Bonnet

gremlin · Post by **gremlin** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:59 pm

Hey guys. I am in urgent need of a s13 bonnet and front indicator\park lights. Gettting from nissan takes 2 months and costs a packet. Does anyone know where i can get a standard. carbon or fibreglass bonnet. Or maybe get one made. And where I can get front indicator\park lights. I remember Toby posted a thing for clear ones for R500 quite a while ago. Do you still have that contact Toby? Anyone else know where i can get? Preferably with 48 hour delivery.

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:25 pm

If I remember correctly the indicators was on ebay, and unfortunatly not a contact.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:08 am

I also had a bit of a hairy moment on the ruimte-old joeys corner dude. Hope you get sorted and il keep a eye out.

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:41 am

I love that corner, my passengers don't

Ummm I'm thinking of making a mold from my bonnet... which currently just sitting there... I'll do a bit of research to see what is needed.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:46 am

Maybe carbon fibre bonnets?? If we order in bulk maybe it wil cheaper??

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:00 am

I love that corner, my passengers don't

Ummm I'm thinking of making a mold from my bonnet... which currently just sitting there... I'll do a bit of research to see what is needed.

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:21 am

nou boet, sê vir die oom nou mooi WAT DE DONNER HET JY NOU AANGEVANG!?

do you have the backings of your indicators intact? I have a plan!

but not for the bonnet though - not yet!
your bumper still intact?

watch space

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:22 am

how do you work with carbon fibre - just like fibreglass?

gremlin · Post by **gremlin** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:26 pm

I found a few places that can make carbon bonnets. But they need a bonnet to make moulds from. Mine is a bit waisted. Anyone willing to lend me one?

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:46 pm

How much they want for the carbon one??

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:51 pm

mine is available...

Find out costs and so forth... then we talk

You get two types of carbon

Dry - Very light - very strong - you stick the mat together over a mold and you bake it in a vacuumed oven - very very expensive - the stuff F1 cars use

Wet - Not much different that your normal fiberglass although it is much stronger since the mat is weaved but its not much lighter than fiberglass believe it or not... the mat is still bonded with resin and that is heavy.

My buddies helped a guy fit a Carbon Creations kit to a RX7 the stuff wasn't that light, I have felt Golf bumbers from Autostyle that is lighter.

Carbon is quite expensive the best i could find is R250 sq M so for a bonnet you need at least 3 / 5 layers and its probally 3 sq at a time... $$$

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:47 pm

and then you need a guy like me - i have discovered that here at work i'm sitting with a half-a-million-just-sitting-here-one-of-only-three-is-SA-vacuum-oven

see where i'm going with this?

im gonna make lights and bumpers and wings and whores and crack and uhhm, did i say that out loud?

talka dirty to me people, where do we go from here?

WooHaa · Post by **WooHaa** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:03 pm

You gotta take me to your work dude......Like "bring a school boy to work" kinda thing.

This oven of yours sounds lekker.......& if you bring me along, I'll bring some doh & special special stuff & we can make space cookies!!!!

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:28 am

cool! if you have a mould we can make little bunny wabbit space cookies, or little faeries, or dragons, or puppies, or little pamelas, or for you little hasselhoffs

who has the altezza lights on the back - hennie, was it you?
are your standard ones for sale?

i will also take front indicators and side markers if someone has them.

come on people - the possiblilities are endless (wel, wanna start with small things first - so no big pamelas)

gremlin · Post by **gremlin** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:19 am

i found a place close to me that can make anything out of carbon fibre. to make a mould for a bonnet and to make the bonnet, they charge 10k. but if i can get moulds they charge between 3 and 4k. so anyone have a mould for me. bruno, old buddy! hint hint.