Da FoxMod Hood. And other stuff.

[Foximus]

So I finally bought went to town to do everything I could while waiting for Nikad to (not) ship my exhaust, so heres what I did. Bought some tubbies off SurfJetLouie after I rode his 550 one's and loved them. So I glassed them on with some 404, and then ran 8" strips of kevlar down the sides and one down the middle. Turned out good lookin.

And then while I was at it I decided I wanted to do some more stuff. So I cut up my hood with 3 goals in mind.

2-3 inches lower
block off Vents and install new Rear facing hood liner
Hand Holds.



So I started by destroying the liner.... heres a picture of me in action.

Then after that fun was over I cut a slice outta the hood.

Dropped the back, drilled some screws to hold the hood stiff and pull the edges together.

 

[Foximus]

Put down some tape to make the glass retain some type of shape and layed down a layer of 17oz and let it dry.

 

[Foximus]

Ended up that I didn't like the shape it took, so I foamed it the next day and shaped it to what I wanted with a hand file, more of a stock look.


Layed another layer of 17oz over that. And Im about to go back to lay more glass and take more pictures i guess.

 

[SXIPro]

How about some pics of the gooey louie tubbies?

 

[Foximus]

ok. Ill snap some when i head back tonight.

 

[Kennay]

You should have left that poor hood alone

What did it ever do to you?!?!?!?1/1??!?1

 

[Foximus]

It made me slip off during fast hood tricks....?

 

[PLD]

You should have left that poor hood alone

What did it ever do to you?!?!?!?1/1??!?1

If you truly want to know the hood called his BS and called him fat and ugly... TRUE STORY I was there...

 

[Foximus]

Here are my kevlar'ed tubbies.

 

[Matt_E]

Sweet. Don't sand that kevlar.

 

[kiddioo]

Here are my kevlar'ed tubbies.

Bullet proof tubbies.

 

[Foximus]

Sweet. Don't sand that kevlar.

Why you say that? Im gonna have to get rid of the jagged edges somehow.... Unless i just leave them as "mini-chines"

Ps.

On a side note. That 7oz kevlar is strong ********... The tubbies are made of 2 layers of 12oz biax. When I bolted and epoxied them on, (I painted the entire tubbie in 404'ed epoxy, not just the edges) I could still somewhat easily make them bend in when i pushed in the middle. One layer of that kevlar and they are ROCK hard. Im not sure if I will foam them... Im thinkin no.

 

[Matt_E]

Kevlar is so strong that when you sand it you simply knock the epoxy out of it. The strands remain.
The kevlar gets sanded, too, but it takes a while and looks strange.

Sand it and you'll see what I mean.

 

[Foximus]

oh yea, I knew that. But I have enough laminate over it so i'm just gonna sand it down to clear coat it. (thats actually a lie. I have a feeling i will become to lazy to clear coat it.)

 

[Matt_E]

Epoxy resin breaks down under UV exposure.
Clearcoat it.

And what is this "laminate" you have over it? Regular glass?

 

[Foximus]

just a thick layer of resin. not laminate. And yea i know UV breaks it down, but its on the bottom and my b Pipe is comin tommarow. Ill wait a week or two to paint it.

 

[Matt_E]

A thick layer of resin is not laminate.
It'd be referred to as top gelcoat.
Looking nice.

 

[Foximus]

top layer filler : microballoons or bondo?

go.

 

[Flat Brapp]

Never been a fan of bondo.

 

[Foximus]

Layed on a thick layer of fill and figured out how I want to make the hood liner last night. Put the ski together. As for those wondering... A blaster mod pipe will not really fit in a square nose with the hood liner still installed.... lol. Thankfully I really only lowered the back of my hood.


Edit. And by the way, this is now much much lower than a roundnose with a lowered hood.