Hi All,
I had this idea of trimming the interior,
but still leaving the chassis visible; sort
of infill each triangle formed by the diagonal braces.
Clad with vinyl, over 4mm soft foam, on
16mm firm foam on a piece of ?????? to
hold it in shape. (see pic)
Best thing I can think of is 3mm plywood
but I'm concerned that if it gets wet it will
warp and delaminate.
Any ideas chaps ?
[Edited on 16/7/04 by type 907]
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How do you get two pics in one post ?
This is a photoshop pic of what it might look like.
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Like the idea, instead of plywood why don't you use a piece of 1.2mm aluminium sheet ? Or you could seal the plywood with acrylic varnish before
you glue the material to it. I have a bath side panel made of MDF we shaped painted the panel then sealed it with 4 coats of acrylic varnish, no
problems with water destroying the MDF even after 12 months. Buy the stuff from B+Q.
Also to get two photos in one post, I paste them all into Powerpoint them save them as a single .jpg file
To get two images in one post you use BBCode tags. The image ones look like this:
[img] [/img]
All you do is put the web address of the image between the tags.
eg.
[img]http://www.chris.renney.dsl.pipex.com/images/chassis_images/chassis026.jpg[/img]
You can use as many tags as you like.
The BBCode from my last post looks like this
You can just keep adding more too.
etc
fozzie has done something similar to what you are suggesting. the car is ali side panelled with vinal on the inside of the ali witht he chassis still
visibile. its a nice job.
Ned.
There wouldn't be a problem if you used exterior or even better marine grade ply, or even "Medite" the stuff they build LocUsts out
of.
Cheers
Chris
I like the look of that. Looks a bit different from the 100s of black interiors out there (mine included).
Next your be on SKY doing car interior makeovers.
Hi again Chaps,
Thanks very much for the imput.
GMTBH:- I like the 1.2 ali, stretch the vinyl over the sandwich & stick it down on the back with......... d/s carpet tape ???
Chris G:- Never come across "medite". I also like the idea of marine ply. Can you get it as thin as 3mm ?
As for you Zetec:- "Makeover's on Sky"? I smell bull***t
And Chris R:- May I compliment you on being such a handsome fine fellow, and you look so young. Do you use "Oil of Ugly"?
Thanks again
Paul G
(any more)
Not at the moment, but at least i'm not gonna have problems finding seats to fit. Reaching the pedals may be a problem though.
Spray adhesive is much cheaper. A thin film over the aluminium panel and on the foam or whatever you are sticking it to. You'll probably do the whole interior and still have some left over.
I used marine ply covered in vinyl for all of my interior (theres a lot of interior) Only used half a tin of spray adhesive. Gives you a few chances
to get it right when you get an unwanted crease too.
John
Ooo er, I'v got several unwanted creases.
Where can I get spray adhesive?
Any particular make recommended?
Many thanks for your replies.
Paul G
along the same lines, if the inside was left un covered and with no "wedges" filling the chassis voids would the edhes of the chassis rails contravene the SVA internal edge radii rules?
quote:
Originally posted by type 907
Ooo er, I'v got several unwanted creases.
Where can I get spray adhesive?
Any particular make recommended?
Many thanks for your replies.
Paul G
quote:
Originally posted by type 907
Where can I get spray adhesive?
Any particular make recommended?
Many thanks for your replies.
Paul G
Two votes for B&Q then. Thanks John & Tim, (& for the suggestion to use it in the firsrt place)
I'm not telling the wife I'm off to the carpet section though.
Col, good point. Don't know to be honest!
The rad on my s/s box is 2mm.
Paul G
Type, it may be something to consider though! unless you can make the wedges so that you can not get the sphere onto the corner of the tube.