RobDon's Leon -

[Skorchio]

Get them from many many places alltho some are beaded and some are not, if you are doing a custom install you will need a beading tool or you will have problems like i did POP!!

I cant advise anywhere to get them as i have my own source, a google search might help

 

[RobDon]

Correct, the more hard pipes the better. I got mine off ebay, they are stainless steel not alloy, much better for high grip hose clamps as the steel won't bend or distort like some alloy pipes do.

As for beading, any pipes I cut I use steel epoxy putty to create a bead on the pipe, never had one blow off yet. I wish I could weld or knew someone who could make pipes up without the joins but alas I don't.

 

[Damoegan]

I could do any welding you need Rob, but I'm quite a distanc from you (pluss our welder is in for repair to the mo).

 

[D.K]

Rob could I use SS Exhaust tubeing ???

 

[Damoegan]

Rob could I use SS Exhaust tubeing ???

You sure could. Any sort of SS piping will do

 

[D.K]

You sure could. Any sort of SS piping will do

I had a pipe made on my old car out of SS exhaust tubeing, I suppose it would be better to get it Mandrel bent ???

 

[Damoegan]

I had a pipe made on my old car out of SS exhaust tubeing, I suppose it would be better to get it Mandrel bent ???

Yep, mandrel bends would eliminate any chance of a weld failing.

 

[D.K]

Right just need to find somewhere local that will Mandrel bend them

 

[Damoegan]

Right just need to find somewhere local that will Mandrel bend them

Your local exhaust specialists should be able to do it for you

 

[D.K]

Your local exhaust specialists should be able to do it for you

Thats where I got my last one made but they did'nt do Mandrel bending, I'll have a look around

 

[v-g]

Rob, did you need to use any form of hot air to get the "foil" around the mirror cases?

 

[jamiebennett81]

to be honest, what is the "real" on the road difference between uprated samcos and hard pipes.... (its one aspect I always think of now in spending money on the car with my current setup - will it make a considerable difference or am I changing things just for the sake of changing them) nothing I reckon, just solely for cosmetic purposes unless you are running very high powered applications like GT2871+ etc

in essence, there must be some flex in the hosing (not collapsing) but movement in the sense of the engine moving back and fourth when accelerating. I think adding stiff pipes will make the setup too stiff

 

[RobDon]

Not at all, many, many, many use full hard pipe runs with no issues at all, there are some short silicone joins which provide enough movement, plus running uprated engine mounts reduces movement anyway. Not cosmetic at all, hard pipes offer more consistent boost. Once again Jamie you're making up assumptions based on just your own thoughts. You're also saying that Bill's pipe runs on the Polo must be wrong too.

 

[RobDon]

Rob, did you need to use any form of hot air to get the "foil" around the mirror cases?

Nope, it's not foil, it's like a stretchy material, very easy to use and mega sticky. I'm going to take the mirror cases off again and try spraying them with gloss clearcoat and see what happens. I'll put the gloss black ones back on for now.

 

[h17och]

agree with ya rob

 

[Indy]

Rob, if you have some of the carbon sheet material off cuts, try aplying the gloss on that first before you do anything to the mirror covers. In that way if your test piece rejects the gloss then atleast your view mirror case will not be screwed.

 

[RobDon]

Yeah I'll have a go and see what happens.

 

[strugers1]

i love this car so much looks ace

 

[xnox202]

That carbon-sheet is something I wished and then it came true! A real carbon fiber, sticker and can be applied to any round surfaces. I've done a similar one with my B-pillar aswell, but it was from a hard and real carbon fiber sheet which I got locally here.

Gonna redo mine soon then. I love your interior Rob!

 

[D.K]

That carbon-sheet is something I wished and then it came true! A real carbon fiber, sticker and can be applied to any round surfaces. I've done a similar one with my B-pillar aswell, but it was from a hard and real carbon fiber sheet which I got locally here.

Gonna redo mine soon then. I love your interior Rob!

I can wrap most simple shape's with "real" carbon fiber