GDaina

posting to get the thread in synch w/the clock

killervette666

Were currently looking for a new front clip and weve decided that a one piece tilt would be SO much easier to install since you dont have to bond fiberglass, but lately i've found an ebay auction where a guy is selling a one piece tilt fron end w/o the tilt accesoris, BUT he cut out holes in the corner to make it look like a maco front end, can the y be glassed over? Same with the front of the hood, im intrested in it because it is SO cheap, he wants $650 for it.

78 Vette

I think it may take more time a effort than its worth to close of the holes. How much is it new?

geezer

Unless you've done tooling or pattern work before, I'd pass. I have done this type of work and to make that front end look perfect would probably take about 50+ hours of work, not a lot of material, just work! It would involve carving a urethane foam "part" for each hole. Then pulling a fiberglass mold off of that, then pulling a fiberglass part off the mold. Then grinding a looong beveled area around each hole and glassing those parts to the frontend. Finally bondo & primer. Then let it sit for a month to let all the repaired areas dry and shrink. Then another round of bondo & primer and hope it doesn't shrink again.
If you just start slapping mat and resin around your gonna have a real thick repair area that will be prone to shrinkage for months to come.