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first off, for reverence, i bought a Vendetta kit from someone else who had the body mounted by the vendor, here is the build thread: http://www.madmechanics.com/build-di...ta-tom-sawyer/
So the questions i have are as follows
1) the body seems solidly mounted, the doors work great, and some areas are fiber-glassed to the metal frame. There are, however, many many many places where all i can see is the body sitting of box steel. I dont know if (but hope that) there is something like fusor on top of the metal bonding it to the body. I assume it wont hurt to reinforce this if there is a bonding agent, and most likely its important that i do something incise there isn't. Being a total n00b to fiberglass, i need to know what to do, do i just lay some matting over the tubing and bond it (including the obvious roughing of the surface etc), or do i put something like fusor on the sides where the metal contacts the body and then lay some matting over.. anything special i should know? I dont believe that i can get the body to raise up at all, even if there isn't a bonding agent involved if that matters.
2) sealing the passenger compartment. What is the best thing to do here? the front area is pretty tight, it almost looks like the best thing to do is some spray foam for noise insulation etc (is there one that the poly-resin wont eat up?) and then just some 4 inch fiberglass tape and done. but the back side has massive areas that need to be filled, and these aren't surrounded by metal that either is or will be bonded to the body. So I'm wondering what the BEST method for this is? do i use some sheet metal with some kind of foam/rubber gasket to the body like i see in some production cars, lay up some largish fiberglass matting (seems like ti might crack) or a combination of the two (still fear of cracking)
currently I'm at the point in my build where i really have no desire to do body stuff (still on mechanical) but there are some obvious things to do before the engine goes in (like sealing off the passenger compartment in areas that will be difficult to access later) I have purchased most of the things I'll need for the body already (expecting to have to deal with hidden items like this during the mechanical stage of my build) so i should have everything i need to do it, but i want to ensure that i do it right, cause it'll be a pain to chip out some cracked up pile of crap later cause i was stupid and didn't ask.
Ohh and I'm more than happy to hear about any other things i need to button-up/worry about before i put the front cradle and engine in. as badly as i want this part done, i sure as hell dont want to take this crap out again later because i was in a rush now. And i certainly am NOT looking to save 75$ on something like a clutch master cylinder, then have to struggle with it later (an example of something that I'm replacing that works, but just dont want to deal with problems). I know, the "might as wells" are what realyl cost the money in these builds, but i intend to drive this quite a bit when I'm done and dont really want to worry about crap like i have in some of my past project cars when i was younger and had less funds. Considering the money i have into this thing already, "insurance" like replacing this or that realyl does help me sleep at night
So the questions i have are as follows
1) the body seems solidly mounted, the doors work great, and some areas are fiber-glassed to the metal frame. There are, however, many many many places where all i can see is the body sitting of box steel. I dont know if (but hope that) there is something like fusor on top of the metal bonding it to the body. I assume it wont hurt to reinforce this if there is a bonding agent, and most likely its important that i do something incise there isn't. Being a total n00b to fiberglass, i need to know what to do, do i just lay some matting over the tubing and bond it (including the obvious roughing of the surface etc), or do i put something like fusor on the sides where the metal contacts the body and then lay some matting over.. anything special i should know? I dont believe that i can get the body to raise up at all, even if there isn't a bonding agent involved if that matters.
2) sealing the passenger compartment. What is the best thing to do here? the front area is pretty tight, it almost looks like the best thing to do is some spray foam for noise insulation etc (is there one that the poly-resin wont eat up?) and then just some 4 inch fiberglass tape and done. but the back side has massive areas that need to be filled, and these aren't surrounded by metal that either is or will be bonded to the body. So I'm wondering what the BEST method for this is? do i use some sheet metal with some kind of foam/rubber gasket to the body like i see in some production cars, lay up some largish fiberglass matting (seems like ti might crack) or a combination of the two (still fear of cracking)
currently I'm at the point in my build where i really have no desire to do body stuff (still on mechanical) but there are some obvious things to do before the engine goes in (like sealing off the passenger compartment in areas that will be difficult to access later) I have purchased most of the things I'll need for the body already (expecting to have to deal with hidden items like this during the mechanical stage of my build) so i should have everything i need to do it, but i want to ensure that i do it right, cause it'll be a pain to chip out some cracked up pile of crap later cause i was stupid and didn't ask.
Ohh and I'm more than happy to hear about any other things i need to button-up/worry about before i put the front cradle and engine in. as badly as i want this part done, i sure as hell dont want to take this crap out again later because i was in a rush now. And i certainly am NOT looking to save 75$ on something like a clutch master cylinder, then have to struggle with it later (an example of something that I'm replacing that works, but just dont want to deal with problems). I know, the "might as wells" are what realyl cost the money in these builds, but i intend to drive this quite a bit when I'm done and dont really want to worry about crap like i have in some of my past project cars when i was younger and had less funds. Considering the money i have into this thing already, "insurance" like replacing this or that realyl does help me sleep at night
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