carbon

[vest_racing]

Nice car ENVYD!

[ENVYD]

thanks mate

[Jono FD3]

Oh yea....I should have said, carbon fiber destroys all electric motors the motor of a dremal (any electrical power tool) draws air through the casing to cool the motor, this then drags fine particals of carbon through the brushes and basicaly burns them out & scars the main shaft!! you can replace the brushes, but due to the scoring on the main shaft, they will again only last a short period of time!! so if anyone is looking at doing anything in carbon, buy cheep throw away tools as they will only last a short time (if they are top quality or not) the only thing that will last while cutting carbon is air power tools as they don\'t use air from the atmosphere to cool them

Jono

[ENVYD]

ahhh thanks for that mate! was just about to buy another one for £50 lol what a waste that would of been!
 
steven

[Jono FD3]

Also ware a mask mate as this stuff is nasty as Fook! even with a mask on my sinuses are nakerd for 24 hrs if I do anything with carbon.... the last few times I have trimed it with a sharp knife (scalple) & I still get affected!

Jono

[Bobbit]

Agree with that Jono, I cut my carbon outside with a mask on and it still causes my sinuses probs. I wear my safety goggles too, i might look like a pillock but id rather not take any chances (and yes i do know i look like a pillock anyway lol). Found my usb cable so i\'ll pop some pics up soon.

[leeincivic]

awesome looking dash mate! might rob the idea of ya soon and do mine:Giggle

quick question tho with regards to painting the engine bay, can you give a bit more explaination on which stuff you moved/removed to paint it, i have been thinking about doing mine for ages coz av just had my car sprayed white from the original red so the engine bay looks cack:rolleyes:

i did a small piece in smooth hammerite with a brush as a test but it looks awful compared to yours,

cheers mate and keep posting progress pics:Thumbsup!

[ENVYD]

lol i have a copyright on my dash mate just kiding!
 
when i painted the engine bay i had no intercooler, no intake pipe\'s, no rad alot of vacume pipe\'s where off, then i masked up the parts i didnt want to paint to tuck, used a scotch pad to key the paint and then went over useing just a rattle can of satin black, then over all that with clear coat!
 
hope that helps!

[leeincivic]

sweet cheers mate, doin the engine bay does not sound too bad but bet its one of them "wish i never started!" type of jobs haha definately gonna tackle it tho coz it dont half look good mate :mmmm

[ENVYD]

thanks mate!
 
nah its dead easy to do and feels like it only takes 5 mins!

[leeincivic]

SOLD!! sounds like my weekend is planned to me then!! haha cheers matey

[ENVYD]

lol no bother!

[karl_tate]

ive started on mine while waiting for bits, only really gave it a good clean and masked a couple of bits up, will do a bit more this weekend and post some pictures.

did you not use any primer or anything mate??

get some pictures of your as well if you do it at the weekend

[neil_jdmr]

just OOI, dyou know if neils mapping sess went all ok?

 
Yeah everything went spot on Jit thanks for asking, really happy with the car now so thanks fella for your help.
 
 
Steven thats looking spot on now mate, now you have your dash back together and all the peices in place it really does look amazing.
 
Top work fella

[ENVYD]

nah no primer mate just alot of coats of black was just a quick job i did! and seems to of done the trick!