broketuner-Sol_Si

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)

civhatch90

looks better wingless IMO, but seems like u did a good job

broketuner-Sol_Si

yeah but I've sported the wingless look for almost a year and 1/2 so it needed something

EG2_KING

good job i like it

RC_SKUBY

nice DIY

broketuner-Sol_Si

Thanks fellas.


I'm pretty happy with the results....although one thing that did **** me off was that as soon as I got the holes drilled and the wing fully installed, someone on another forum with a 1st gen replica from 3-4 years ago(that batch was made with mugen style mounting clips, no drilling required) posted up a "WTT" add for one of the ones I got, so I could've saved myself the agony of drillng the CF trunk