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[Puddings]

Right after a bit of research i have come up with either two companies to buy my flip front from

1. Curley sepcialised moldings well known for their workman ship. carbon front end would be £225

2.ABS Motorsport comes with high recommendations from minidan also seen pic's of his car looks like a very good fit. GRP Front end price will be £98

Just wanting some more views form you lot about these companies and the difference in carbon and GRP

Thanks

[Pie]

Have you seen pictures of a curley front fitted? Ok so they are a top name but the fit might not be as good as ABS.

[Puddings]

Very good point Mr pie will go looking for some now!

Or does anybody have a curley front on their car that i can have pics of

[miniboo]

what about a smudger front end? they come with a panels attached aswell.

[Al*]

build a removable steel front end... thats what i did and it looks way better, is sturdier, and fits better...

Al

Edited by Al*, 23 September 2007 - 03:12 PM.

[Puddings]

Al i'm removing the metal front to stop the tin worm so want a fiber one

[Puddings]

After a couple of months saving hard i now have the money i think i will require to sort the mini, and things have moved on to how can i do things?

1. adapt the loom to fit the flip front
2. Need to make the loom removable by using ISO connectors or some thing
3. Christmas to hurry up so that i can take the car to the garage

Please post your ideas up on how to do things.

[Puddings]

Just a quick update have ordered some hinges from Super Fast Minis and their service is top recommended to anyone will post pics when they arrive

[Puddings]

Another quick update, My things from America have arrived and my brace bars have arrived. So i orded my carbon front end today because its going into the body shop on sat to have the work carried out, all i need to do now is to get the paint code for the red i want (see first page) and all will be happy

[Puddings]

Well started the car today and drove it for the first time in 2 months getting it ready for it trip to the body shop on sat

[Jammy]

Whose front end did you end up going with?

[Puddings]

A curly carbon fiber one with the reverse flip hinge's from Mini Tech. Thanks for looking Mr Jammy

[TJenkos]

Shame nobody else is replying, sounds like it should be good. Get some pictures up!

[AliCourtney]

Looks a good project

[Puddings]

Yey people are looking at my pagers will try and get the pictures is stagers but as seen as it will be at the body shop and i will have no car it might be a bit hard