The hardest thing about modifying your car is that after all that hard work is done, and you finally get that satisfaction when the result looks beautiful, you have to go do exactly the same thing on the other side.

"You're about to see the smartest thing I have ever done on this channel." 🤣

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Finally learning from my mistakes haha.

I'm seriously impressed, the amount of hours put in too a body kit. I hope you're planning on selling this. Big up dude!

Babe wake up! New Stagea Sand Man just dropped 🥶🥵

I had to turn the sound off , the sanding noise was giving me Goosebumps 🤣🤣 GREAT CHANNEL 👍🏻

Mass production of this babyyy will make all these hours even more worth it. Definitely 5star body kit. Noone makes one. Just like the pitcher Rwb wide body kits

My job is a car painter. The gelcoat hardens quickly because of the hardener. There are slow hardeners. You are our antipodes. Regards from Spain.😉

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Hey from the other side of the world! The supplier that I use for fiberglass has just started providing a slower MEKP catalyst for this gelcoat because this issue was happening to everybody apparently. Things should be better now.

I giggled at the early RAPID SANDING MONTAGE, thought "wait did I press the go fast button" again? Good stuff!

I don't know if there's anything more satisfying than a single color, bubble free layer of fiberglass. haha

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

For me it's just pure stress right up until I pop the mould off and make sure none of the gelcoat wrinkled or pre-released lol, but when it happens it's like Christmas.

I spent a few years in a paint shed so I skip all the sanding and lol at the pinhole filling. Gives me flashbacks. But thank you for taking us all on your journey. Admittedly there aren’t many videos of people doing what you do; there are few good quality ones too. I honestly think you’re #1 on KZread with making fibreglass body panels. Good luck with your business too, hopefully it takes off 🚀

Oh look, he has nice weather, again. 😃 so jelous, from UK

@kramer26

Ай бұрын

That's because its been summer over there... but you can still hear the rain!! Which is typical for this time of year in NZ, especially in Northland.

Two gel coats?!? Genius!!!

Great job, It's very smooth body work. I watch from JPN

Your videos have been very relaxing to watch. Thank you for sharing your process

@majster_styl7712

Ай бұрын

Are you from London perhaps ? I don’t think shanking is an appropriate form of gratitude outside of England

such a unique build, loved watching from ep 1. can’t wait to see the finished product. keep it up! you’re awesome ❤

For me you are one of the best craftsman i have ever seen, for real!! so wonderful that we can watch your passionated work, thx very much from germany

The crickets at the end just made the whole episode perfect!

The quality of that buck is sensational. Your moulds must actually be worth quite a lot.

Should have just flipped your old videos horizontal save yourself some time. Lol

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Hahah, yeah should have. I already have to flip them vertically for my northern hemisphere viewers.

@OlderthanIlookyoungerthanIfeel

Ай бұрын

Thank you from Canada😂

@DextersVloguhtory

Ай бұрын

@@TofuAutoWorksnot to mention upside down too lol😂

О боже, как удачно я зашёл в Ютуб , как я рад бальзаму для души , спасибо вам за подробное видео , смотрю на быстрой перемотке но с удовольствием😊😊😊😊

@taketape

Ай бұрын

В я без перемотки. Удовольствие нужно растягивать

@student_v_garage

Ай бұрын

@@taketape это да ,но не всегда есть возможность

I don't know why exactly, but this was my favorite video yet. Killed it.

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate. I'll be back to working on the Mx5 soon too to give you some extra motivation for yours.

Always amazes me how good this thing looks before its even finished. You're the very definition of a perfectionist.

incredible work... fascinating

I know it absorbs water, so it can't be left like that.... but... OMFG that polished primer!

Thats friggin beautiful. Great workmanship Sir, you are certainly a Master of your craft !

As always awesome work. Could watch a 10hr video on this n wouldn't even realize it was that long. Can't wait till next video.

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Might put up one episode in the future that is just in real time, 20 hours of nonstop sanding haha

@GlassWerx

Ай бұрын

@@TofuAutoWorks 😂 ehh just do like u did with the other one and a full build up video compilation

sanding stuff must be your very favorite thing. holy cow enough sanding already :) its PERFECT!!!

