alainmengoli@hotmail.com
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 posted on 18/1/03 at 11:27 PM |
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best carpet/fabric
Hi, wondered if anyone new of a light weight material that can be used to line the interior of the car. I prefere to have it lined than bear metal
even if it's alloy but would want it as light as possible not bothered about insulations.
Regards
Alain
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Viper
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 12:04 AM |
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oooooh good question, i will be keeping an eye on this one..
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scutter
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 10:46 AM |
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Personally I'm planning to just cover them with vinyl, no padding at all as it would probably absorb water.
Should be light enough.
Dan.
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auzziejim
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 09:06 PM |
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when at MK engineering this weekend i was talking to a guy who is build ing a Locost and he is using Courderouy to line this Interior/Cockpit area! I
dont know how light this is but may be worth thinking about as its very hard wearing!
hth
James
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scutter
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 10:09 PM |
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How very seventies
Seriously won't corduroy absorb water and add to the weight.
PLease correct me if I've got the wrong end of the stick, as I' have terrible visions
Take care Dan.
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Sideways 2 Victory
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 10:26 PM |
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I saw some of that industrial carpet stuff for sale the other day which is more like the carpet that doormats are made out of. The nasty stuff they
use in offices, horrible to walk on but grippy.
It did have a ribbed appearance that I might have said looked like corduroy. I thought it might make a good interior lining and asked the guy about
it, it's bonded to rubber on the back and has very coarse short fibres on the surface, its thin but quite stiff and sheds liquid well.
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I then saw an old MG being refurbished at my local engineering firm and they were using some nice vinyl coated board which came from the marine
refitting industry and was perfect for this application.
I shall find out more details when I go down there tommorrow for my exhaust studs.
Cheers
Dave
[Edited on 19/1/03 by Sideways 2 Victory]
www.nurburgring.org
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chrisg
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 10:35 PM |
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Not for the floor obviously (rubber matting?) but the Plastic Tank man does interior trim kits - very smart and light as a feather, and he'll do them
from a pattern to fit your car - sides, tunnel, back panel , dash etc.
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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scutter
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| posted on 20/1/03 at 09:44 AM |
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Is there no end to PTM talents
That said Chris's work is to a very high standard, maybe worth contacting the man.
All the best Dan.
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MK9R
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| posted on 20/1/03 at 09:53 AM |
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F27's have plastic coated ali panels which look rather good.
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scutter
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| posted on 20/1/03 at 12:43 PM |
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Now that is a fine idea.
Dan.
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Viper
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| posted on 20/1/03 at 08:22 PM |
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How about annodised alli panels ? that would look pretty good and be a bit different depending on what colour you went for..
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