Lotus Exige Front Clam

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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 8 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Aaaaaand because I'm now in a posting mood; the front bodywork I did for our Exige race car: Wheel arches flared by 35mm: Original fibreglass weight was 16kg. New carbon bodywork is 6kg, and infinitely stronger and stiffer.
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Lotus Exige Front Clam

Hanaldo - 8 Years Ago

The spread tow racing stripe is sure getting popular :p Looking good I like the rings design...

davro - 8 Years Ago

looking good, i know plenty of lotus owners in the uk that would love a front end like that!

scottracing - 8 Years Ago

[quote][b]scottracing (16/04/2016)[/b][hr]looking good, i know plenty of lotus owners in the uk that...

Hanaldo - 8 Years Ago

Looking good there Hanaldo, 6kg, tut tut, that's a bit heavy isn't it?? (only joking) How...

ChrisR - 8 Years Ago

[quote][b]ChrisR (17/04/2016)[/b][hr]Looking good there Hanaldo, 6kg, tut tut, that's a bit heavy...

Hanaldo - 8 Years Ago

Nice, there are a few places in the UK that do racing clams already but with mixed reviews. Some...

ChrisR - 8 Years Ago

[quote][b]Hanaldo (16/04/2016)[/b][hr][quote][b]scottracing (16/04/2016)[/b][hr]looking good, i know...

scottracing - 8 Years Ago

Very nice work!! I am equally impressed with how clean your floors are. Fred

fgayford - 8 Years Ago

Nice work! I'm currently trying to build up my level of arsedness to do clams for the opel...

FLD - 8 Years Ago

Brilliant! This is what we want to see! :) Was that sprayed with Sunshield?

Brian2fast - 8 Years Ago

FLD, no, this mould is far too big for envelope bagging. I could have made it work by joining...

Hanaldo - 8 Years Ago

Fantastic work Hanaldo That mould looks great and Ive no doubt that a great deal of thought went...

MarkMK - 8 Years Ago

The greatest challenge was definitely laying up the mould. Not sure if you guys in the Northern...

Hanaldo - 8 Years Ago

Hanaldo I'm guessing from your lay-up method that it wasn't possible to apply any sort of in-mould...

MarkMK - 8 Years Ago

Mark, It's certainly would have been possible to use an in-mould coating. The main reason I didn't...

Hanaldo - 8 Years Ago

Images don't seem to be working in the first post.. any chance these can be sorted as would love to...

Biggerbigben - 7 Years Ago

As Hanaldo posted the pics up some time ago now, they've probably become unavailable feom the...

MarkMK - 7 Years Ago

[quote][b]MarkMK (02/02/2017)[/b][hr]As Hanaldo posted the pics up some time ago now, they've...

jdp530 - 7 Years Ago

Those parts look good Mark, did you make them with one piece of cloth (without any joins)?

ChrisP - 7 Years Ago

No, quite a lot of cutting and jointing to get a decent weave alignment. Cutting templates made for...

MarkMK - 7 Years Ago

Fair enough. Those parts look fantastic. Not sure my wide arch moulds are good enough in their...

Biggerbigben - 7 Years Ago

Have you already made some moulds of various body sections? Post up some pics, as I'm sure that some...

MarkMK - 7 Years Ago

Only have a few pics of my wide body..

Biggerbigben - 7 Years Ago

Sorry guys, I'm in Africa for the month so I have extremely limited internet access. Will fix the...

Hanaldo - 7 Years Ago

Did you produce those panels for your existing car or are they the ones you bought? I'm guessing...

MarkMK - 7 Years Ago

[quote][b]MarkMK (09/02/2017)[/b][hr]Did you produce those panels for your existing car or are they...

Biggerbigben - 7 Years Ago

Great work on those moulds and a shed load of effort and time spent I'm certain. Good to see that...

MarkMK - 7 Years Ago

Seems to be a good few people making there own panels for these cars now. I'm working on this at the...

Dan22h - 7 Years Ago

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