Damn, I love and admire the dedication. Doing this alone must take months to completely finish. All the sanding, and shaping, just wow. You're amazing, keep up the great work. You earned a sub! Post edit: Also how this channel doesn't have like a million subs? Wtf KZread!!!! This is exactly the original content we want and need, SMH... the algorithms have failed us again.

That is alot of hours put into this, man I am impressed with your work and attention to details. I havent missed a single episode and cant wait for the next one

マジで愛に溢れた作業。こんだけラインに拘って…。

been watching this channel since like 3/4 of the way through the mx5. You genuinely inspired me to start bodywork on my car and suprisingly i feel like im pretty good at it!

god i love watching this. its so cool to see

Your work ethic is crazy!

Amazing work man keep it up

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Thanks man!

😮😮😮Perfecto from Austria....

Another clever kiwi. Great work.

You’re an artist !

Slt, encore un super taf, ça avance bien, hâte de voir le kit fini et poser définitivement pour voir le résultat final avant la peinture, 👍👍👍👍👍

As precise as you are I'd love to see some more carbon work

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Haha, I'd love to be able to afford to do more carbon work. I don't wear torn tank tops because I like the look lol

@digitalradiohacker

Ай бұрын

@@TofuAutoWorks Shit - There's like 10 of us in England hanging around in a McDonalds carpark at 9pm in winter wearing EXACTLY that because we thought it was a "thing".

Nicely done as always!! cant wait for the next one !

Oh yeah, nice job !

I hope you have the rego on hold for the amount of time this is taking!! 😉😂

The bodywork version of Project Binky 🚙🧑‍🏭⚙️

Good work bro.

Что-то на идеальном!)

👍 nice work man.

I’ll be here for you. One door at a time

Perfect blocking technique

- How kg putty you use? - yes

awesome mang

Haces un trabajo espectacular!!!

Awesome work as always 😎 Now i need to out into the garage and work on mine!

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Yeah mate, get stuck in!

Love the progress man, solid mahi and attention to detail. Cant wait to see it cruising round the north island, I'll probbaly chase you down 😂😂

Fantastic!

Good job Guy ;oP

Not sure what I'm more excited for. Getting a kit for myself, or rolling shots of this kit completed (with a Freeway Dolphin racing rear wing).

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Same here mate, been looking forward to seeing these kits on other peoples builds since the very start.

Nissan really should have built one like that themselves.

3Dプリンターって便利ですね。 こういうベースを片側だけ作って、逆は転写すれば型ができるんだから。 フロントより大変かもしれませんね

Satisfatório de mais!

Try using warm water next time with a drop of soap in ... it works brilliant. Top class workmanship tho 👏 👌 🙌 👍 💪

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Good tip! I think I tried this way back when I terrible at sanding so it didn't make much difference, but now I think it'll be worth trying again.

Awesome work! But still dont understand why you keep sanding, is the never ending sanding

Also, I wanted to ask, will you make an aerodynamic wing that will be flush with the roof (don't know the name of this type of wing, not a native English speaker)? That would be really dope!

Top work as always bro. Wish i could afford to contribute to your patreon to help, but a like and a subscribe is all ive got for now. Thanks for continuing to put stuff out for us on KZread. Love watching every step closer this comes to reality!

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Any support is great so just watching the videos and enjoying is more than enough!

man youre good

Are you self taught? Do you do this kind of work for a living? Its quite inspiring! You do incredible work

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Mostly self taught, and if I can I'd like to do this full time.

Awesome work! Will you be adding stiffening ribs to the moulds before pulling them off, or are they stiff enough as they are?

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate! The tooling resin and 4 layers of 450 along with the extra material on the flanges are all these moulds need. I've added bracing in the past but it's only really necessary for large flat shapes like bonnets or sideskirts.

Utter darkness and disbelief just hit me when i realized that there will be a day when all the sanding is done on this project 😢.

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

We can pretend we're sanding whenever the car needs washing. Block with an x pattern with the sponges. 😂

お疲れ様です！ 相変わらず素晴らしい仕事ぷり！ ジージアも終盤に入りつつありますね！ そういえば リアウィングは付けないの？ また次回も楽しみにしてます！

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

どうもありがとう！ キットを作った後、時間があればリアウイングを作ろうと思います。

I can't actually remember, is there a rear bumper? Love the content keep up the great work.

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Will be doing a simple rear lip for it once the kit is done.

