In these few captions I will try to explain how to build a fibreglass body kit.

The first stage is to make a ‘plug’ which will be the finished ‘shape’ of the kit. First remove shocks to let the chassis sit on the axle so as to lower the body as much as possible, the car will NEVER go this low when finished. Wrap up wheels for protection. Make a frame for the body kit structure and pack or fill with anything available, foam, chicken wire, P40, filler etc., to get the desired shape. Make both sides of the car identical and smooth out the final layer of filler as you would to prepare for spraying. The finish is very important, but what is underneath is not as you will see later.

When the rear arches were complete, we did the front spoiler and arches. We used a Fibresport one piece front as the basis for this car and in hindsight we should have made our own as there are several ‘problems’ with it. We have of course put most of them right, but it would have been better to make a new one from scratch. We have also lost the false bonnet to wing gap making the top of the panel look much smoother and wider.

Here we see the finished ‘plug’ of the new Whitspeed body kit in primer, with a red guide coat. This is NOT the finished paint scheme or anything even close, it is just a guide coat for final rubbing down. It does, however, show the extreme styling used for this car. We want it to get noticed and it surely will.

This is too extreme for most customer cars and it is just an example of what we can do. The kit is available for sale if you are brave enough.

Note we have filled over door and bonnet gaps to ensure a good panel fit when we finally fit fibreglass panels.