rebelrider
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 09:00 PM |
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lots of shiney stuff
I've been toying with the idea of starting my own business for a while.
I have made a few mascots, inlet manifolds, grills, and brackets for mates and people on here.
What else would people be interested in?
Im just trying to gauge the interest and see if it is worth doing.
I can laser cut
1 - 15mm stainless
1 - 10mm aluminium
1 - 25mm mild steel
and up to 30mm+ wood/plastic
and have welding and brake pressing certificates.
So what would people want ? if anything 
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Pdlewis
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 09:04 PM |
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I think paddle shift paddles would be ideal
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roadrunner
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 09:15 PM |
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 as above.
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nstrug
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 09:16 PM |
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Handbrake and gear lever surrounds would be good - probably best out of 3mm brushed ally with nice countersunk holes for stainless bolts.
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graememk
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 09:35 PM |
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shop signs
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rebelrider
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 09:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
shop signs
lol I've been making the new signs for "shake away" last week
and done quite a few for hawkins bizzare too
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worX
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| posted on 3/8/08 at 10:01 PM |
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As before - Paddle shifts, but in different styles.
Steve
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locoboy
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 06:22 AM |
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I got my father in law to bend up my side pannels in 1.2mm ally on a press brake machine then i just trimmed them to fit.
He also wire cut me out a handbrake gaiter surround from 10mm ally.
Im sure the ally side pannel blanks would be well received. even moreso as you could do a run if you got accurate measurements for different chassis,
so you could do 10 sets of MK, 10 sets of gts, 10 sets of mnr etc etc
ATB
Locoboy
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 06:54 AM |
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As nstrug, I have money waiting for a decent handbrake surround and other trim parts for my car.
Barry
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swanny
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 07:53 AM |
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heat shields?
i need a set for in the engine. once you had the manifold pattern for a few engines they could be personalised quite easily.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 08:57 AM |
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I think if you start your own buisness you will need to sell outside the kitcar world as well to make ends meet? Shop signs seem a good idea..
Dan
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 09:33 AM |
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Few ideas:
House Name plates
House Numbers
A decent rear boot, with lockable lid to fit cars with roll bars - sva friendly of course.
Custom car badges - chavy corsa, nova, focus type ones - not really very nice, but main steam enough to make you some cash - and plenty of forums to
flog them on.
can't think of any more right now.
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rebelrider
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 07:14 PM |
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well, handbrake surrounds and paddle shifts sound like a winner.
Guinea pigs needed for designs i guess most people use the standard sierra handbrake ?
are the paddle shifts the same size ish ?
could be some cheap buys in it for helper outterers.
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