Fiesta St Engine Cover


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tha_pop (24/03/2014)
Hi Wozza, can you please share a picture of how the cover has been secured to the mirror, what kind of adhesive was used. any help will be greatly appreciated


Hi, sorry in the rush to get the things on the car I didn't think to take any pictures. The first set were trimmed roughly to size (+2-3mm). The originals given a good clean with panel wipe and then the new skins were bonded on with standard black PU (Sikaflex) held in place with masking tape until cured. Once cured the skins were given a final trim and a quick polish.
Because of the higher temps the engine cover was done using epoxy resin (with some black pigment added). A layer of resin was brushed over the original, the new skin fitted and the whole thing vac bagged.

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Looking good as always!!

Warren Penalver
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Hahaha. I thought that was you on compositescentral. 

Once again great work. Love to see it mounted to the car. 
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Hi Wozza, can you please share a picture of how the cover has been secured to the mirror, what kind of adhesive was used. any help will be greatly appreciated
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Parts fitted to customers car.

Warren






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kidpaint (17/03/2014)
looks great, nice shine to it!



Cheers, that's down to a lot of time spent flatting and polishing the pattern and EC's GC50 in mould gelcoat.Smile

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looks great, nice shine to it!
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I think the larger weave works for certain applications, it also has the added bonus of being much easier to lay into more complex moulds without having to worry too much about weave alignment.Wink

Warren

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Looks good, agreed, I much prefer the chunkier look of 450 as a surface layer
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Great work Warren the 450 can look good on a large part.
Chris
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