BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

[robola 46]

The flange on the bottomside worked out pretty well. Grinded it, and worked it out some more with filler. You can see I also worked in an aluminium plate to tighten it all.

Then I taped a red sticker on the top. The lines which are on there, I also drawn on the carbon frame.

By that, I could check the angle of the slats, and I was sure that L and R will be exactly the same.

Then I drew some lines who are contrary to a big piece of mdf. On that piece I put the frame, and put some little blocks round it, so it kept his place.

The carbon fiber I used to make the slats, was finished in the meantime.

A flat piece of CF you can make very simple.

You take a piece of glass, and rub it in with wax, a layer of 4 should be enough.

Once you've done this, you take a clean piece of cloth, and clean it up.

There will always be a little layer of wax still on the glass.

Then you put on your epoxy, and lay a piece of carbon fiber on it.

Again some epoxy and, carbon fibre cloth. In my case here I used 6 layers...

Then you leave it for a day or two...and then I rubbed the topside with the machine (with a 400 dry)

Once I had this, I could remove the glass easily.

This goes very simple. You go with a cutter at the corner, and you see the plate comes loose from the glass immediately.

You can see this obviously at the air bubble here.

Once I have this, I take my air-gun, and shoot it loose. simple

This is what you'll get

Don't say it doesn't shine

The thing I also alwats do, is to NOT clean my glass afterwards.

I only do this when I have to make another piece.

Cause of the epoxy that stays on afterwards, I always know which side is the side with the wax.

[scooter99]

No words!

[Mtnbikecrazy55]

Is this in your new shop? Looking great!!!

[robola 46]

I did some measurements, and cut out some cardboard, to see what I liked.

The carbon plate got cut out in pieces of 7cm.

Then a very time-consuming job started.

The slats had to bind perfectly on the sides.

First I made a cardboard mold, and yeah, there were more then one...

Then I layed this on the carbon fibre, and cut it out, and rubbed it by hand till I liked it.

After many hours of trying, this was my result.

You can see how I glued it all together.

Offcourse I had to tighten these slats to the frame, but I wanted it to be invisible from the outside.

I also wanted it to be firmly tightened, so I didn't have to be afraid when I cleaned the car and I could go between the slats with a sponge.

On the bottomside you see I abraded a little slanting side.

Then I did my magician trick again.

I made some epoxy and added some carbon fiber powder to it, and stirred it up till I had a nice fat mush.

I put this into a little bottle, with a fine end, which I cut a bit diagonal.

I filled it up with the CF mush, and used it on the bottomside. It went easy and looked pretty good.

The tape was critical so it connected the corners 100%, so the epoxy wasn't able to run to the other side.

That this was going to be very strong, I knew in advance...I tested it first on a frame I threw in the bin a couple of days ago.

[tdc3187]

I love you

[scooter99]

[robola 46]

Thx dudes, for the nice comments.

The hood is in primer for the moment. Next week I'm taking it to the painters.

I like the primer to harden for a week before painting.

The carbon vents are getting a nice rubbing with a 1200 wet, and they'll get the needed layers of varnish.

Then you'll see how good they will look,...well...I hope they'll be.

I also modified the heat-clothing that was on the bottomside of the hood. I cut out the spaces for the vents.

As for the moment, I'm trying to relax a bit, and do this by preparing some other things.

What those other things will be, you'll see when the hood is back on the car.

I'm not going to post other things till these things are finished, but I promise you, it'll be special...and pretty neet

[Audio-Concepts]

As long as you keep building and amazing everyone with your skills, we all will wait patiently for more superb updates!

[Autruche]

Your attention to detail is amazing. I cannot wait to see what else you come up with.

[appi]

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