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ayoungman - 13/12/05 at 12:17 PM

I've spent a little time making a stainless trim for my exhaust. What do you think ?
don't forget, I'm having the grp painted silver, so ignore the yukky yellow Rescued attachment DSCF0050.JPG
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emsfactory - 13/12/05 at 12:36 PM

Swish.


Dave J - 13/12/05 at 01:10 PM

Lovely job

Quite like yellow myself.


cryoman1965 - 13/12/05 at 01:20 PM

Looks like you have spent more than a little time on that project. Very nice. Small items/attention to detail make the difference between an ok car and a real nice one. Looks like yours could be a really nice one.

Cheers Nige


britishtrident - 13/12/05 at 03:54 PM

We are not worthy
We are not worthy ;-)


Kinda like the yellow myself.


ayoungman - 14/12/05 at 08:30 AM

Thanks for the comments guys. I knew I'd get a response from the 'Pro yellow liberation front'

Its just that I've got a yellow tub, blue bonnet and red nose cone and I'm sick of looking at it at the moment. I cant get it sprayed until the rear suspension is finished


02GF74 - 14/12/05 at 11:12 AM

very bling!!!

pray tell us more how you made it? Is it a piece of stainless sheet cut in a whacky shape? It looks like it is folded over into the hole, surely not?

What colour scheme do you have in mind? Mine is red but since I have had 3 red cars already, I plan to paint the nose either lime green or orange, then have it blend at a diagonal along the sides to a black rear end. The bonnet will be raw aluminium.


ayoungman - 15/12/05 at 12:39 PM

Very simple ! Cornflake box used to mark out shape and size of hole.
Then cut out to make a template.
Transferred onto a sexy piece of stainless sheet.

Air powered nibbler used to cut to the profile needed.
A couple of hours spent polishing on a buffing machine.
Hey- presto, an exhaust trim.

oh, car is silver bodywork, pink/purple chassis plus lots of chrome bling


chrisf - 15/12/05 at 03:02 PM

I hope to do the same thing; it looks very nice. Why did you decide on stainless and not ali? I planned on ali because it is so much easier to work with...

Also, did you put a backing plate behind the bolts or just big washers?

--Chris


ayoungman - 4/1/06 at 12:12 PM

Two reasons why I chose stainless. Firstly, aluminium looks great when polished but does need regular upkeep to mainain its polished appearance. Stainless is much superior in keeping a shine.

Secondly, I've got plenty of the stuff knocking around and I've got air powered nibblers to cut it !

I've rivnutted into the grp with a large penny washer to spread the load. HTH


02GF74 - 4/1/06 at 12:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ayoungman
Two reasons why I chose stainless. Firstly, aluminium looks great when polished but does need regular upkeep to mainain its polished appearance. Stainless is much superior in keeping a shine.




ah, but think of the weight saving!! If you spary ali with clear laquer after polishing, that works. Or considered anodising?