Many from Tassie??

[acarr87]

well the kit is for a 2 door, so lots of work ahead for me yet :P it will be the same colour, but with a bit of a pearl through clear coat over the top to bring out the wide body goodness.... was guna look at doin the engine but then i hit the dog, so thats been put off for another year or so i reckon...

[Tassie_328i]

Do you have a background in panel beating?

You have got a job ahead of you! Will be worth it though.

[acarr87]

not much in the way of panel beating, am pretty competent with fibreglassing though, most of it is fibreglass work, then ill probably end up fitting it myself, with the help of a mate from within the industry :P

[Tassie_328i]

i see, i actually have been looking into fibreglassing recently... something i'd like to have a play with for no reason in particular... if that makes sense.

I'm actually looking at learning a bit about fibreglassing so i can have a crack at doing some decorative (non structural) carbon fibre work for the interior.. would like to do away with the wood grain :-)

Goodluck with the project though, look forward to hearing how it comes along.

[acarr87]

fibregalss is actually not that hard to work with... as for the carbon fibre stuff, its very similar to fibreglassing, but the problem is that carbon fibre has to be vacuum sealed for it to adhere correctly, maybe it would work alright on a flat surface without the vacuum, but thats what my mate told me (has vast experience with fibreglass and carbon)... i can give you a rundown on the basics of fibreglassing one day if you like...

[Tassie_328i]

that would be great. i have read about the vacuum bagging etc, thought i might get away with just laying it up for such small pieces... but that's without any practical testing or experience... so at the moment it just seems good in my head.

[acarr87]

depends on what it is that you are wanting to cover i guess... it wouldnt be so bad on flat panels, have looked at diy jobs on the net on diffusers etc and they look to have come up fine without vacuuming... but i would suggest you buy a spare of what you want to cover to play with if your wanting to experiment haha

[Tassie_328i]

Like to do the gear shift lever surround, little piece over the glovebox and i've got strips along the doors aswell..

Ideal would be to make fibreglass moulds of the parts and then got to town... as i said before its all very conceptual at the moment.

Then i'll move onto the group 5 kit for the e21

[BMR_PWR]

Wow i havent looked at this section for a while!! it seems all the action is going on while i have my back turned :-p! good to see things starting to progress in the bmw cars side of tassie! black luck with the dog acarr87, did u kill it btw?? soz just had to ask . i miss my bmw.......

[acarr87]

Originally Posted by BMR_PWR

Wow i havent looked at this section for a while!! it seems all the action is going on while i have my back turned :-p! good to see things starting to progress in the bmw cars side of tassie! black luck with the dog acarr87, did u kill it btw?? soz just had to ask . i miss my bmw.......

haha yea dog died on impact, and if it didnt i woulda gladly put it out of its misery... had no collar on it either so i have to brunt the full cost of it all...

[Tassie_328i]

Originally Posted by BMR_PWR

Wow i havent looked at this section for a while!! it seems all the action is going on while i have my back turned :-p! good to see things starting to progress in the bmw cars side of tassie! black luck with the dog acarr87, did u kill it btw?? soz just had to ask . i miss my bmw.......

Hey Brad, How's the search for a replacement going??

[BMR_PWR]

Well im not gunna buy another bmw till nxt year i rekon because i want to buy something good and have $ for mods aswell. so i just bought a 97 magna (i know they suck!!) which i was able to get cheap. so now its save save save till early nxt yr. mayb an e36 3 or 5er. cheers Brad

[acarr87]

well update for me: car is startin to look like a car again lol progress is very painstakingly slow, as i got full time at work, so i have the money but not the time lol

[Tassie_328i]

That's starting to come back together! You'd be keen to get it back on the road.

[acarr87]

yea very slowly gettin there... im keen as hell, but realistically its still going to be a few months off yet...