[Mk2] [Generic] Round 3 of the windscreen cowl mod

[BLZ-8027]

I bought some carbon fibre cloth and covered another windscreen cowl ,Almost ready to fit now ,what do you think?





Fitting it Saturday so ill see what it looks like then

[alanmr2turbo]

looks very good, must have took you bloody ages cutting around those vents

how much was the cloth etc and where from? As i want to do my interior plastics as the vinyl wrap is totally naff

[BLZ-8027]

looks very good, must have took you bloody ages cutting around those vents
how much was the cloth etc and where from? As i want to do my interior plastics as the vinyl wrap is totally naff

I bought these, not much dearer than the vinyl

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0658175499
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500g-Water-Cl ... 3352d041db

ive got an old stereo surround if you want it to play with?

[Tomm]

Interesting this!

I am totally addicted to carbon at the moment and am itching to have a go at making my own stuff.

Here have you skinned the original scuttle? Or did you cast the original and then make a replacement Carbon fiber item?

I have been considering the Carbon mods skinning kit but at £50 odd quid i was considering other options.

I have been told that you can make your own molds of original parts using fiberglass if you wanted to make the part out of carbon instead of just skinning it. I really need to have a go at this.

How is the weave on the fabric you used?

[NDR008]

Looking sweet mate! Is that the same one you bought when you sold yours to me?

[BLZ-8027]

Looking sweet mate! Is that the same one you bought when you sold yours to me?

No i made this from a standard one ,the other was an E-bay buy, which made me decide to do my own

[Drifter]

That looks awsome! Might have a blast at that soon, defiantly freshens up the cowl

[BLZ-8027]

That looks awsome! Might have a blast at that soon, defiantly freshens up the cowl

Thanks

winter job for you ,get hold of another cowl ,and away you go

[Drifter]

Indeed. Just need to find a cowl for cheap, if im any good at it i might start attacking some other bits of my MR2

You use 3M wrap? And did you use primer and stuff... ?

[BLZ-8027]

Indeed. Just need to find a cowl for cheap, if im any good at it i might start attacking some other bits of my MR2

You use 3M wrap? And did you use primer and stuff... ?

This one is proper carbon fibre cloth and resin ,if you read a couple of posts up ,you will find what i used

filled all the vents i didn't want with flexible bumper filler ,then carbon skinned over the top

Round 1 ,just painted ,not a very good finish

Round 2 carbon vinyl wrapped ,better looking finish, but it has lifted in places due to the weather

i was going to do it again and lacquer it but decided against it hence round 3

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic. ... wl&start=0