BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

[sikko329]

hey how did u post the pix and stuff i cant figure it out sorry for the random question

[robola 46]

here some pictures from the covers i've been working on.

I can say that I did some wicked jobs before, but this was one of the most annoying jobs I ever did. When I started, I thought "let's do this in a quicky" yeah right!!

I lost count of the times I opened and closed the hood. I think the lock is almost worn out, but I've got result, and that counts.

Here you see the right cover.

The sharp lines need to be rouned out more, but that will only happen at the end. I can take much better measurements with the sharp lines.

Working in the original air filter

Left cover.

I still need to work out the 2 airco-lines, I just don't like them now...

Here is the reservoir for the wiper-fluid. I'm going the make an aluminium tip for that.

After a lot of abrading, this is how it looks...

The biggest amount of work on the 2 panels is now finished.

Now I need to finish it all off nice, which will take some more hours of work.

Personnaly I'm already pleased of the result so far, but it needs some more work though...

[OrionStang]

Shit's sweet.

[Mtnbikecrazy55]

Deff makes the engine the big attraction. Covering them in carbon fiber will look SICK!

[Spitfire2k6]

nice work man turned out really nice

[robola 46]

First I was planning on spraying the original airfilter-housing, but what's special about that ? So I made a fiberglass cover for it.

Where the filter is taking it's air, I want to cover it in fiberglass too, so I got to the idea of making it all to 1 part.

Here you can see the first model.

I hope I manage to deduct the polyesterpiece without doing too much damage.

I'm closing the 2 holes against the windshield too, here you can see the right one.

Yes, yes, the liters of polyester are flying out the door lately

[David78]

How good is that going to hold up to the engine bay? Heat wise...

But very outstanding work you do...

[robola 46]

This is the first part of the engine bay that is looking quite finished. And with that I mean, ready for the last fase.

When you see it, it's not so big, and it looks quite simple...but that wasn't the case...

This is the left-side I started. 4 layers of polyester.

What I'm planning of doing with this, I'm about 80 percent sure. What I am 100% sure about, it that it'll take again many many hours of hard work...pfff

I also made some quick abrading-blocks. You can't have enough of those, and they are quite easy to make:

saw some wood into blocks.

Take some sanding paper, and pull a fine layer of filler over it, and then push the block back in.

Once this is dry, you cut it out with a stanley knife.

I find this very handy to abrade with. These are just some normal aluminium laths, where I also taped some sanding-paper on.

When I've got a block where the sanding paper is worn-out, I throw this in a seperate box.

Once this is full, I do the same process on the other side, so you can use them 2 or 4 times.

Why not glue the sanding paper..? simple, when you are working with filler, you almost always make too much...so use it for that.

[Loudintha509]

I made a bunch of these and when I find my camera I show How many. Best idea ever

[knowledge]

very good idea man