👏👏👏👏👏

Manda salve, falo do Brasil, mn se vai fazer o gtr completo msm

👍💪

美しい🙏🙇🏻‍♂️

Это просто потрясающая работа которая завораживает , но понимаю как это утомляет

Очень круто

What block and sand paper are you using in the beginning? Got a body work project I’m working on and I need a block for final sanding

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

The grit depends on your paint. 2k paints you'll probably be alright with 400 grit on a DA which usually means a blocking pass with 240 grit beforehand. Keep in mind though hand sanding and machine sanding produce different finishes. 400 grit by hand will leave deeper gouges than 400 grit on a DA sander, so if you have to hand sand go up to 600.

Watched all of your videos 🤙🏽 what brand tooling resin do you use? I’m in Hawaii and would hate to order the wrong one lol

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

In NZ all of our products are just rebranded and overpriced Chinese stuff. Any generic polyester resin will work and if you want tooling resin, I think Easy Composites make one of the best.

@sikfiberkationz7951

Ай бұрын

Mahalo!! I will look into Easy Composites. Bracing myself for the shipping to Hawaii lol@@TofuAutoWorks

My 5 year old son watching“dad we have found who flash really is”.

How many layer's did you put on these mold's, sorry for my english hope it is not so bad greetings from germany 😂

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Skin Coat: 1 layer 30 gsm surface tissue 2 layer 225 gsm chopped strand Main Layup: 4 layers 450 gsm chopped strand

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Is this your full time job or do you do other things on the side?

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

For the past few months this has been my full time gig. Mostly because international shipping is so pricey now that nobody is buying anything right atm hahah😅

@firedustman

Ай бұрын

@@TofuAutoWorks stay strong !

🥵🥵🥵

Are you going to mass produce these bodykits?

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Yup, gotta recuperate at least some of my losses from spending over a year on this thing. 😂

@nathanieladams7624

Ай бұрын

@@TofuAutoWorksI’ve watched every video of this project, and I’m tired just watching all the work you’ve done. Ha ha.

how some paint jobs on the sema simply look worse than your preparations for molding

do you plan on reproducing the wide body for consumers once it's all done?

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Yup, hoping to have the whole thing ready for international sale before the end of the year.

Odd question .. picked a color yet? Any in mind?

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

I think so, but I'll be keeping it under wraps till the final reveal.

@trevmead8387

Ай бұрын

Oh evil. I like it!

@marzocchi705

Ай бұрын

@@TofuAutoWorks if it's not midnight purple i'll be utterly devastated. it's the only colour I think of when i think of skylines.

20 eps only sanding, why is it so hard to get it perfect 😫😫😫

Oohh..nooo..😢

Not sure how meanly time I see same video...........sanding

mouth, respiratory system protection? naah, ear protection

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Bluetooth headphones so I don't have to work in complete silence for 40 hours a week haha.

but it's a lifetime build ?? 😅😅

@TofuAutoWorks

Ай бұрын

Sure feels like it lol

Не обклеивай в жёсткую перед грунтом, наточишь ям, бруском точи вдоль а не поперек, грунт полировать не надо, с водой замывать не надо, это не по технологии

do you plan to do anything to those super ugly rear end lights because you have made this car look so nice so far and that back end makes me wanna throw up? 🤮🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tu fais du super boulot. Je te suis depuis la 1ere heures ❤. Mais... Pitié ARRÊTE DE TOUT RUINER avec des vidéos de ponçage INTERMINABLE et inintéressante !!! 😅

@ar_x7

Ай бұрын

and this is why skipping and 2x speed exist in KZread. the sanding is part of the process and I enjoy it

@SETHalpine

Ай бұрын

L'ajout de time lapse a grandement réduit ces tems que vous trouvez "interminables" mais qui sont représentatifs de ce que sont les phases de ponçage... Pour quelqu'un qui apprend, ça reste intéressant que ce ne soit pas survolé.... Perso, je regarde ses photos d'un œil tout en faisant autre chose, toutes les vidéos n'appelant pas à la même attention, ça permet d'ailleurs d'avancer sur sa propre construction tout en apprenant quelque chose. ;)

The plugs are shinier than the paint on my car. 🥲

Только сейчас понял что бро делает мастер модель, чтобы снять матрицу.