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Classifieds => Wanted => Topic started by: project cf on February 22, 2010, 07:19:42 AM
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hi do you do any bits for the cf2 flared arches ect also can u tell me about the dash board wat clocks go in it and will u post to uk as dont get anything like it over here any more thanks the van custom seen went for a while not even any custom van shops any more
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best to make your own custom stuff.. make what you want out of cardboard first to give you an idea of what it will look like. then either use wood and bog and whatever else. take fibreglass moulds and make fibreglass ones or make up some steel ones, cut slits in the arch and pull it out to the right shape your after, weld sections in and bog the rest..
same for fibreglass front spoiler but with steel front would be a little bit more difficult.
cheers ben
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ok thanks wouldnt the flared arches off mk1 work with a bit of playing
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ok thanks wouldnt the flared arches off mk1 work with a bit of playing
I had a look at that once many years ago and for the amount of stuffing around you would have to do to alter them and then make them look any good you would be better off starting from scratch.
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there you go..
hey rouge is your van cf1 or a cf2?
ben
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Mine is (or was) a facelift CF.
The facelift CF and CF2 are cosmetically the same.
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wow thats cool rouge..
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Hey guys, can I throw my 2cents worth in, I am getting ready to start my flared guards in the next couple of weeks, I looked at all options, fibreglass, aftermarket plastic bolt on's and steel, and concluded that after paying lots for and modifying, it was going to be easier to start from scratch and fabricate in steel. We will be fabricating a lot of parts from raw steel, my new side mirrors will be another thing. There are lots of choices to choose from, but I could not find anything, right shape, size or design, so knowing what I want, I decided to just build my own mirrors, and incorporate everything I want in them, time consuming yes, but at least I will be totally happy showing off my van on show day. At the end of the day if you want a certain look then it may be a case of building it from scratch. The inside is a different story, a lot of the parts I will be cheating and just buy the fibreglass parts from ben, this will save me weeks of fabricating, but I will get the look I want. So project cf, good old steel maybe the way to go.
George.................
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Would'nt mind seeing some pics of your side mirrors when they are finished. ;D
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Will do john, I hope to be posting most of this build in the next few months, I just want to keep some of my one off custom bits under raps for now untill I unveil the van in full. But yes we ended up having to hand build the mirriors from scratch, mainly because I was so picky, and could not get all the little bits into one mirror from an aftermarket product. I can promise that there will be a lot of one off cutom bits on my van, should keep people looking and talking for a while, then people can copy my van all they want.
George................
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Yep....Thats the enjoyable side of customizing . Putting those little ideas into practice and comming up with something different! ;D
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customizing is also kind of an addiction - there is always something else to change/modify
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That's what worries me Busy. I want my van finished! :-\