Ok been on the lookout for a cheap one of these and to my surprise, no joy... SOoooo!!! me being a tight ass when it comes to spending money.. im making my own :WaveBye
Should be almost finished tomoz, a final rub down tomoz and a few prime`s and sanding should do it :) quite impressed with it actually if i do say so :D
How much filler?
Al
enough for a thin covering just to smooth it all off..
Too much time on your hands.
And inspried by a coke carton ;-)
Have you worked out what your hourly rate is and materials.
Make sure she is screwed down tight, dont want the wind geting underneath the vent and ripping her off.
More piccys when finished.
took me about 2 hours up to this stage bud, that sanded too, just forgot to take the pics lol.. i`ll put the finished pics up tomoz, would you like a few Gary? lol
Shouldnt you be sanding some rotors down ?!!!? :D
Looks good though mate, anyone doing anything different from the norm gets my vote !!!
yeah i know m8, trouble is i have nightmares off them, think im on the verg of abandoning that idear..
Ok heres the almost finished pics, i fitted some wire mesh in the hole, needs a wet n dry sand and a final polish... What cha reckon?
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one word.........sweeeet!
cool.... :)
Very impressive work mate, you\'ve done a fantastic job on that!
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that looks mint,
I want one!! :rollin
Thats come out very nice. Good work!
Quote from: John_Hudsonthat looks mint,
I want one!! :rollin
think they retail at 120 plus vat and postage lol..not hard to do, im gunna mess around with a few designs and maybe make a few to sell on ebay :D
Quote from: interloper393think they retail at 120 plus vat and postage lol..not hard to do, im gunna mess around with a few designs and maybe make a few to sell on ebay :D
do it, i want one but cant be arsed:evillaugh
Finished pics with it on the car lol. the vendors all sell these, dont wanna take business from them guys :) dunno if they wanted to sell them for me thats ok??:rolleyes:
Although,looking at the car again it looks good but i think the round bit goes a bit too far back on the cover. If you can make the vents in shorter length and on both lights then these will rock and will sell very well.
I would buy one straight away
As Laeeq says, maybe shorten the depth a little
top stuff buddy top stuff indeed
Quote from: LaeeqAlthough,looking at the car again it looks good but i think the round bit goes a bit too far back on the cover. If you can make the vents in shorter length and on both lights then these will rock and will sell very well.
was thinking that myself, maybe a bit to long lol... o well off i go to hack it up lol.. so if i made a pair to sale,, would i not need to do vendors fees?? been smacked on the bum before lol..
Quote from: interloper393was thinking that myself, maybe a bit to long lol... o well off i go to hack it up lol.. so if i made a pair to sale,, would i not need to do vendors fees?? been smacked on the bum before lol..
yep, that will look good and try to staighten up the vent a bit to its left so will go nicely with the lines of the car...:Thumbs-up
looks awesome mate great job.
I agree though that it needs to be shorter and rotated anti-clockwise to sit nicer with the line of the bonnet and fender.
it would be good to know if it really doesd make a difference to intake temps too.
straighten up this side or the other :P your left or mine lol
K so this looks alot better, excuse the running paint as covering it in primers way easyer than filling and sanding with filler :D
what cha guys think? easy to make a mould of this and copy it over to the right WOOHOO!!
your pretty skillfull arnt ya
well done it looks sweet.
Where you getting all the headlight covers? I need a passenger one...
Looks like a good idea with a bit if planning, however the top on looks a little like a flower pot... LOL
existing ones m8.. rotaryart has them for 20+vat
looks loads better, still reckon its gonna need rotating though.
Sorry that sounds really negative, I don\'t mean to be its a great piece of workmanship, just trying to offer constructive criticism.
you mean moved more to the left of this pic? thought it would work better facing straight on lol..
From a personal perspective I think it would look nicer with the outside line of it following the outside line of the car, if you catch my drift like. Rather than pointing straight forwards.
All personal opinion though.
im currently working on a rotor shaped headlight vent :0) been inspired by this fine creation , good work bud
have a few idears myself now lol
Quote from: interloper393you mean moved more to the left of this pic? thought it would work better facing straight on lol..
yep it needs to move left a bit, why not have a look on one of the original ones and see how they sit?
keep up the good work ;)
Quote from: interloper393existing ones m8.. rotaryart has them for 20+vat
Where abouts? I only seen them for about 60 bucks on the website i think..
theres was a set on there this morning bud, sites been updated i think..
2nd hand ones were £20 but now sold.
Only got new from Mazda
Finished vent, needs a polish and screwed down a bit more, but overal im happy :) looks better shorter :driving
O n my lovely bonnet lifters too... looks very mean she does WOOHOO!!
not sure about bonnet lifters, it always looks like it has been in an accident or something.
looks much better than your last, it was def to long before
looks better in person lol.. just peeeeeeeeeeeeeee`d off with every sod and his dog saying "Hey m8 your bonnets open!!" ehh fook off lol
Quote from: interloper393Finished vent, needs a polish and screwed down a bit more, but overal im happy :) looks better shorter :driving
O n my lovely bonnet lifters too... looks very mean she does WOOHOO!!
yeah they might look nice the lifters but they be better on mine GOING ROUND THE TRACK
pmsl
Looking good guys , back in the day when i had my RX i wanted oneso i got one from Neweara and i had a week off work so i decided to make another one, for sumit to do lol.
Cut the shape
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Some filler
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Stand sanding down
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I prefer the NACA duct type of headlight vent! Looking very cool and some amazing workmanship!!!