Or .. is it lazy but ok to stop at the first of the wishbone brackets and put a folded edge there leaving a nice engine breather hole ??
cheers guys
jon
As it says in the title - do i do a book job and cut all the holes in the ali side panel ?
Or .. is it lazy but ok to stop at the first of the wishbone brackets and put a folded edge there leaving a nice engine breather hole ??
cheers guys
jon
Personal preference is to panel it in. But some of the kit companies actually finish the panel short of the nose anyway.
Its up to you!
Finish at the fu tube and save some pain and time.
I found this to be the hardest most frustrating thing to do to date !
Take off the bones, get a big piece of card and cut holes in it, tape the holes up and move them around etc until you have the result you want (do not
forget that the lower edge of the chassis is not the same as the lower edge of the panel, imagine a vertical line directly from the top rail down as
your reference), only then think about cutting the ali.
IMHO leaving it open looks horrible !
Even after spending a day at this I'm still going to have to chop some stainless up to make some neat surrounds for the holes.
Look at Foozie's photo's for inspiration.
Regards Mark
I did the same as Mark - got some decent card from an art shop, glued enough sheets together to cover the area, then taped it to the chassis with the
corect bend and shape. Made some rough holes where I thought I needed them, then fitted the wishbones and steering rack and checked for fit. I fixed
anything that needed fixing by gluing more card where necessary and trimming it.
Once I was happy with it I took the card pattern and marked its shape onto the ali sheet.
David
Much the same here... we used lining paper to make up the template...
Then transferred onto ali...
Looks far better than open...
maybe if you really didnt want to do the ali panel holes and still wanted it to look decent maybe i dunno i just thought of it but cant a leather cover be fashioned around there? similar to the shifter. plus dirt protection! I dont know if this would actually look fugly. but if someone does it and it looks cool then i might try it haha!
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Originally posted by johnemms
is it lazy but ok to stop at the first of the wishbone brackets and put a folded edge there leaving a nice engine breather hole ??
jon