11-06-2009, 05:57 PM
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I see, yea that first one was not the AAS, mine didnt have mesh and was grey primed too. but if you are good with fiberglass and it is a lot cheaper in price, could be a project.
my AAS I had to fix several times (most driver error) so I have gotten used to it.
colonel6632 : try to talk him down to 300 being unseen and a knock off if you dont mind maybe having to do some work to it.
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11-06-2009, 09:01 PM
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if i were to do the work. i'd have alot of questions on what to do. i dont know where to begin
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11-06-2009, 09:16 PM
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Simply put, go to an auto parts store, pick up a fiberglass repair kit, and read the side/back of box
plainly put you mix the hardener and resin (lil at a time, only enough to use) and either use resin to fill cracks/wholes like plastering drywall, or use the mesh sheets and soak in the resin hardener mix and lay in desired location.
once dryed sand till smooth and desired shape.
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11-06-2009, 11:19 PM
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so theoretically i could do it to the whole kit to make it stronger
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2002 Alero w/ 2.2 ecotec 5 speed
power window conversion, heated leather seats, 16" rims, high & low hids, auto dimming rear mirror, speedbuilt front and rear sway bars, poly bushings all around.
2005 Silverado 2500HD w/ 6.0l Vortec 4L80E
Tuned 6.0l, exhaust, intake, with 450000km on the odometer. Tow Rig
1985 Pontiac Trans Am GTA w/ 5.7 Vortec 700r4
mild vortec 350 with 4 speed auto. performance suspension. factory gold color. project car
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11-06-2009, 11:26 PM
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yes, lot of work, and cost may start to get up there. I think the kits are like 15 bucks maybe, and it would give you a sheet large enough to cover maybe half the front bumper (maybe all of it) but the resin wouldnt last all that. you can buy larger buckets of resin if you wanted to renforce the whole kit.
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11-07-2009, 12:11 AM
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maybe... then it would be ok in the winter time also
and the guy emailed me and told me it was a "duraflex" so is that the extreme dimensions one?
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2002 Alero w/ 2.2 ecotec 5 speed
power window conversion, heated leather seats, 16" rims, high & low hids, auto dimming rear mirror, speedbuilt front and rear sway bars, poly bushings all around.
2005 Silverado 2500HD w/ 6.0l Vortec 4L80E
Tuned 6.0l, exhaust, intake, with 450000km on the odometer. Tow Rig
1985 Pontiac Trans Am GTA w/ 5.7 Vortec 700r4
mild vortec 350 with 4 speed auto. performance suspension. factory gold color. project car
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11-07-2009, 04:43 AM
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i beleive so
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11-07-2009, 08:18 AM
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i did some reading on the duraflex one. some people say they are pretty great, some people say no.
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2002 Alero w/ 2.2 ecotec 5 speed
power window conversion, heated leather seats, 16" rims, high & low hids, auto dimming rear mirror, speedbuilt front and rear sway bars, poly bushings all around.
2005 Silverado 2500HD w/ 6.0l Vortec 4L80E
Tuned 6.0l, exhaust, intake, with 450000km on the odometer. Tow Rig
1985 Pontiac Trans Am GTA w/ 5.7 Vortec 700r4
mild vortec 350 with 4 speed auto. performance suspension. factory gold color. project car
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11-07-2009, 08:23 AM
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duraflex is the ebay one, = NO
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11-07-2009, 11:43 AM
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http://www.andysautosport.com/oldsmo...body_kits/aas/
The only brand you need to get. Going the cheap way will cost you alot more time and money in the long run.
*Unless you are good at chopping up a kit, piecing it back together, extending side skirts, and bending fiberglass bumpers where necessary.
Not to mention all the prep work you just added on-top of what it originally needed.
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11-07-2009, 12:13 PM
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It has nothing to do with being good or money, working with fiberglass is easy, just time consuming. Like I said if he can talk the seller down to 300 and spend maybe $50 in resin/hardener/and sheets. you can make it a project. But again looking at in person would be better, because yes it can get costly but it would have to be extremely poor, and pics from that other kit didnt lookk "that" bad, but yes cheaper then the actual AAS kit, so if he wont budge with price and its 400 then yes maybe easier to spend 5 and get the AAS, your call dude
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11-07-2009, 12:33 PM
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It has nothing to do with being good or money, working with fiberglass is easy, just time consuming.
