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Carlzilla

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I think im going to bolt/weld some brackets onto the inner wings near the hinge panel and bond the a panels to those and the hinge panel itself, and another bracket towards to the front of the car close on the triangular point on the panel. There will be a fg front attached to this, with dzus fasteners.
The front doesnt have to flip forwards as its a 2 piece front but still on the hinges ive been supplied, or possibly bonnet pins, and bond the a panels to the fg front, and fit the dzus fasteners onto brackets welded/bolted to the hinge panel/inner wings.

Any thoughts/suggestions welcome as thats why i posted this here.
Cheers

On 26th Jan, 2012 Tom Fenton said:
ring problems are down to wear or abuse but although annoying it isn't a show stopper

On 5th Aug, 2014 madmk1 said:
Shit the bed! I had snapped the end of my shaft off!!

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Gaball

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Isn't it normally done by bonding them to the front and and having this all as a removable front?

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Carbon but plug?


Sam

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Silkoflex to bond onto where hinge section i guess you could call it that,

Personally i would do as gaball said, personally, i think its a much tidier solotion.

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OMG Robert that's a big one


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If you have a 2-piece front, then just bond them to the front.

The joint between the A-panel and the wing will be crap if it's not bonded. It's crap with steel A panels, it'll be worse with GRP ones.

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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.


miniminor63

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why not just use a front with the A panels already in place? those are available from ABS.


Carlzilla

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Because i already have a front and a panels and didnt want to spend more money to get them pre bonded to the front when i wasnt sure how i was going to attach them, and i dont mind doing it myself and saving a few quid :)

On 26th Jan, 2012 Tom Fenton said:
ring problems are down to wear or abuse but although annoying it isn't a show stopper

On 5th Aug, 2014 madmk1 said:
Shit the bed! I had snapped the end of my shaft off!!

17.213 @ 71mph, 64bhp n/a (Old Engine)


wil_h

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I just used some chop mat and resin from halfords and bonded along the back to join mine on.

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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.


Carlzilla

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Cheers Wil, shall probably do that, can use it to keep wiring in place too if i made some small loops and bonded those on

On 26th Jan, 2012 Tom Fenton said:
ring problems are down to wear or abuse but although annoying it isn't a show stopper

On 5th Aug, 2014 madmk1 said:
Shit the bed! I had snapped the end of my shaft off!!

17.213 @ 71mph, 64bhp n/a (Old Engine)

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