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Fibreglass bonnet going together.

Alloy captivated nuts glassed in and inner and outer skins glued together.

 

Steel bonnet weight 13kgs

Glass bonnet 6kgs.

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Its not bad at first glance although at eye level you can see its fibreglass.

To keep it light its just one sheet of glass and gel coat thick. Its stiffness comes from laminating the two halfs together.

You can get a steel like finish, but it would take 3 or more layers which would bring it up to steel weight or maybe more and it still might flex in the sun.

Not much point.

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Nice can i have a bonnet please Craig haha .

 

Excellent work as always.

 

Can you please colour code pegs in some sort of order its the fag sway thing you no.

 

bah!!

 

rob

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Thanks Rob. Ill try to arrange the pegs to send some kind of message only a few can read when I do the boot. LOL.

My wife does'nt understand why the pegs wont work anymore.

 

Started preping a door.

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Thanks Rob. Ill try to arrange the pegs to send some kind of message only a few can read when I do the boot. LOL.

My wife does'nt understand why the pegs wont work anymore.

 

Started preping a door.

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I thought the pegs were going to be instead of bonnet clips!!!! You know to save 0.00001 grams. LOL.

 

You know I'm a big fan of your work mate but I agree with the other Rob. It was a poor effort not color coding the pegs!!!!

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I want to see more PEGs. :lmao:

I've found some of those cable tie bases we talked about, so when you drop off my OBD2 unit grab some.

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Thanks Chris. Crank should be ready to pick up sometime next week. Ill let you know when Iam going to Brisbane.

Looks like the Celica is sold. John had a great time talking Toyota stuff with you.

 

Lightened some door hinges. No PEGS were used in this process.

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Lightened some door hinges.

 

LoL, the lengths drivers go to for weight saving!

 

We took an Abra file to the Datsun hinges, a hacksaw blade that cuts in any direction. We left an outline of the hinge and the boltholes!

 

I've seen drivers cut the spanners in the toolkit shorter to save weight.

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