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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:12 AM
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Been a bit busy, so Ive been unable to work on some c/f as much as I'd like... But figure I'd give you guys and gals a little teaser of something else I am working on...

Hoping I'll have the mold cleaned up and able to run the first cover tomorrow night, if not Sat.

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Oh and just some FYI, the orange is tooling gelcoat... It'll be all trimmed down tomorrow, glassed a bit, and then sanded smooth as hell so that I can be able to unmold the c/f...
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what is it?
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:23 AM
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Its a mold of the mirror, but it's of the inside of the oem cover... If you look you can see some of the squares and whatnot that are on the interior of the oem one... But most of my sanding to get all the crap on the inside off took care of many of those...

Pretty much I'll need to glass it up some, clean it up, then use that as a base to make the cover replacements...
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oh i see now, looks like its gonna be sweet
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:39 AM
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That looks hideous. What an Atrocity...










Just kidding.
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f*cker, "No cover for you"
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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this would complete the look of a lot of panda's out there i bet

for me though fit would have to be absolutely perfect to consider, i really hate semi fitting stuff, looks horrible.
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Can you carbon fiber a mold of me???


Looking good so far on the covers. Are you doing everything CF?
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Yea that's what I am trying to figure out now... Im thinking of having a lip on the underside that you can use to adhere to the frame of the mirror assy...
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Originally Posted by Scott8
Can you carbon fiber a mold of me???


Looking good so far on the covers. Are you doing everything CF?
u know i'd have to buy you then....and then what...
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Sure Scott...

Not doing everything, paint matching some others, and trying to do a variation of c/f and red/black carbon fiber/ kevlar... But that's just today, who knows tomorrow... ;)
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hmm, well that'd help out a bit i expect. waiting on pics then :D and hoping you can keep the price down if you start with a group buy or something big :D
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Oops... Anyways I'll probably just keep the price down... To do GP/GB I'd prefer to have them already made and on the shelf, so probably not likely... But w/ enough interest, who knows...
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Originally Posted by Scott8
Can you carbon fiber a mold of me???


Looking good so far on the covers. Are you doing everything CF?
u know i'd have to buy you then....and then what...
I'd tell you, but your man would get jealous!!!
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Originally Posted by Scoobasteve4132
Sure Scott...

Not doing everything, paint matching some others, and trying to do a variation of c/f and red/black carbon fiber/ kevlar... But that's just today, who knows tomorrow... ;)
SL people will buy just about anything CF if they like CF!
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Yea I was the same way.... Now I can make it or overlay it... ;)
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Originally Posted by Scoobasteve4132
Yea I was the same way.... Now I can make it or overlay it... ;)
you should be a rich man if your product looks good, and fits good!
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Scoobasteve4132
f*cker, "No cover for you"
not nice... I said I was kidding.



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