Home Made Centre Vent Gauge Trim

[SalSheikh]

guys, started a new thread as i moved some pics in my photobucket account and lost the links

started with this:

then removed the rollers after some advice

today a bit more work done...

i removed my centre vents and firstly found this:

so i cut it out with my hacksaw, its made of soft rubber and a plastic 'backbone'.

trial fit without gauges

trial fit with some gauges i had lying around to check the fit/look with gauges. i couldnt get a good pic as i am using a camera phone and the pics dont do the gauge any justice - i am pretty happy with it.

Big thank you to Phillc for giving me the idea and helpful advice

let me know your thoughts.

 

[MarkWales]

looks good shame you have different vents

 

[coops10]

That looks excellent mate! Giving me ideas

 

[SalSheikh]

looks good shame you have different vents

why, what do you have?


i thought all mk1's had the same vents?

 

[SalSheikh]

right, been to a plastic moulding company this morning and things didnt go to plan. they basically said it would cost a couple of k's just for the initial mould and then a few £'s to make each one unless i wanted 1000's of these. they discussed diffrent options and even the cheapest was going to be approx £4000 to start. bugger

 

[MATTCR]

why, what do you have?


i thought all mk1's had the same vents?

Im sure he meant you have different gauges... not vents......

 

[SalSheikh]

Im sure he meant you have different gauges... not vents......

oh ok, thats cleared up then!

 

[jgy6000]

right, been to a plastic moulding company this morning and things didnt go to plan. they basically said it would cost a couple of k's just for the initial mould and then a few £'s to make each one unless i wanted 1000's of these. they discussed diffrent options and even the cheapest was going to be approx £4000 to start. bugger

Go to china

 

[mt audio]

make a fibreglass skin of it and just keep making replacements if you want to do a load for people on here

 

[robertj]

right, been to a plastic moulding company this morning and things didnt go to plan. they basically said it would cost a couple of k's just for the initial mould and then a few £'s to make each one unless i wanted 1000's of these. they discussed diffrent options and even the cheapest was going to be approx £4000 to start. bugger

You won't want to hear this but that actually sounds cheap! I was talking to someone today about producing a mould for 3D glasses. They were looking at £80k to produce a mould that would be good for 1million pairs! So proportionally a couple of grand seems pretty darn cheap. Seeing as Nomad sell their pillars for about £53 I guess you'd need to clear about a hundred units to recover your costs, after that you're in the money.
I reckon that could be doable if you sell them on a certain auction site globally.

 

[AlexG]

Looks good mate!!

 

[sambryant]

I voted for oem satin black, reason for this is, this looks easy for people to DIY carbon fibre wrap. I like the oem look myself but aleast people have a choice what they want to do. Just to add your hard work looks real good, I'm very impressed

 

[Mashburn]

That looks great, well done.

Definately keep it OEM satin looking though.

 

[MarkWales]

yes sorry I meant Gauges not Vents

 

[SalSheikh]

i did mention china to the mouldig co and they said they have contacts in china and the £4k quote was relating to chinese manufacture.

regarding the fibreglass skin, how would i make this and then make moulds from it?

 

[MarkWales]

make a throw away female of your master to produce copies of your pod

 

[SalSheikh]

hi mark, i really dont have a clue on how the fibreglass jobbie works. to me i'm thinking everything would stick together! if anyone can point me to the right direction on how to do this then i would be happy to give this a go. wll be searching youtube/google for answers!

 

[h7 cya]

+1 oem.

 

[markgb]

You want to contact China or India, that's where most things like these are now produced.

 

[SalSheikh]

You want to contact China or India, that's where most things like these are now produced.

do you have any contacts then?

where would you start withought your idea being nicked/duplicated/lost?