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rear panel trim
sdh2903 - 6/1/10 at 05:17 PM

Hi, I,ve just been fitting the rear ali panel to the chassis. When finished it looks ok but i would like to cap it off with some trim of some sort. I,ve found this stuff at woolies:

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/p-1609-wide-pvc-edge-trim.aspx

My question is would this bend round a horizontal bend with the aluminium within the trim? or is there something else everyone uses?

Cheers
Steve


Bluemoon - 6/1/10 at 10:33 PM

A photo might help..

Dan


RK - 7/1/10 at 12:22 AM

First of all, I am now firmly believing that nobody will notice the imperfections on the top part of the rear panel except YOU.

Second, I wish I had thought of sanding before putting the vinyl on.

Third, I just made a tonneau-type boot cover, which might not be Milson quality, but cost nothing but time and some thread, and looks fine to me.

GBS has a demo car with a boot cover that goes around the outside, rivetted on. I think it looks gread myself.


sdh2903 - 7/1/10 at 06:58 PM

I have took a pic to show the bit i'm talkin about. To be honest i have made a bit of a hash of it, i cut it short as i think it was suppose to fold right over to the inside rather than sitting on the top.



The trim i linked earlier isnt big enough, if i cant find any bigger will redo the panel when funds allow.


Bluemoon - 8/1/10 at 10:20 AM

Looks quite neat.. I have the tube around the top so there is no sharp edge. As above the easy thing to do is make a boot cover, it also stops the IVA tester getting in looking for sharp edges (although I am not sure if this is a testable region or not for the IVA). You could always make a plywood top for the test.

Dan