Hi everybody,
My name is Clement, I'm from France but I have been living in South Florida since 2006.
I own a 2010 Scion xB and I have been working a frontend conversion for it since early this year. I am hoping I will be able to open a shop pretty soon to start producing them.
I am a full time engineer so I dedicate most of my free time to the car and my Family.
I am finishing the paint work this week for an upcoming show in Jacksonville on Nov. 11 and I might also show up at Simply Clean III if I get done quick enough.
When I got the car I got myself a set of 5Zigen Heidfeld 18x7.5 that I custom painted but later I dropped the idea and went another way.
As of right now the car is in Mexiflush mode lol. 16x8 -25offset and I will have fender flares covering these nasty rubber sticking out.
Here are couple pictures: from when I got the car to now.



This following picture is the actual plug I made. It's right about 120lbs of Bondo, foamcore and steel
This is the part I used to make the final mold. (had to post thumbnail to not molest everyone's screen with huge pictures)

Here it is sitting on the stand.

Quick Fitment test:


More fiberglass:


New latch plate:

And first piece out of the mold:


Paintwork should be done this week and I will have to come up with a new grill as well.
I am going to start on the flare as soon as I'm done with all this but it might be too short to have them done for any of the shows I was talking about earlier.
Thanks for reading.
My name is Clement, I'm from France but I have been living in South Florida since 2006.
I own a 2010 Scion xB and I have been working a frontend conversion for it since early this year. I am hoping I will be able to open a shop pretty soon to start producing them.
I am a full time engineer so I dedicate most of my free time to the car and my Family.
I am finishing the paint work this week for an upcoming show in Jacksonville on Nov. 11 and I might also show up at Simply Clean III if I get done quick enough.
When I got the car I got myself a set of 5Zigen Heidfeld 18x7.5 that I custom painted but later I dropped the idea and went another way.
As of right now the car is in Mexiflush mode lol. 16x8 -25offset and I will have fender flares covering these nasty rubber sticking out.
Here are couple pictures: from when I got the car to now.



This following picture is the actual plug I made. It's right about 120lbs of Bondo, foamcore and steel


Here it is sitting on the stand.

Quick Fitment test:


More fiberglass:


New latch plate:

And first piece out of the mold:


Paintwork should be done this week and I will have to come up with a new grill as well.
I am going to start on the flare as soon as I'm done with all this but it might be too short to have them done for any of the shows I was talking about earlier.
Thanks for reading.
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