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Offline northeast_gti-t

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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #10 on: 18 January 2014, 21:25 »
have 1 made in metal then powdercoat it  :smiley:
There's an idea it would be easy enough to make with metal if not powdercoated maybe anodised instead that would look  :cool:
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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #11 on: 18 January 2014, 21:28 »
have 1 made in metal then powdercoat it  :smiley:
There's an idea it would be easy enough to make with metal if not powdercoated maybe anodised instead that would look  :cool:
or is there not a company that does a carbon dip to plastic trim  :smiley:

found it  :wink:

http://www.hydro-graffix.co.uk/#
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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #12 on: 19 January 2014, 00:07 »
or wrap it ( I don't mean in the 3m stuff)


get a proper carbon wrapping kit.  usually contains a can of paint, one sheet of real carbon weave and one can of some kind of thick laquer type stuff.  spray an under coat of black paint, wait for it to go tacky, lay on the carbon weave, leave for a while  then add the top coat. 

its the exact same process and stuff they use to make carbon parts, only they don't spray the black paint on (that's just to stop any white material underneath showing through) and they use many weaves to make the product thick, however you only need one weave cause your just wrapping the original product.

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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #13 on: 19 January 2014, 11:08 »
^^^ That's a good idea but I'd guess it'll be hard to get it right.

found it  :wink:

http://www.hydro-graffix.co.uk/#

The carbon dipping looks very good, I might get some of my interior parts done

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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #14 on: 19 January 2014, 11:20 »
^^^ That's a good idea but I'd guess it'll be hard to get it right.

found it  :wink:

http://www.hydro-graffix.co.uk/#

The carbon dipping looks very good, I might get some of my interior parts done
seen old mike brewer getting it done on some range rover trim and it turned out great  :smiley:

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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #15 on: 19 January 2014, 11:26 »
Can it be done to both sides of the cover so that it's seamless? I'm a bit padantic

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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #16 on: 19 January 2014, 11:39 »
Can it be done to both sides of the cover so that it's seamless? I'm a bit padantic
its possible  :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk4wzhTF-5c

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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #17 on: 19 January 2014, 18:48 »
Looks good  :cool:
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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #18 on: 19 January 2014, 20:33 »
Rockmonkey check out this guy:

http://www.c6carbon.com

He uses real carbon and skims over the item of choice. He does many interior / exterior items for many differnt cars. His work is second to non!

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Re: Timing belt covers
« Reply #19 on: 19 January 2014, 22:35 »
If this is the guy I think it is he lives over road from my mate and his work is spot on.