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12-30-2016, 11:28 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: cincinnati
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|  Custom Body Panels   Started this project last night. Any suggestions from those who have done this as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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12-30-2016, 04:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: NoVa
Posts: 241
| Re: Custom Body Panels
Play with cardboard for a while, then cut the panels in pairs. File folders are a perfect card stock for templates.
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12-30-2016, 05:05 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: cincinnati
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| Re: Custom Body Panels Quote:
Thanks for the suggestion. How did you make your bends to round over the frame? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk | |
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12-31-2016, 09:51 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Deep South
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| Re: Custom Body Panels
I found a template online for the side panels. They're shorties and don't wrap around the back but are spot on with bolt hole markings. The roof and hood were more difficult. I use poster board for mocking. |
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01-01-2017, 06:59 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Christiansburg
Posts: 279
| Re: Custom Body Panels
I've found these work well for bending aluminum... https://www.lowes.com/pd/Stanley-3-2...Snips/50305915 |
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01-03-2017, 12:42 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Kingston, WA
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| Re: Custom Body Panels
[IMG]  [/IMG]aluminum sheeting from Home Depot |
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01-03-2017, 12:44 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Kingston, WA
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| Re: Custom Body Panels
If you want to do custom panels, best way is to buy some construction paper. Fold it how you want, where you want and trim it. Then lay it down on some aluminum sheeting and cut from there. $12 tin snips from Home Depot or a crappy set from walmart and you're good to go.
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