sell chequre plate to a landrover freack so they can put it on there wing tops, as well as being shiney its heavy and expensive, then use MDF as thom said much better job
MDF it is then! i just had this sheet lying around the garage (too good to bin) so thought i'd put it to good use. as mentioned its heavier than you think for aluminium (i know its aluminium as magnets wont stick to it
) plus MDF will be easier for me to cut
anyway i've made a cardboard template, as mentioned here:
Just check you dimensions first as you may find that a solid sheet cut to size might not actually fit through the space and over the turrets. Personally I do it with some suitable carpet material and then bond a few strips of MDF or ply to the underside so it's flexible.
... if cut to the shape of the original carpet it needs flexing to get in, so any floor will need to be aroud 5mm slimmer on each side to allow for the turrets etc.
That's what MDF was invented for.
Dead right, checker plate will suck!
A peice of MDF, painted satin black, and held in place with 3 or 4 Dzus type fasteners, "L" shaped brackets riveted inside the aperture, and MDF would sit on top of them, secured with the fasteners... would make a nice little project, as well as a job done properly...
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=view&n=1550&g=2273&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Motorsport
And weigh in you piece of checker plate
Thom
cheers thom, that sounds like the right idea. would the dzus fasteners lock into any old L shaped brackets then? or is there a special recepticle for them? :embarassed:
I'm guna be sick. Tread plate-ooh nasty! Why not just use a real thin bit of ply and carpet it?
if im being picky i could relate you back to the first first, i was going to whack the original carpet on top anyway
then use thick foam underneath the ally to prevent it from rattling around. if not i have a huge roll of thin rubber backed carpet in black, time to put it to good use i reckon!
