Tev

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Well ive just arrived back from Dropping of my dash and a complet Interior to Raj at autoflock,

The trip was rather a mission but i must say what a top bloke, who is massively passionate about what he does,

I was treated to a rather indepth explanation of what goes on with the flocking process and to be fair it makes a nice change for a trader to actually take time out to explain fully, n put mind at ease

I also managed to have a nose round at some of the other things hes up to, n must say im really impressed with he high level of workmanship,


Really please i made the trip now!

cheers to raj

now hurry up n get started i wanna see the finished product

cheers jay

Darylc.

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he sounds like a top bloke, not may of them about unfortuneatly

1223456

Thanks for those kind words Tev, was a pelasure to meet you, simon and Jay.lol

Anyway onto more important things, yours & Rich's work will be starting today so I shall upload pics onto this thread and also onto your resto thread for you to keep an eye on. If possible can you give Rich a nudge about this thread so I can keep the pair of you in the loop instead of emailing pics seperatly.

Pics to follow

creator

nice one mate heard nothing but great reports about you and your work raj top man i just need a bit more money and ill have some work fo you lol

COCHYN

That's bad isn't it, everyones making long trips to visit Raj, and I'm only on his doorstep down the coast and still not been to visit him Will do very soon

1223456

Thanks for that C,

let me know what you want doing (info@autoflock.co.uk) and I can help you out best I can. Also thanks for the kind comments on my build thread, big day Sunday

(if all goes to plan)

1223456

Cochyn - The kettle is on standby, lets get that custom fab focus dash build on the go!!!

creator

no worries mate will be intouch soon good look for sunday

Tev

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no problem fella will let rich know,
I best update my resto thread as well.
Oh and mines a coffee black no sugar when i come back to collect the stuff! Lol

xr4x4rs

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just been pointed to the thread mate

thanks for sorting the stuff out, sorry i couldnt come down just too far for me to travel

will look forward to seeing pics aswell as ive seen some of your work from maylins escort and was really impressed by it

Rsmat

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top bloke still havnt had chance to drop my dash off yet.

xr4x4rs

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sure is, even helped me with some advice on carbon aswell

i had loads dropped off, basically almost every bit of plastic out of a sierra

he will also be getting my escos items when the time comes aswell

Luca

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Raj is a hero! Now wheres my parts

mattseries2

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Raj done my dash for me a couple months ago and all i can say is its awesome! Raj is a top bloke always lets your know the progress of your parts. You wont be dissapointed

1223456

Bloody hell fellas, thanks for the kind words, mean a lot.

Now to business, made a start on this project so here are a few pics, firstly I laid out the parts to try and prioritise which order to do them in, there was a few, here is some of the parts except the 2 dashboards and ther 3 doorcards.

There was a lot there :-(
Well a quick brew then it was off to the flocking room the begin prepping them.
For anyone that doesnt know, the plastics in most cars has been designed to be self releasing to repel particles/dirt from sticking to them. As a consequesnce of this no epoxy resin will naturally glue to this surface. This is where we use special chenicals before the adhesive is applied to help the epoxy gain a chenical bond with the plastic as opposed to a mechanical one. The prep work so far has took ages and my back is in bits








Here are some pics showing the parets before prep and then after prep, they is a world of difference, no grease or contaminantes left on the plastics which is crucial for gaing the strongest bond possible, its this donkey work which determins the quality of the finished items.






Some pics of them flocked ready for curing





Now they are under the heat at 30deg for a min of 7hrs. Again for anyone who doesnt know, we use radiant heat lamps as they do not move the air, if fan heaters are used they can disrupt the uniform in which the flock cures and worst of all blow dust and contaminants intro the flock.


Well thats if for now lads, I estimate another 2-3 days on this to complete so all should be done for mid next week.

Hope this is ok.

Spiky

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bloody brilliant

Zetecfiesta

Cool!!

jamesst24

they look awesome

Rick

Good stuff

Is the above in Rix Grey?

Rick

1223456

nope just standard black Rick,

on another note hopefully the engine is gong back in to the fz this weekend so I will be calling upon your services very soon with the wiring/starup map etc if thats ok.

Cheers mate

RONNIE AMIS

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nice work raj.

are you coming to cadwell park mate?

1st of august

1223456

Hello Ron,

yes as it stands so far mate, both myself and Barry should be there, probably go down on the sat and book into a B&B to keep the other halves sweet.lol

Let me know if there are any goodies I can help you out with, as if you need them

LHD220Turbo

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it goes to show how much work is involved in flocking, you certainly earn your money!

fair play

xr4x4rs

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raj carnt thankyou enough, looks spot on thankyou

can see how much time goes into this sort of stuff now

Tev

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Those bits look fooking amazing fella top work!!!!

1223456

Hello fellas,

few more updates for you:
















Well thats it for now, more to come real soon. Hope you are happy with the progress.

Rick

No problem mate

frs2208

Stunning work fella, looks amazing!!!

xr4x4rs

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very happy mate, looks spot on

ill bell you in a bit aswell

dingla rs

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nice work mate ,when the time comes for the focus trim ,ul be doing it

Crowder

Looks excellent what are your prices mate. I mean what would a full mk4 astra dash and glove box cost aprox?

Tev

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crumbs raj dont you ever sleep fella

top work as ever looks like i will be popping back to csee you sooner than i thought

TOMMY_RS

Top work there mate

1223456

Crowder - Astra MK4 full dashboard anf glove box prepped & flocked Ł109.99

Tev & XR4 - I will be completing this project later this week and wrapping them up for when you are ready to collect them as work is hectic at the moment and have a number of other projects which need to be started. There is no pressure on yourselves to come and collect them, they are safe and sound on the storage racks. Just let me know when to get the kettle on.
More pics to come soon

Thanks for the kind comments everyone

Rick Astley

What else can you flock? Just car parts?

Rick

any hard surface

1223456

Well Jay & Simon arrived bright and early today to collect their parts from me. Must say they are top lads and gave me 2 packs of export!!! that will be being shared at ford fair

After the conversation with Rich mid week it was a bit of a push to finish everything off before today but we got there in the end. Here are a few pics for you anyway





















Little extra for me, cheers lads


Well thats that job done, would juist like to say thank you very much for your business to both Jay and Rich, it was a pleasure and hope you are happy with the services provided by us.

xr4x4rs

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they delivered my stuff anout an hr ago

im really happy with the items mate, already started to fit a few bits but need to do some work on car before i can fit the rest

looks spot on thankyou very much, ill send you some pics when the interiors finished aswell as im still making the carbon parts

SiST

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Work looks spot on!

Mike C

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I know where I'll be bringing my dash when it's ready to be flocked then.

Looks great