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Old 10-05-2005 | 08:06 PM
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Well chuffed that the mould came out in one piece, just need to prep oit ready for the carbon fibre. Its obviously not prepreg but its the next best thing.





Ignore the lovely rug
Old 10-05-2005 | 08:18 PM
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Very cool Paul.

Does it make your car go faster
Old 10-05-2005 | 08:21 PM
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10bhp extra my friend and I'm sure it's lightened the car by 0.000001%
Old 10-05-2005 | 08:22 PM
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Excellent news!

Wish I had the patience and skill for DIY like that
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I must say, I'm getting more restrained as I'm getting older . Normally I would want to do all this in one day, but this has taken over 5 days of prepping the cover with release wax and then building up the layers of fibreglass. Its also cost Ł130 for the proper resins etc coz the halfords stuff is to crap for this.
Old 10-05-2005 | 08:26 PM
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Old 10-05-2005 | 08:55 PM
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no man alive can ignore that rug pal
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Originally Posted by Matt
no man alive can ignore that rug pal
Old 10-05-2005 | 09:10 PM
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no man alive can ignore that rug pal
Shaaat it you norvan monkee
Old 10-05-2005 | 09:16 PM
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very good mate...

BUT...


i think you should have took the mould from the outside of the plastic cover...

as when you try and cover the f/g mould with c/f it will look like the inside of the f/g mould
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actually i do belive in going blind

ignore me, its been a long day...

carron as you were sir
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weve got that rug!! top work mate!looks top
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Originally Posted by fudgeass
actually i do belive in going blind

ignore me, its been a long day...

carron as you were sir
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