Who has made their own handholds and buckets?

[jetskiking]

Im currently doing a hood mod. I have already cut out the liner. I was thinking of using a small rectangular tuperware bowl as a mold for the buckets. I was going to cut the holds in the hood a little smaller than the buckets all the way around for leverage and drill small drains at the bottom. Will this be a good way to do this or do I need to cut flush with the bucket at the bottom and angle the bottom of the bucket so it drains?

 

[lilfreestyle]

i made my own handholds out of carboard and figerglass. I jus lined the cardboard up where i wanted it and fiberglassed them in

 

[madoyster]

My bud did the Tupperware trick but he just epoxied them in. Try to glass them in, his popped loose after a few weeks.

 

[2nd nature]

just find anything oval shape and glass in thats how i made a set on a 750 sx

 

[romack991]

cardboard for mold, glass over it, remove, then glass in place.

check out my site in my sig, go to hood section.

 

[IceRocket1286]

I made mine out of wood, coated them in epoxy, and then fiberglassed them in.

 

[jetskiking]

My bud did the Tupperware trick but he just epoxied them in. Try to glass them in, his popped loose after a few weeks.

Thanks for the advise. I had planned on using the epoxy but now I will glass them. Im pretty sold on the tupperware mold because it makes for a nice finish. So what about the drainage?

 

[IceRocket1286]

there is no drainage. we call it... evaporation

 

[ketsair]

i just cut some frp panel to fit and glassed that in, didn't take any time

 

[romack991]

Thanks for the advise. I had planned on using the epoxy but now I will glass them. Im pretty sold on the tupperware mold because it makes for a nice finish. So what about the drainage?

my holds dont hold much water at all. the edge of my cut out is almost at the bottom of the hold on the side, so it just runs out. only a couple spoonfuls of water are held.