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Old 09-19-2011, 10:18 AM
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Hey guys, I'm new to the site and love it. I have a 2011 black tc manual. My ? Is where can I find a spark plug cover that shawn baker had on his sema show car.
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Old 09-19-2011, 10:42 AM
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custom made
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Do you know of any company that can do this?
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Old 09-19-2011, 03:36 PM
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any machine shop should be able to
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Andre, you could probably make one yourself out of fiberglass.
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I'll have to look into that, don't know many places in San Diego that do custom work, and I've never messed with cf
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he said fiberglass, not carbon fiber. fiberglass is pretty easy to work with. but i would still recommend getting a aluminum one made.
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Use cardboard to make the design how ever you want, cover the cardboard in painters tape, lay the fiber glass over it, mix the resin and hardner, pour it on, lay another sheet of fiberglass and pour the resin, lay another sheet of fiber glass pour the resin. Wait for it to dry approximately 8 hours or until hardened. sand the crap out of it, get some body filler and put a light coat over it, sand it again, prime, sand, paint, sand, paint, sand, paint, sand, clear, wetsand, clear, wetsand, clear, buff and then polish. Done.


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Like a BAUCE!!
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Good idea (and what a nice color scheme.) I found a custom metal milling and sheet metal fabrication shop in town and was thinking of going the custom aluminum route. Anyone have a rough estimate how much something like that would cost?
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WellesleyScion thanks you so much, best reply ever. Can't wait to do this.
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Originally Posted by amolozhaviy
Hey guys, I'm new to the site and love it. I have a 2011 black tc manual. My ? Is where can I find a spark plug cover that shawn baker had on his sema show car.
Just talked to Shawn B. It was custom made by his body shop with sheet metal and was painted black. He don't have the car it's on tour of the year. So there is on way to copy it.

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them take yours out and send it to a shop to paint it
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