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[Adzn2k]

How doo guys,

As above really lookin to convert to clubman front and want to go flip at the same time.

can anyone recommend some where to get one from I saw a 2 piece one on ebay any good?

Adrian

[kezzkitkat]

Is it a metal one ? If its fibreglass leave it as they are .... unless you have a pot full of cash then carbon fibre is the way forward
And I would buy panel either from minispares or m machine and make one my self but have a panels separately from the flip front

[smev]

Arc Angels or ABS motorsport are ones I've stumbled across, ABS do a few styling options but Arc Angels do a choice in composite, plus they do nicer brace bars.

[Adzn2k]

I think the ebay one is an ABS one they look good from what I can see on thier pics.

I'd probaby trim them to fit with A panels as the ebay one looks like it goes to the door and it doesnt look right :/.

I would love to go for an all steel one but I think it works out at around 400 for the wings front and bonnet :/

[kezzkitkat]

It depends where you shop I would get the wings, font panel and a panels from shows and I would buy non gen as im guessing your on a budget and if your doing a flip front I m guessing you have the time to fit the panel and all I hear all the time is buy genuine panel which in sometime ive found they fit worse than none gen panels but other times really good and you would be able to source a boonet either fibreglass or metal and a bit box section to brace the wings together from a forum or ebay but like I say I would invest in metal or carbon fibre

[Adzn2k]

Yeah I could depends on funds and when the shows are on :)

[Jase]

I have a GT donor car with a reasonable front end, will need some work and will not be available straight away but you could cut the front end off this? I will be selling the whole car as soon as I have finished with it but it won't be for at least six months? It will not have a V5 and will only be suitable as spares e.g front end, subbys and running gear. The front end is the only good part of the car.

 

To clarify I do have the logbook but this has been transferred to a new BMH shell.

[kezzkitkat]

Was about to say post a wanted add and see what happens but someone has
^i would buy the front of thie guys gt either with or without the bonnet depending if you want metal or not
Order some a panel and some dzus fasteners and then your not far off parts just going to be time that you need

[mini93]

Curley UK- http://www.curleyuk.com/

 

They do the best looking fronts i've seen in Carbon of FG.

 

I have an unknown clubman FG front on at the moment, its very average, it also lacks some of the detail, say around the lower grill opening where in metal form it would have some vertical swage type lines, you may see on the image below (the Curley one)

 

My front end didnt have this detail, just an opening which I then cut open completly. The scuttle shape wasnt very well defined either and if I remember, grill opening too narrow and had to be eased open.

 

In anycase, someone else from my club had a fg clubby front from Curley and it looked much better. Im replacing my old front end in the rebuild