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#31 screech

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 12:18 AM

Looks like you getting on really well, good job!

Nice job of the boot lid, any more pics of that.


any tips or adive for anything guys?

cheers for reading


Put newspaper down on the KITCHEN WORKTOPS before you start the resin :) :shifty:


Keep it up.

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 12:29 AM

Lookin very nice! I wonna see the finished product :shifty: Im so tempted to do this aswel :)

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 10:12 AM

streched the material over it today, looks briliant! gives a reall good idea of what it will look like

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Going to stick it in place tommorrow and take a picture of it how it will look when all done :shifty:

any tips or adive for anything guys?

cheers for reading


This is going to look mint. :)

Just out of interest, what material have you used to stretch over those pods?

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 12:08 PM

This is going to look mint. :shifty:

Just out of interest, what material have you used to stretch over those pods?



its basicly T-shirt sort of material - you can get it from craft shops or fabric stores :)

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 03:14 PM

What colour are all these creations gonna be? they would look cool body colour like that sub in that blue turbo from mini mag a month or 2 ago! cant wait to see um finished should look great :lol:

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 04:02 PM

going to be glossy black, match the paint work of the car

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 04:03 PM

when are you going to be fibreglassing the build?

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 04:09 PM

not sure yet mate, as soon as i get round to it really

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 04:10 PM

Okay cool, cant wait to see it finished!

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 06:26 PM

Put it in the car today to see what it will look liek when done, here it is :lol:

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 06:34 PM

Put it in the car today to see what it will look liek when done, here it is :lol:

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Looks really close to the diagonal.

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 06:34 PM

very nice mate, just out of interest where do you get most of your materials from, do you use different grades of fibreglass resin, like thicker fibres on base layers then something with small fibres on the finishing layers?

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 06:41 PM

Put it in the car today to see what it will look liek when done, here it is :lol:

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Looks really close to the diagonal.


it is :dontgetit: ive got 1cm clearance - good planning :teehee:

very nice mate, just out of interest where do you get most of your materials from, do you use different grades of fibreglass resin, like thicker fibres on base layers then something with small fibres on the finishing layers?


got it all from the fiberglass department at work so i dont know the answer my self lol, sorry

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 07:42 PM

That looks amazing! Its pursuadin me to do this with mine because I wont be able to use them because of harness's

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 07:42 PM

What are you planning on doing with the back of the bench seat?

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