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Sure, working with it is easy--until you are trying to get a bumper you just pieced together---to a paintable stage lol
And believe me, he will spend more than $50. $50 is just a gallon of body filler alone. He will still need resin($30-50 a gallon), more matt, mixing cups, paint brushes for applying said resin. Then you get into filler work. It will take a new user more than a gallon for a project this size, so plan to spend $~100 on filler alone. Then you will need a mixing board, spreaders, ALOT of sandpaper. Then he will most likely need putty for the smaller stuff. This will be another $30 or so, plus more sandpaper.
After spending a few hundred dollars, then the days of time getting it to fit right, he is out alot more than he thought....
It's a good learning project though if you are game.
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11-07-2009, 01:15 PM
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filler??? i use resin to fill all of mine, no filler at all. yes sandpaper and sanding I agree is the most work, but unless he needs to thicken the whole kit I would assume just the mounting edges "may" need thickining.
1 spreader is all you need just keep it clean. the AAS was slightly shorter on the side skirt when they made the first couple, so yes some additonal sanding needed to be done, i just sanded the stock skirts to fit (dremel too) no i have not seen the off brands of the AAS so im speculating. and I agree would be a good lil project if you are game, and do not have much money. But i dont think you would need to spend that much. I have fixed my front AAS bumper after some minivan backed up into it, holes cracks fog light cutouts demolished, and the bottom opening ripped out. I used 1 bondo fiberglass repair kit...maybe 2 and didnt even need to use the mesh. (reenforced buttom piece with a 1/4 in wooden dowel.
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11-07-2009, 01:19 PM
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I guess it would depend on the condition of the kit. I'm going off the basis of the one that I received, and also the reviews of a few other alero owners I know that ran into the same thing.
The skirt that was sent to me was almost 1ft too short. The other one was .5" too long lol.
As far as not using filler, Id like to see the outcome of the paint.
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11-07-2009, 01:24 PM
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yes it would...looking at the pics from your other thread that was minor. and being a foot too short...wow yea that is bad. I am more reffering to cosmetic rather then fitament issues.
yea paint turns out great, of course mine were also primed before paint too. My paint guy used filler on my back bumper when i back into a guardrail (post was on inside rather then out and I didnt see it) and you can still see where the filler was used, and the paint has stress cracks and popped out. If I redo the rear I am using resin as all other places you cant even tell.
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11-07-2009, 06:07 PM
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well it sounds like alot of work and hassle. probably just save up for a aas one. i'll get an exhaust now lol
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power window conversion, heated leather seats, 16" rims, high & low hids, auto dimming rear mirror, speedbuilt front and rear sway bars, poly bushings all around.
2005 Silverado 2500HD w/ 6.0l Vortec 4L80E
Tuned 6.0l, exhaust, intake, with 450000km on the odometer. Tow Rig
1985 Pontiac Trans Am GTA w/ 5.7 Vortec 700r4
mild vortec 350 with 4 speed auto. performance suspension. factory gold color. project car
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11-07-2009, 06:17 PM
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Your call....good luck with it
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11-07-2009, 10:15 PM
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thanks man. performance right now. lol
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2002 Alero w/ 2.2 ecotec 5 speed
power window conversion, heated leather seats, 16" rims, high & low hids, auto dimming rear mirror, speedbuilt front and rear sway bars, poly bushings all around.
2005 Silverado 2500HD w/ 6.0l Vortec 4L80E
Tuned 6.0l, exhaust, intake, with 450000km on the odometer. Tow Rig
1985 Pontiac Trans Am GTA w/ 5.7 Vortec 700r4
mild vortec 350 with 4 speed auto. performance suspension. factory gold color. project car
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11-27-2009, 01:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DansGen1Alero
even if its extreme or someone else that made it, its still the AAS design, shouldnt be a fitiment issue, there are onlt 4 kits that were ever made
AAS
Razzi
AED
OSV
I do not know about the OSV, but you cant get the AED unless used from someone.
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You can get a AED but it will be a custom order right now..
but there is pimpalero's kit forsale.
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11-27-2009, 02:50 PM
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Lolz, if you wanna throw away $700 into the pockets of thieves you can order straight from AED
Buy pimpalero's, if anything!
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