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[kcchan]

Tom, did you use the resin that you used to fibreglass with? If so does it not leave a slight greeny/bluey tint?

[Jack Jones]

so have you just put the c/f over another bonnet or have you made a mould and shaped the c/f in the mould???

either way it looks the dogs

Edited by just_jack, 21 June 2008 - 05:41 PM.

[Tomf]

Its the same resin this i used to fiberglass and its clear... i havent ever used a green resin.

I just put the CF over the bonnet, its not the best way to do it, but i couldnt be bothered to make a mould then do it that way, although that is a far better way to do it...

[miniboo]

orchard-engineering on here made it for me, linky to his profile

It cost me £13 posted... Im prety pleased with it as i have never seen anything like this done before, he can also do other bits like rockers covers.

How much you planning to sell your megajolt set up for? well mainly the triger wheel mounted on the pully, the sensor bracket and the megajolt itself?

well of all the bits i will be keeping the trigger wheel as i will need that for teh new ecu.

Not sure on a price yet but will let you know once i am sorted with what i need and odnt need!!

[Jack Jones]

Its the same resin this i used to fiberglass and its clear... i havent ever used a green resin.

I just put the CF over the bonnet, its not the best way to do it, but i couldnt be bothered to make a mould then do it that way, although that is a far better way to do it...

well there is no way im complaining because its your car and it looks bucking frilliant

one other thing when you fitted 10mm spacers for your wellers what studs did you use??

[Tomf]

Not sur ewhat the stus were, there is someone on ebay that sells mini wheel studs, i just send him an email and he sorted them out for me and i just sned the money over lol.

[Jack Jones]

the shortest ones that i could find are extended by 15mm
i am only running 10mm spacers,
do you think they will be to long or will it be safe to cut them down

[Tomf]

Im not sure to be honest, depending on which nuts your using i guess there would be space for the extra thread in the nut... But if im 100% honest im not sure.

[Tomf]

Well i went and offered my calipers up and they were looking very good, no pics of them offered up, but heres them re-furbed. Bit annoey though, becuase now i need to file back the area around where the hose fits, so the banjo fitting will fit. So ill have to re-paint, wish i had thougth about it before becuase then i could have done this before sending them away and they would be nicely painted then.... o well ill lear one day lol.





Also the second coat of resin has hardened on the bonnet now an the finish has gone really smooth, and hardly any flattingback is going to be needed Ill give it one more coat just to build it up and hope it self levels a little bit more then ill flat back and lacqure



Also i removed the dash and labled up all the wires ready for the new dash and gauges, ill measure up the carbon fiber and see if i have enough to do the dash, and if i do ill get started on covering that with CF tomorrow and ill give the bonnet the final coat of resin. I think the bonnet did turn out ok, but there is one area round the passanger side edge where an air bubble has formed but its good enough for me.

[Down&Out]

where did you get your calipers done? how much did it cost?

[Tomf]

a company called Biggred, they cost me £59 + P&P...

[minihotrod666]

Nice progress, your car should really stand out in a crowd. I really like the carbon fiber aspect accents, it's nice to see something different. Keep up the good work.

[Tomf]

Well i went and picked up some pads for the calipers today, so i now have all the parts for the fiesta break conversion

So i fitted the pads and offered it all up, nothing is torqued down yet, but you can see its getting somewhere





I then started doing a load more work with the Carbon fiber, i started covering the dash and my rear arches

BIG TIP, use spray glue to put the carbon fiber in place before applying the resin as this means you can make sure that its all inplace and you can eliminate any bubble, this would have been ideal for the bonnet, but atleast i know now.

so carbon fiber glued on the dashboard (sorry for the rubbish pic):



I then glues the carbon to the rear arches, but i didnt take any pics of that.

i then mixedup the resin and hardener and applied it to everything and gave the bonnet the final coat, so ill cut that back once the hardener goes off.



Arches:



Dash:

[miniallsort]

sweet tom looks wicked

[Down&Out]

did you just glue cf matting down then resin over it?