Carbon Grill if you cant buy it build it ! or fail take 1...

[Lathafummi]

Got bored trying to find one so I thought I would make one. After all how hard can it be? Very very is the answer.

Story in pictures

1. The stone chipped original sanded primed and painted Audi silver then cleared (spray can left over from making a Audi R10 Le Mans Model)



2. Three coats of pva release agent and then mould release wax applied. Going well so far



3. Trying to apply the gel coat and first layer of resin I noticed something wrong. The Halford paint had gone weired and reacted funny.



4. Sanded RIGHT back..

[Lathafummi]

5. The mould coverd in fibre glass.



6. The original grill has been removed, just leaving the mould.



7. Wet laying the carbon inside.



8. The grill with the flash cut off. There are lots of bubble and bit wrong where i havent pushed the resin through.



9. Test fit on the car. Really should have washed it the car before I took the pictures but wanted to see how it would look.



10. Another on car pic. Going to have to go back and make another mould now I know-ish what I did wrong. Going to have to mod the original grill so I can make a better mould.

[Daz.]

still looks good though fella!

[Jamie.]

Looks very good effort.

[Lathafummi]

Cheers :cool: for first time its 80% there. Need to mod the original grill to make a better mould. Take 2 up soon(ish)

[Justin..]

that is lookin good! i'd buy one :D

[geesus]

spot on!

if you cant buy it, build it! much more fun and rewarding that way

[bbaazz-08]

where did you get the carbon fibre to make that??

[vkosho]

very impressive! you could be on to a moneymaker if you can get it perfect

[rob-legend]

very well done! looks impressive