johnemms
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 12:56 PM |
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ali pannel round front wishbones
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
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flak monkey
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 12:59 PM |
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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!
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 01:25 PM |
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Finish at the fu tube and save some pain and time.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 01:32 PM |
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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
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 01:40 PM |
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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
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SeaBass
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 03:23 PM |
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Much the same here... we used lining paper to make up the template...
Then transferred onto ali...
Looks far better than open...
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kaizokuace
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 05:29 PM |
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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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TangoMan
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| posted on 3/6/06 at 09:04 AM |
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quote:
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
This is how my Formula27 is done. I am planning to make a plate to fill the hole as I think it lets the car down.
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