Rob B
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Hey guys,
as title really, wandering where i can buy some from ? Is this the sort of stuff they would have at B&Q need atleast a metre wide but preferably 1.5m wide and 50 - 100 cm depth.
Cheers Rob
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VegasPhil
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Roadside sign
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Rob B
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not quite thick enough, good thinking though mate ha
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dean101287
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Ebay? Any local metal goods suppliers?
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Cole
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Service metals in baintree might be able to help you out
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Rob B
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Is that anywhere in the midlands ?
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ed
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These are the guys I use. Just off of the A38 in B'ham:
http://www.johnkeatleymetals.com/
(Your rods arrived, just waiting for the die to arrive now BTW)
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Rob B
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Wahoo Cheers mate, think they'll be done before the 2nd of June? as i've booked in to have them fitted along with my new coilover springs.
Thanks for the link also!
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ed
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Easily get them done by then.
Those guys are pretty good. They often give you offcuts if you only need a little bit. Will also cut stuff to size...
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Rob B
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Sweet, now to work out how to cut it in a curve, I'm making a front diffuser or going to try anyway
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AK
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use a carbon/foam sheet. Much safer on hands/legs and easier to shape.
see
Carbon Mods site - http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Products/Foam-Cored-Carbon-Fibre-Panel__CMFCULSS4MM.aspx
Both the Impreza and Skyline have spiltters that flat bottom the front of the car. The impreza is just a sheet of hardboard for now as more of a testing excersise before using carbon
should be easily wide enough for you needs
2m long, 1m deep
[Edited on 20-05-2010 by AK]
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AK
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here is the full off the shelf kit - just cut to fit
http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Products/Extra-Wide-Carbon-Fibre-Front-Splitter-Kit__CMEWSPLT002.aspx
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Rob B
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quote: Originally posted by AK
here is the full off the shelf kit - just cut to fit
http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Products/Extra-Wide-Carbon-Fibre-Front-Splitter-Kit__CMEWSPLT002.aspx
That's what i want to do, flatten the underside off and create a bit of downforce at the front. When you say hardboard i presume you mean hardboard from B&Q ? about 3mm thick ? Think i may try that first before i go for the carbon. I currently have winglets as such which stick out the front but want to extend the whole thing really.
You can see the winglets here, they come to the edge of where the mugen lip stops on the sides. Is it a beneficial thing to do ?
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn269/r8byb/civic%20bits/1DSCF2080.jpg
Cheers
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AK
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hardboard was from B&Q yes, something like £10
It weighs a bit more, but you can chop it up etc without too much of a thought
I think I used 4-6mm, cant remember
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SR91
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B&Q dont stock sheet metal, hardboard yes and carbon fibre no
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SR91
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Also if you're going B&Q theyre having a sale next week, hold your horses unless its urgent..
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sand-eel
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I'm going to do this at some point, to the bmw as it already has a plastic one, but they are crap and many peoples have fallen off, including mine
Stuff spending £360 on the carbon stuff, maybe aluminium or some strong plastic sheet.
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ed
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A splitter made of 3mm aluminium sheet will weigh a fuckin' tonne! Hardboard is probably more suitable, for a prototype at least...
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AK
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I dont like the idea of alu sheet for splitters.
Alu wont take knocks and dents like wood/plastic/carbon.
any small knock will just dent it, and it'll be quite hard to flatten it properly.
ABS plastic
Foam/Carbon
or 4mm ply
I'll get pics of both ours
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AK
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both extend back to just in front of the front wheels, so aprox 500-600mm deep
You want at max about 150mm pround of the bumper line, I'd go for about 100mm
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sand-eel
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This?
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9276448&fh_view_size=10&fh_eds=%3f&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB%2fcategories%3c%7b9392129%7d&fh_search=hard+board&fh_refview=search&ts=1274467145964&isSearch=false
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AK
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6mm MDF is NOT a good idea
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