hobzy
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| posted on 28/7/09 at 07:05 PM |
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Don't know, but I might have a go at making a buck from MDF with some of the kids in tech at the school where I work and then forming some ABS
over it when we get back in september...
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RK
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| posted on 29/7/09 at 03:41 AM |
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This is what I was going to make out of plastic sheet.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9hGewsiVhUHmtaJ68rXR2w?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfsoZrNyoKG4QE&feat=directlink
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coozer
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| posted on 29/7/09 at 08:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
This is what I was going to make out of plastic sheet.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9hGewsiVhUHmtaJ68rXR2w?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfsoZrNyoKG4QE&feat=directlink
That might do it, but needs a bulge on it for your elbow. Its getting the correct profile that's the problem. I'm absolutely crap at
making anything that looks nice.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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spic
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:48 PM |
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Did this come to anything, i cant find them anywhere...
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:{THC}:YosamiteSam
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 09:38 PM |
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im busy now thinking of ways to make a set for the westy..
the ones sold by carbon mods can be bought in fibreglass for a lot less think about £70 ish if i remember right - than in carbon (£259 each +
vat) - bolloxs to that.. way too expensive!
they will tho fit the westy and fit with a cage too!
one of the probs i have come across is access if you have a cage like i do - getting in and out can be a problem - climbing over the top is a
possibility but at a last resort..
i reckon they can be made to be removable and leak proof in plastic
on the westy there is a ally kick strip on the sill - remove that
manufacture from 1.0mm ally sheet a bespoke piece that then becomes the sill going over the cage bar too - this keeps a lot of water blast out
the door itself i reckon would need to be stiff plastic (that can be warmed and bent slightly with a bit of pratice it should be easy enough with a
heat gun)
placing waterproof rubber spongy sticky back sponge strips where the door touches the bodywork that would keep nearly all water out and take up
variations in body profiles
the door needs to be in one piece - with a small ally 'L' section on the bottom rivetted on (this forms a face for the water seal and a
point to fasten bungee loops for fixings) the bungee loops i saw in B&Q a while back quite cheap. using a hook to pull the door tight
it may be possible to add a small section on the front to meet the aero screen and this would vastly help with the 'right hand freezing
syndrome'
what kinda plastic woul you recommend? ABS? the rest of the car is shiny black bits so a match to thos would be nice
[Edited on 10/10/09 by :{THC}:YosamiteSam]
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 09:46 PM |
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I have a pair of the Fluke ones posted above by Alex.
They are Carbon/Kevlar inside and shiny Carbon outside that people are welcome to use to make moulds from???
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