Sam's Proper MX-3 - LT Turbo project *Parting out*
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'Gone off' sikaflex, if cut with a v sharp knife can make some interesting bump stops, mallet heads and tips, motor isolators (vibration) etc (just be carefull cutting the tube open!!!!) Its life/usefullness isnt over yet :)
Bod almighty! still amazes me how fookin low! :respect:
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Nice tip again kev will bear that one in mind ta, infact I know exactly where I can use it!
For the new wheel photos I so want to take it down to a virtually undriveable
-125mm just for a shoot or two then raise it stright back up again before the frame rails grind away to nowt..That's if I could actually get it out the drive hahaha
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While waiting for more wheel paint to arrive Sam's cardboard creations come to life!…
Will try for aluminium if not got some abs I might be able to shape
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Visible and yet subtle at the same time…... I likey... Tinted black perspex.... short run manufacturer.... Ill take one please :D
kev b.
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Think it will work on mine body coloured.. Like ya style though. Man wishes He had Injection molding machine. Cheapest of the shelf visor I found was off a Pug 206> £35 deliverd in black, never did the measurements but worth a punt for pos. hack job?!
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What about a heat gun and some flat ABS?
I like where you are going with this. Something I have wanted to do for a long time as well.
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Yeah I think that will be worth a try Josh if the alu. fails. Will have a gander at some tutorials or something later. Only recently discovered the love for the hatch shade after looking at the miata hard top ones.
Been busy again this afternoon doing some ghetto spraying! How to avoid some of the wind…
Please don't flame me Gulfy
:D Got to better then crusty old black Polyurethane??!!
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What am I looking at?
(Take this in a good way as I can't tell what's been sprayed)
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Haha maybe that's a good thing then, sorry didn't actually say the rear lip.
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@1883ecae09=youdirtyfox:
Haha maybe that's a good thing then, sorry didn't actually say the rear lip.
Nice work :)
You really can't tell, love the wind stopper, might have to steal that idea :)
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Mate, its your car, love the spraybox thingy!! Was it plastic before you painted lip? If so I hope you plastic primed before topcoat or it could come back and bite your arse!
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Plastic before yes but I am spraying with fast dry plasti-kote enamel which seems nicely chip resistant, it's a temp. measure till I can afford the real deal.
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Thats cool then mate, was worried about adhesion, but no problem
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Spraybox is awesome haha! Rear lip is sitting pretty.
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Yeah worked out well haha. keep meaning to stop with the bodywork mods but I keep on photoshopping some really cool ideas out, am thinking now a red panel in the small rear window would look quite smart, almost gives a little kicker spoiler effect, then I went on to smooth out the rear bumper by removing the number plate recess which looked clean as fuck, but that would be a proper mission to do that myself…
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Love the smooth number plate look, not so keen on the red glass, as I look through it via the inside mirror :)
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Yeah we will see got some cheap ass vinyl to try it out for real & found an illuminated number plate frame if I ever could be assed to smooth that bumper!
All four centre caps got the machine treatment today along with a little polish
whilst no-one was looking. Polished part to be masked then rest of the cap painted white!
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Bought a hatch visor in the end to try and make it fit! Did not spend a huge amount on this just in case is was way off, first look seems alright though. :D
Another thing I'm working on too whilst saving for tyres is tinting the rear lights completely red, will be trying out 24 LED amber bulbs with load resistors to stop them flashing to fast.
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Shaved off front edge with a flap wheel in a drill.
Made a template to rear glass rubber line, marke cut line with tape and trimmed with tin snips.
Trashed the kitchen a little…
Much better fittage now.
Still need to cut in the corners though…
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Hope you tidied up before your missus saw the mess!! Good work, how you gonna fix shade onto rear hatch?
