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turbominij

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24th Aug, 2011 at 11:19:02am

Finaly finished the dash last night after being busy doing alot of other stuff so thought id post some pix up. There are a couple of bits on it that are not perfect but i am more than happy with how it is, now i have got to install all the guages and switches....

Then fit it back to the car.









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ashley_dude00

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24th Aug, 2011 at 12:07:53pm

looks mega,you hae just given me the push i needed to have to have a go.



On 30th Aug, 2008 Richie said:
too much my wife says "not that friggin site again" so i pull my pants back up and turn it over to TM. *wink* iam on pretty much every day as i lead a sad existance

Sam

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24th Aug, 2011 at 12:38:44pm

Not bad, not bad at all! For quite a complex shape you've done very well

On 19th Feb, 2011 Miniwilliams said:
OMG Robert that's a big one


sx_turbo1

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24th Aug, 2011 at 02:04:50pm




On 24th Aug, 2011 Sam said:
Not bad, not bad at all! For quite a complex shape you've done very well


yeah, believe it or not it was easier to skin in cf, than it was to cover the dash in fabric, although the cf is a lot more time consuming its a much nicer finish (not just cos cf is cool to look at)

its the resin and clear coat that tales the time to perfect, but you can make it easier to just laquer it.

but james dont do things the easy way :p

Mr Joshua

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26th Aug, 2011 at 01:55:06pm

Thats a very nice job for a first effort.

Just made my intercooler pipes out of carbon fibre. making them from metal would have been a major ball ache and expensive. This way I got to route the pipes how I liked.

The funny thing is I found it layed easier and the wet out compared to fibreglass cloth was far superior.

If anyone else has done this or is thinking about trying post up where you got your items from.
I used East coast composites, again very helpfull and competative on price by the metre or the roll

Edited by Mr Joshua on 26th Aug, 2011.

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