Jon Ison
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 06:24 PM |
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If I wanted too.......
Make a sorta rear flat bottom/undertray/diffuser sorta thing out of say 3~4mm thick plastic type stuff.........
Would if I warmed it up with an air dryer, I be able to push a bit of a dished shape into it to clear the diff ?
eta
This sorta stuff ?
[Edited on 6/12/07 by Jon Ison]
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 06:32 PM |
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You could definitely do it with a hot air stripper, press it over the dog bowl Jon.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 06:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
You could definitely do it with a hot air stripper, press it over the dog bowl Jon.
Or the wok swimbo uses to iron me t shirts..........
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 07:06 PM |
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That'll explain the hump then
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ivan
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 07:27 PM |
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If a hot air gun will soften the plastic then won't the heat from the engine bay cause it to sag over time?
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 07:47 PM |
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won't the heat from the engine bay cause it to sag over time?
It's going under the diff, it's quite a bit away from the engine bay 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 07:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
If a hot air gun will soften the plastic then won't the heat from the engine bay cause it to sag over time?
I'm guessing not as it will be used at the rear of the car like this and so should be cool enough
diffuser
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 08:30 PM |
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Is it me or is her head on the wrong way around in the 3rd photo ?
eta, whats happening down below in the 4th pic, is it covered ?
[Edited on 6/12/07 by Jon Ison]
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bob
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 10:53 PM |
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Extra slit in that bonnet
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 11:10 PM |
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Back to the plastic - eyes front all you droolers!
Jon it will bend with hot air gun - you might want to borrow a couple with mates atached if you are wanting to make a large bump-we have an oven at
work and the kids do plug and yoke moulding which is a bit like vac forming without the need for a vacuum forming machine.
If you start getting a rubbery smell it is probably getting a bit on the hot side.
4 mm will be fine -we use this thickness in abs for wheelarch extensions as it is rigid enough to look like body work but flexible enough not to take
off an innocent by standers leg.
BTW What size will your product be as we have a vac former too but it won't cope with massive things- makes battery box covers etc
atb
Mike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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