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WRMZ71 · 03-25-2004, 10:46 PM

OK so i got me some bucket seats finally, and the best part about it was they were FREEEEE!!!!!!! I just love crazy people!!!! anyway I wanna build me a center console to go inbetween em and I was thinking I can take some thin metal rods and build a frame by welding and bending them together but then the part i run into after that is WHAT the heck do I cover em in? I'm thinking theres some type of fiberglass wrap that you get it wet and when it dries it becomes hard. Has anybody heard of this stuff? Then I was thinking slap some bondo over that sand and paint and bam i got me a custom center console. Hey if anybody ever heard of this before or has better ideas let me know. I'm trying to stay away from wood because it doesn't get many contours and its not what i'm after.

**kwmech** · 03-26-2004, 01:48 AM

Wht don't you just invest into a Tuffy Console?

SWEET7T · 03-26-2004, 01:54 AM

cover it in thin sheet alum.

then paint it...

krue · 03-26-2004, 02:08 AM

I have seen fiberglas patch kits that had something like screen that you put fiberglas over.

68LSS1 · 03-26-2004, 05:44 AM

Fiberglass would be a piece of cake. So would carbon fiber. Here's a forum that covers all that and is owned by a company that sells everything you need. Doing it with these materials it might be easier to make your mold from wood or even cardboard.

03-25-2004, 10:46 PM	#1
WRMZ71 Cause the Chicks DIG IT!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Beaufort SC Posts: 509	Does anybody know.......... OK so i got me some bucket seats finally, and the best part about it was they were FREEEEE!!!!!!! I just love crazy people!!!! anyway I wanna build me a center console to go inbetween em and I was thinking I can take some thin metal rods and build a frame by welding and bending them together but then the part i run into after that is WHAT the heck do I cover em in? I'm thinking theres some type of fiberglass wrap that you get it wet and when it dries it becomes hard. Has anybody heard of this stuff? Then I was thinking slap some bondo over that sand and paint and bam i got me a custom center console. Hey if anybody ever heard of this before or has better ideas let me know. I'm trying to stay away from wood because it doesn't get many contours and its not what i'm after.

03-26-2004, 01:54 AM	#3
SWEET7T Try spinnin 4 rear tars Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 757	cover it in thin sheet alum. then paint it... __________________ SWEET7T 1970 C10, 2wd, LB, 307/TH350/3.08. PS, PB

03-26-2004, 02:08 AM	#4
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	I have seen fiberglas patch kits that had something like screen that you put fiberglas over. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

03-26-2004, 05:44 AM	#5
68LSS1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,191	Fiberglass would be a piece of cake. So would carbon fiber. Here's a forum that covers all that and is owned by a company that sells everything you need. Doing it with these materials it might be easier to make your mold from wood or even cardboard. __________________ '68 Short Step LS1/T56, Hydratech, Fatman Fabrications Stage III, Baer, Hot Rods to Hell, US Body, S&W, etc

03-26-2004, 01:48 AM	#2
kwmech Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colfax-California Posts: 8,717	Wht don't you just invest into a Tuffy Console?



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