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[n1k_ns]

Looking great!

[mandarinvx]

Cheers mate How's the new car going

[mandarinvx]

Had a go at making a 'de-badged' front V, so I can get a carbon version made up for the group buy thread

First off, I cut the centre section out with a large hacksaw,

Then used Gaffa tape over the back and Isopon P40 fibreglass to fill



Once dried it was all sanded down



Then carefully peeled away the Gaffa tape and used more P40 on the back for rigidity - only needed a few mm's



Then used P38 filler for the front faces to smooth out, rubbed down with 240 grit Wet N Dry and painted





I like the effect





Packaging it up safely to send to Carbon Mods should be fun

[The Batman]

i may have to give this ago..... actually can i just buy yours when you get the carbon one again?

[mandarinvx]

You sure can

[The Batman]

You sure can

does it come with a free car polish?

[mandarinvx]

It was actually a real PITA doing the V, when you cut out the badge section you loose a bit of the side material, which then had to be fully built back up - must have used four or five layers of P38!

[The Batman]

It was actually a real PITA doing the V, when you cut out the badge section you loose a bit of the side material, which then had to be fully built back up - must have used four or five layers of P38!

we might aswell just give each other all our old parts! you buy mine and i buy yours

[mandarinvx]

And the prize for the most ridiculous packaging goes to...



What could it be...

[boghouse]

Will be good to be able to get the carbon v's made off this...Just wish we cuda had them yesterday; when my front clam was off

[Strugs]

Still loving that carpet Adam..

[mandarinvx]

You'd be surprised how quickly you get used to it

[RobNA]

How much do you think it would it cost for a de-griffined V to be made up as a batch in normal plastic rather than CF? Do the place that are doing the CF ones do normal plastic stuff? Ps, good work with the project

[mandarinvx]

I can ask if they can do a plain fibreglass one - they may do this anyhoo to test the mould

[mandarinvx]

New badge - hardly an accomplishment, but a little progress all the same

Removed the old as it had tarnished badly - I used a flat kitchen knife - couldn't be bothered with hair dryers and extension leads! You couldn't tell where the badge had been once it was off





And new one fitted

[mandarinvx]

Very annoyingly, despite my best efforts at sealing the lights the rear ones were still steaming up Though the fronts have been fine

So I took them off a couple of weeks ago, and knowing that it couldn't be the fitting of the lens covers came to the conclusion it could only be due to the foam material used to hold the light away from the bodywork being sodden with water at the bottom corner on the back of the light, perfectly in line with the lowest of the light protrusions into the light casing.

It turns out the small lenses are only push fit, so not water tight (proven by putting a drop of water into the back of it and watching it run through into the light ) so I decided to try sealing the rear of one of the small lense protrusions to see if that worked

Low and behold it seems to have fixed all of my light leaking problems (whilst the offside unsealed one was still getting worse)

So today I finished the offside one too - it's not exactly an elegant solution, but what the heck, it works





Note I have left some air gaps through to the lenses on the two upper light protrusions, just in case they need to 'breathe' a bit

Edited by mandarinvx, 17 March 2009 - 11:17 PM.

[BAZ8465]

Didnt realise the side vents were only held on with a rivet. Might have to fetch mine off and touch them up.

Cars looking great - Excellent cleaning job

[RobNA]

I can ask if they can do a plain fibreglass one - they may do this anyhoo to test the mould

That would be great, thanks

[cheeky_chops]

great project - good to see the polishing tutorial coming into play

[CraigBaker]

Great job done on the car, I did love this car before and its what made me want a black one to N1k NS