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 8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
24th Feb, 2011 at 11:03:29pm
Ive recently bought a new mk1 bootlid but it hasn't got enough curve in it.
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 1596 Posts Member #: 8027 Post Whore Thrapston, Kettering, Northants NN14 |
24th Feb, 2011 at 11:05:41pm
Can it not be taken back? On 17th Feb, 2011 apbellamy said:
I popped my first one out the other day... |
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
24th Feb, 2011 at 11:57:23pm
I bought it second hand. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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1596 Posts Member #: 8027 Post Whore Thrapston, Kettering, Northants NN14 |
25th Feb, 2011 at 12:10:20am
Could you make a jig to bend it using an old boot, get the old boot weld braces all behind it so it's got some rigidity, then place the new one on it with some weights in each corner and see if it bends gradually over time. It's all I can think of, don't know if heat would help or just cause damage on a large panel. On 17th Feb, 2011 apbellamy said:
I popped my first one out the other day... |
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Forum Mod  5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
25th Feb, 2011 at 05:42:25am
I come across this before, I laid it on the ground with a chunk of wood under the lock area of the frame then I leaned on the two top corners to give it a bit more shape. Be careful placing the wood though or you'll crush the frame
I seriously doubt it! |
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
25th Feb, 2011 at 08:36:32am
It's starting to look like Heritage panels are only good for using the correct gauge of steel. The shapes of the panels seem to be all over the show. Certainly not what you would expect from production tooling. On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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 8215 Posts Member #: 90 Post Whore Somewhere around Swindon |
25th Feb, 2011 at 08:42:47am
is it 100% heritage Crystal Sound Audio said:
Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead ! "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."-Douglas Adams |
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 12307 Posts Member #: 565 Carlos Fandango Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex |
25th Feb, 2011 at 09:05:09am
mine is a shite fit too, only i didnt realise till it was painted :/ On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged... Joe, do you have a photo of your tool? http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1 https://joe1977.imgbb.com/ |
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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
25th Feb, 2011 at 09:31:42am
On 25th Feb, 2011 Sprocket said:
It's starting to look like Heritage panels are only good for using the correct gauge of steel. The shapes of the panels seem to be all over the show. Certainly not what you would expect from production tooling. I found this with some of the smaller closing panels. Also the sidelight holes in my clubman front panels/wings didn't line up properly... On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it 
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 9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
25th Feb, 2011 at 09:39:26am
I bet there was a callibrated bit of wood like Pauls on the boot-fitting shop floor.
On 25th Feb, 2011 Sprocket said:
It's starting to look like Heritage panels are only good for using the correct gauge of steel. The shapes of the panels seem to be all over the show. Certainly not what you would expect from production tooling. Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
25th Feb, 2011 at 09:50:19am
Probibly had a Churchill Special Tool part number too
On 25th Feb, 2011 wil_h said:
I bet there was a callibrated bit of wood like Pauls on the boot-fitting shop floor. On 25th Feb, 2011 Sprocket said: It's starting to look like Heritage panels are only good for using the correct gauge of steel. The shapes of the panels seem to be all over the show. Certainly not what you would expect from production tooling. On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
25th Feb, 2011 at 09:57:52am
Cheers for the reply lads, I'll give Pauls idea a go!
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11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
25th Feb, 2011 at 11:33:10am
On 25th Feb, 2011 matty said:
Cheers for the reply lads, I'll give Pauls idea a go! Heritage panels are shite, my inner wing I received this week is terrible! ive had to use a scissor jack on it to get it to sit in the right place. It also has a vertical swage line down it, and the inner wing I received a few months back didn't!  I think there are more than just the one type of the same panel on most of the Mini panels to accomodate the difference in actual ages of cars. The swage on the inner wing, if its the one I am thinking about, is a latter panel, the earlier ones never used to have this. I think some suppliers don't seem too concerned with this and as far as they are concerned, an inner wing is an inner wing, or, it was just what was available at the time, or it could be that they are ignorant of the minor differencies in panels, that the proper restoration requires. On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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1596 Posts Member #: 8027 Post Whore Thrapston, Kettering, Northants NN14 |
25th Feb, 2011 at 12:10:34pm
If there panels are like that tho and not quite right of late. Does that not make you wonder about the shells? On 17th Feb, 2011 apbellamy said:
I popped my first one out the other day... |
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940 Posts Member #: 1424 Post Whore Carnforth, Lancs |
25th Feb, 2011 at 01:00:16pm
I think it quite widely accepted that even Heritage stuff is not as good as genuine.
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9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
25th Feb, 2011 at 01:15:56pm
On 25th Feb, 2011 graemec said:
New heritage shells are not that good out of the box - I believe they need a bit of work to make them good. But then so did the shells on the line, just they employed a man to make them right! Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
25th Feb, 2011 at 03:53:51pm
Apparently the left hand inner wings are made to the later van spec where as the right hand wings are made to the earlier original spec https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
25th Feb, 2011 at 05:07:10pm
Matty
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
25th Feb, 2011 at 07:54:14pm
Cheers for the offer Rob, I may end up taking you up on that offer!
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6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
25th Feb, 2011 at 08:03:26pm
no probs- i'll dig it out and take some photos just in case |
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
25th Feb, 2011 at 08:40:04pm
That would be great, thanks! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
28th Feb, 2011 at 09:51:32pm
I think ive sorted it now. I managed to curve it a bit more, and after comparing the hinge holes to my genuine boot, it turns out they were in the wrong place! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
1st Mar, 2011 at 11:15:59am
good stuff |
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