Carbon fibre time attack twins
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Paint is too heavy, i was going to put some clear on, but i think i will just leave it. Maybe later i when it needs a freshen up i will give it a nice clearcoat.
I weighed the front oem hood, fenders, bumper and lights - 45.5lbs plus the bumper supports and bumper reo, bonnet latch + catch, bonnet hinges, inner liners, fasteners, etc, etc probably around 22-25lbs or so.
The new front end weighs about 13lbs plus bonnet pins and dzus fastners. So should be a weight saving of around 55lbs.
The bumper and hood are now 1 piece. I am going to get some hood pins now so i can get it mounted on the car properly.
I weighed the front oem hood, fenders, bumper and lights - 45.5lbs plus the bumper supports and bumper reo, bonnet latch + catch, bonnet hinges, inner liners, fasteners, etc, etc probably around 22-25lbs or so.
The new front end weighs about 13lbs plus bonnet pins and dzus fastners. So should be a weight saving of around 55lbs.
The bumper and hood are now 1 piece. I am going to get some hood pins now so i can get it mounted on the car properly.
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I am curious about what you will do for mounting the front bumper piece. Will you have to make some supports out to mount it? I saw you mentioned dzus fasteners, that would be awesome and make it really easy to remove and such. Any drawings of the mounting plans you could post? Project looks great man even my girlfriend said it looked awesome, the first mt thread i have gotten her to see ALL of the pictures
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I am curious about what you will do for mounting the front bumper piece. Will you have to make some supports out to mount it? I saw you mentioned dzus fasteners, that would be awesome and make it really easy to remove and such. Any drawings of the mounting plans you could post? Project looks great man even my girlfriend said it looked awesome, the first mt thread i have gotten her to see ALL of the pictures ![](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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I am going to have to do something as i am running out of money and i have to pay for the motor. So soon i will stop working on the body and start doing the intercooler plumbing and exhaust so i can get it ready to put on the new motor when it gets dyno tuned early april. And progress will be slower once i start doing jobs to make some money.
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The front end looks great. What are you going to do about the area behind the bottom of the fender, where it does not cover completely. Is this where you will just box it in or just make some supports for it and leave it the way it is?
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There are way too many vented hoods to make much of a profit on this, especially being as you'd be shipping from Aus (at least to the US market you're reaching here).
I'd guess that the most appealing thing to do would be to sell a quick detachable full front end. If you could make it OEMish and take 30~ lbs off the front (bumper/hood/fenders) that might go over well. Shipping would be a /nightmare/ though. So. Donno. Sell what you can in Australia, I guess.
I'd guess that the most appealing thing to do would be to sell a quick detachable full front end. If you could make it OEMish and take 30~ lbs off the front (bumper/hood/fenders) that might go over well. Shipping would be a /nightmare/ though. So. Donno. Sell what you can in Australia, I guess.