Dont hate just an idea

So there are really no minitruckers around here but there are tons of jdm guys and I do kinda like some of there rides so I had an idea of doin a minitruck with some jdm feel my truck will be bagged and one of the mods these guys do is they mold their fenders with the body, I think it looks pretty good but what do you guys think avout these trucks I have no idea i cant really put it in my head

that would be sick how would you do something like that

honestly idk lol but I have been thinkin about it for a while Il ask someone around here and see about doin it

yea that would be cool something diffrent cant hate on orignality

yea ive been runnin thru my head for a while but idk I will be lookin at this one guys 240sx today and see about doin it

yea i would do it

I had an eclipse back in the day with a full body mold, started with the front fenders and went all the way to the rear bumper everything was molded, except the front bumper. it deff. look awesome, and really isn't all that hard to do. I also did this with my friend WRX, this is how I did it, both held up great for years.

1)strip the paint off in that area using some rough sand paper to give a little tooth to the metal
2)then use some fiberglass and resin to fill the gap between the two body panels.
3)once that is dry grind that down smooth lower then two panels to be molded.
4)I recommend using a long strand body filler or mar-glass over that, because the long strand filler will hold together much better then regular body filler.
5)grind that down smooth barely lower then body panels to be molded.
6)use a short strand body filler to fill in the small imperfections from the last step, and bingo all molded together.

make sure to throw primer on the body filler as soon as your done, as it is porous and will suck up moisture
and always do your body filler in thin coats, it sets up way better in the long run, because it allows the gases to escape while drying.

the only down fall to molding your panels together is should anything happen (get hit, hit something) god knows it happens to us all, to repair it you would have to repaint the whole truck, unless you got a good body guy that is really good at blending paint.

good luck

On the import cars they do it by using a body kit and then glassing the seam together to make it loo all one piece. If you look at that same car 5 years later they almost always have a crack running in their paint where they did that. We don't normally use body kits although Sosa could probably make you one or modify one to fit you truck. The other option is to fit some sheet metal and weld in on. this would probably crack out eventually too if it is your daily driver. The seams that the manufacture leaves are for 2 reasons 1) is they use those spots for assembly. 2) they count on those points to allow flex in the body. I.E. the separation between the body and the cab. If you pull your truck into the drive way and watch your bed and cab alignment while you're doing it you will see a tremendous amount of flex for an act that most of us do every day to our vehicles. Now back up and weld your bed to your cab, looks cool , but now pull it in your driveway and where is the body flex. It will try flex still so eventually you end up with a separated bed again. Not trying to discourage your ideas ,but keep in mind that it is a lot of work for something that will not last for the life of your truck. Plus on our trucks the seam is so low on the body and only a few inches long I am not sure if it a worthwhile modification. Just my $0.02. I always encourage other to do thing though too as they post pics. So if you do it then post lots. -Ed

/\/\/\ totally agree.... I had my car molded for about 6 years before I traded it for my b, and it never cracked, but it didn't see nearly the body flex that a truck sees.... good thing you pointed that out. although the fiberglass and long tread body filler allow some flex, it would prob be ok for the front fender to body, but body to bed as said above there's just to much flex.

i agree that there is a lot of flex when you deal with a "uni-body"? body to bed.

i have rode in one but but i have never been in one bagged or bodied.... but if it was done right . minimal flex would be a result.