General Grande Punto Accessories in SA
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General Grande Punto Accessories in SA
again, pics look great mate. If you get any more be sure to put them up 
+1 gymjunkie: I have sound deadening in my door panels, great stuff.
remote idea sounds good, sort of like steeering controls but just somewhere where you deicde to put it lol?
+1 gymjunkie: I have sound deadening in my door panels, great stuff.
remote idea sounds good, sort of like steeering controls but just somewhere where you deicde to put it lol?
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yeah that would look okay, how about near the window controls? cant visualise how it would look without being in my car lol
yeah that would look okay, how about near the window controls? cant visualise how it would look without being in my car lol
That's exactly where I want to put the controls, I still didn't get another remote and the guys that quoted me for the remote are ridiculous with their prices, the quoting me half the price of the Mp3 player, if that's the case I rather buy the complete HU and get the remote, better yet just sell this off and buy another one, but I'm js gonna hold off for awhile and see if I can source one.
ive carbon fibred the door handles, started of with just the handles, then i decided to try and do the comple surrounding and it looked real good so i decided to complete the rest of them. the surounding was done with three parts or carbon, i did the top half and then cut the bottom and stuck and heated that and last the inside of the surrounding, as long as you make sure to match the wave of the pattern you will not make out / see where the join is tried a single piece and heated it but it didnt bend properly and it kept bubbling. this approach makes it look neat and the joins are not even seen.
the mirrors were an head ache. it needed to be heated and i had to bend it so so many times, here you need somebody to give you a hand, one to heat and the other to bend it around the curves, it took me such a long time to do due to bend ing and getting the creases out, which seemed impossible at the point, so all i did was pull all the creases to the closest inner edge of the mirror towards the window and i had to cut that off but i found it looked odd, i also trimmed the excess around the mirrors... biggest mistake, what i didnt realise is that when carbon fibre is heated it starts becoming flexible again, so while driving in the sun it became flexible and with the speed it was cooling at the same time which made it all pull to the centre and it was coming off.
so i had to start over :bang:
this time i heated and had to bend the carbon all around and into the lip where the mirror is visible on the other end. here you end up with creases so i heated that and tried to get rid of most of the creases. so i decided the only other way to neaten that was to cut two thin strips of carbon, here again keeping to pattern. and cover that lip with the strip.
i managed to cover one side only last night, didnt take any pics of that. so probably this evening i will do so.
tried a single piece and heated it but it didnt bend properly and it kept bubbling. this approach makes it look neat and the joins are not even seen.the mirrors were an head ache. it needed to be heated and i had to bend it so so many times, here you need somebody to give you a hand, one to heat and the other to bend it around the curves, it took me such a long time to do due to bend ing and getting the creases out, which seemed impossible at the point, so all i did was pull all the creases to the closest inner edge of the mirror towards the window and i had to cut that off but i found it looked odd, i also trimmed the excess around the mirrors... biggest mistake, what i didnt realise is that when carbon fibre is heated it starts becoming flexible again, so while driving in the sun it became flexible and with the speed it was cooling at the same time which made it all pull to the centre and it was coming off.
so i had to start over :bang:
this time i heated and had to bend the carbon all around and into the lip where the mirror is visible on the other end. here you end up with creases so i heated that and tried to get rid of most of the creases. so i decided the only other way to neaten that was to cut two thin strips of carbon, here again keeping to pattern. and cover that lip with the strip.
i managed to cover one side only last night, didnt take any pics of that. so probably this evening i will do so.
sounds good mate! look forward to some pics!
ill look at your other pics later as where I am now are blocking them on this connection
haha yesterday I was driving back from somewhere and the reg plate fell off on one side, seems the threads for the screws are gone as I can pull the screw in and out lol.
right now its held on with left over vinyl wrap
ill look at your other pics later as where I am now are blocking them on this connection
haha yesterday I was driving back from somewhere and the reg plate fell off on one side, seems the threads for the screws are gone as I can pull the screw in and out lol.
right now its held on with left over vinyl wrap
lol
atleast the vinyl came in handy for something
put bigger screws, sure have a look at the snaps later bro.
i think going forward im gonna keep some carbon fibre in my boot just incase i have a prob with something... it would come in handy
just kidding bro
atleast the vinyl came in handy for something
put bigger screws, sure have a look at the snaps later bro.
i think going forward im gonna keep some carbon fibre in my boot just incase i have a prob with something... it would come in handy
just kidding bro
hahaha it did!! i was gonna take the reg plate off but then thought I'd get bumshafted by police if i got caught
id keep some spare if i were you
id keep some spare if i were you
looks good mate, any chance you could get any pics further away so can see what it looks like from a distance?
Haha honestly, you never know what you might need it for
haha nice addition mirrors look good even if you cant see the carbon effect
mirrors look good even if you cant see the carbon effect
ah I didnt realise the seasonal time is so different there! okay mate
