As above.
Can find bonnets but not bootlids

 

Kris pm luke, m4dyeti

He has got bonnet and hatch in f/glass

Oh and pm me the place where you have found a bonnet please,
I want to get one as well

Cheers

 

I got the tailgate from a company called x-sport racing i think, it was a while ago now so i will check my records

Dependant on usage it needs alot alot alot of prep work to look like its not made from fibreglass....

But the weight you save is phenominal

 

Wow you did a really good job on that , I got mine form MC Rallying and it was a nightmare to allign.. did you get the inner and outer skins and use the original hinges?

 

Oh and is your water proof?

 

X-Sport dont do them anymore when i asked

 

Forgot where it was that sells them now

 

If I ever wash the car I only use bucket / sponge and never jet wash just light pour with bucket around the boot lid, so I cant comment really.

Windows leak at front through the sliders and boot lid wont take much to it either

I have been caught in the rain before but only locally to where I live it didn’t leak though..

The boot lid is a single skin..

I have made an alloy strip along the hinged edge and used the standard boot lid hinges and then used 4 button head black anodised bolts to secure this..

It is very very flimsy when opened due mainly to the poly carb window… At the moment this is held in by the rubber seal.
The boot area still retains the rubber which although does not touch the skin helps to retain the water..

If im honest now thinking about it, I don’t think it was from X-sport it was - smith and deakin the guy from the company did say on order

“The mould is not in top condition”,
It was not bad but like I say it needed a lot of work at the body shop to get to how it looks now.
Im still not 100% happy but it’s a track car which I keep forgetting lol…



Smith +Deakin

www.smithanddeakin.co.uk

iTS NOT LISTED on there web page but if you ask nicely on the phone they hopefully will sort you out..

DO NOT GET THE BONNET, its seriuolsy bad, i opened mine up and then threw it in the wheely bin - it looked like the Alps.

They were first made for early mk3 racers whcih didnt worry about the finish really, just the weight.


Bonnet wise x-sport can make them from carbon but cost is around £800 unless we do a group buy.... im not getting envolved in that as false promises etc, if anyone wants to go halfs on a pair il oblige..

 

£800
More than most mk3's are worth

 

I got a fibreglass bonnet off a bloke on the IOW,qualities not too bad going to pin it through the hinges at the back and pin it at the front.can dig out his details if anyone wants them paid about £120 + P&P.

 

is that the guy i put you in contact with mate?

if so i was telling shaun (turboboy) about him the other day but be fucked if i can find the guys detaisl again as i was gunna sk him about boot lids for shaun, do you still have the guys email address or phone number?

 

I've been thinking on a new theory and cutting the skin off the metal tailgate and bond a fibreglass one to it.. won't be quite as light but will still lose some weight and will retain the water proofness and hinges/lock etc
Could do the same with the bonnet aswell?

 

Not a bad thought that mate... biggest weight saver is losing that glass though...

LIKING THE SOUND of retaining the inner frame etc.

Mmmm carbon bonnet skin...

 

you still got to make the mould though.
its not hard to make a mould though as you use the bonent or boot as the plug (template) and make the mould round that.
with the bonnet, foam matted in to it while laying up with give it the strenth it needs as bonnets are norm pined down rather than used on the hinges, but it can be made to fit onto the hinges still.

as for boot lid, if i was laying it up i would have a mould forthe outer skin and a mould for the innder frame then bond the two together and again it can be made in a way to use the hinges too.

its easy for me to say this that its easy as i used to do laminating, and i used to also build the wind turbine blades and still know people there that can get me bits and bobs like the very very strong glues to bond stuff as well as the mould release fluid, anyone one here making it would prob have to buy it and its not cheap stuff.

a carbon bonnet or boot lid would be good, but if you plan to leave it in its raw finished state i.e unpainted use clear resin and resin that stays clear other wise it will go yellow and look toss.