I was about to throw away my old stock fan cowling but decided to clean it up and use it to take a fiberglass copy master for use later - or for a Carbon fibre version. It's not a hi-priority as I already have a chrome fan shroud for my fat rad and lekkie 16" fan.

 

The original has raised ribs (for strength I guess) which makes it look dated and clunky - not exactly pleasing to the eye - and those little cubes get filled with gunk and are hard to clean right? - So - so the first job is to remove these - I used a powerfile...

 

The idea is to smooth the fan cowling down and paint to match the engine colour scheeme - and/or cover in carbon fibre etc..

 

This is after I cut it down to size a little;)

 

Starting to remove the ribs...

 

Test fit on a 'real' radiator...

 

Hot glued a temp wooden brace in place in order to keep the shape/geometry correct.

This is after about 40 mins additional sanding with a mouse...

 

I removed anything that would make taking a copy off of it difficult including the side channels that are no longer needed, and I cleaned up the brackets.

 

Pretty much ready for hi-build primer and a top coat - then I will take a copy/mold in fiberglass and see where we go from there.

 

Once painted - the de-ribbed version looks much more 'up to date' and business like.

 

Just thought that might help some of you modders... Have not seen anyone doing this - but I am sure someone has.

 

:)

nice job mate

Thanks for posting, I am going to be upgrading my radiator in a week or 2, so I will give this ago.

 

H

Hi Andy,

Where did you get your chrome fan shroud from? or will it be up for grabs ?

 

Cheerz

 

Chris

Hi Andy,

Where did you get your chrome fan shroud from? or will it be up for grabs ?

 

Cheerz

 

Chris

 

Nooooooooooooo - I had it custom made matey!:slap: Hands Off!! lol!

 

I am just playing with the original shroud to see if I can make it pretty :x:

I was about to throw away my old stock fan cowling but decided to clean it up and use it to take a fiberglass copy master for use later - or for a Carbon fibre version. It's not a hi-priority as I already have a chrome fan shroud for my fat rad and lekkie 16" fan.

 

The original has raised ribs (for strength I guess) which makes it look dated and clunky - not exactly pleasing to the eye - and those little cubes get filled with gunk and are hard to clean right? - So - so the first job is to remove these - I used a powerfile...

 

The idea is to smooth the fan cowling down and paint to match the engine colour scheeme - and/or cover in carbon fibre etc..

 

Starting to remove the ribs...

 

Test fit on a 'real' radiator...

 

Hot glued a temp wooden brace in place in order to keep the shape/geometry correct.

This is after about 40 mins additional sanding with a mouse...

 

I removed anything that would make taking a copy off of it difficult including the side channels that are no longer needed, and I cleaned up the brackets.

 

Pretty much ready for hi-build primer and a top coat - then I will take a copy/mold in fiberglass and see where we go from there.

 

Once painted - the de-ribbed version looks much more 'up to date' and business like.

 

Just thought that might help some of you modders... Have not seen anyone doing this - but I am sure someone has.

 

:)

 

If you want andy you can send it down to me and i will take a proper mould off it and i can supply you with a top quality one???

 

Dave :)

what a great idea.:)

 

dan.:cool:

If you want andy you can send it down to me and i will take a proper mould off it and i can supply you with a top quality one???

 

Dave :)

 

Thanks Matey - but very capable of doing that myself ta! ;-)) :dance:

If you want andy you can send it down to me and i will take a proper mould off it and i can supply you with a top quality one???

 

Dave :)

 

Jesus mate, did yer have to quote all 7 friggin pictures and wording for a 1 sentance reply........................

 

Nice job Andy :)

smithy

Thanks Smithy - are you dial-up or what matey ha ha lol?

Lol no, it just does me tits in when some peeps quote all the pics for no reason what so ever when you have to see the 1st lot loaded anyway.

 

Yeah if it was chicks this forum was all about then a different matter in that case, but it ain't :D

 

Oh and there used to be moulds available for these smooth shrouds, but the guy vanished from here some time ago, so good to see someone doing them again :)

smithy

NAH! Not here to make money outta the forum members - just trying to tickle the grey matter and share what I can in the hope that it helps someone else.

Well Dave is here to make money out of the members, so let him have it to mould :rofl:

 

only joking bud, but it might benefit those who are not capable or like me cant be arsed lol

Dave - I seem to have created a new product line for you ha ha - good luck with that.

I suspect there will be many more by the time my car is ready for paint ;-)

;-))

Dave - if you want it let me know -> andy.gp@gmx.com