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Pine wrote:A carbon fibre steering wheel insert?

didi wrote:

Fuchs me!I only saw this now and damn!!It looks great!!

I wonder if I would be able to have the middle rubber piece from a Golf MK1 GTI steering wheel made up in Carbon Fibre

I guess ANYTHING is possible in carbon fibre, but at a price...

It will cost R500-00 to replicate the bonnet chrome strip on a Type 3 in carbon fibre...

I forsee that in the near feature the raw material to make carbon fibre items will become more easier available, and I reckon with basic fibreglass skills and a bit of practice one should soon be able to make your own parts?

I have been playing a bit with Fibreglass, my biggest problem is time

Fixed the floorpan, The previous owner pop riveted sheetmetal over the floorpan and also tried to stick the two together with some tar type product. When I removed the plates, water was trapped inside together with the tar and rust! I cleaned it up and put a fibreglass sheet over the pan for reinforcement.


All the fibreglass, resin and catalist was under R400, A new pan R4000 from volkspares.
Next is the rooflining.

didi wrote: All the fibreglass, resin and catalist was under R400, A new pan R4000 from volkspares.
Next is the rooflining.

Are you turning the Ghia upside down to glass fibre the roof lining

HEHEHEHEHHE

That fibreglass floor reinforcement sure sounds interesting!!

Bugger wrote:

didi wrote: All the fibreglass, resin and catalist was under R400, A new pan R4000 from volkspares.
Next is the rooflining.

Are you turning the Ghia upside down to glass fibre the roof lining

HEHEHEHEHHE

'n Goeie begrip het 'n halwe woord nodig........
Ok I am gaining huge respect for the guy's that put in rooflinings. I'm still batteling to get it right.

Also did some sound deadning with Acoustex sound deadning pads

and repaired the main harness that was cut of in the front. It was a bit difficult to get in there, but I managed to solder all the wires and insulate them with some heatshrink.

looking good didi, look like you got the stationery shop with you there or is it all the clips from all your office documents.

lowlight wrote:looking good didi, look like you got the stationery shop with you there or is it all the clips from all your office documents.

Ha ha, you noticed! My documents can now be sorted once again.
I am spending way to much time in the garage. When my one and a half year old daughter is looking for me, the first place to look is the garage and my cellphone charger is pluged in at the garage.
I put in the engine last night

It's very neat, you make me jealous, cause mine is still in need of repairs.

Well done Didi, looks good.

Didi jou doring!!! Dit lyk Baie goed. Hoop dit gaan als die moeite werd wees!

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