight gap on the one pedestal which you can see in the last pic....it formed to fit the trunk snugly after just 1 10 mile run on the freeway


I would love to take you up on the PS sometime....never really had much free time since the last time we planne to do it though... I will just make some time in the future i I don't get some...no races to work at all this month so maybe a weekend coming up? Would want to get a few more things installed first though </TD></TR></TABLE>

car looks sick as is fool,just needs to go lower!!

macho,give this dude some quality pics please.

jongme23

wow, that's alot of work.

you're definitely not a lazy person

broketuner-Sol_Si

lol thanks I guess


Sasha, Macho has been PMd and replied....24th is d-day