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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:17 pm 
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is there anyone who sell the bonnet bulge. ive got another bonnet, for the fairmont, give me for work to do!

where can i get one or who makes and sells them..

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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:56 pm 
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i think these guys sell them

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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:02 pm 
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Do a search, rear the threads on people who've already done or doing it and they usually say who/where they got it from.
ebay.com.au has them.
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or I got mine from EDXRSW (member on here).
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:01 pm 
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yeah i'll make you one $100.00 pick up or a fee for delivery depending on where you are.
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:56 am 
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When installing these bulges what sort of strengthening is needed once you cut the existing bonnet?
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:20 pm 
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auto web customs does them
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:16 pm 
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chewie_86 wrote:
When installing these bulges what sort of strengthening is needed once you cut the existing bonnet?


depends how you do it.
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:35 pm 
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Not just sticking it on but actually making more room for ventilation etc.. I'm fairly sure that some of the few ones i've seen are just fiberglassed on top with no hole beneath.
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:40 pm 
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chewie_86 wrote:
Not just sticking it on but actually making more room for ventilation etc.. I'm fairly sure that some of the few ones i've seen are just fiberglassed on top with no hole beneath.


if you don't cut through the factory bracing then shouldn't have an issue.
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:45 pm 
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EDXRSW wrote:
yeah i'll make you one $100.00 pick up or a fee for delivery depending on where you are.


Really? That's awesome buying mate. If you're still doing them in Feb, I would be very interested.

Hey, you got any pictures you could send me of your work?

twr7cx, do you have any pictures of yours?
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:45 pm 
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im jsut wondering, when u mould the fibreglass mould to bonnet , with so much vibration and movement in the bonnet, wont it make it crack around where it has been stuck to the bonnet. even though you, get it stuck down mega good.

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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:35 pm 
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some of the guys putting bulges on there cars have had problems with cracking around the top join.when i fit any scoop or bulge to a steel bonnet i put a layer of fibreglass on the bonnet to stick it on with then after it has gone hard i grind down the top join and put another layer of glass over the bulge and back onto the bonnet.i reckon i've done about 50 bonnets like this and as yet have not had a problem with cracking.
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:07 pm 
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downingj wrote:
twr7cx, do you have any pictures of yours?


Have a look in my thread that I've got in here, plenty there.
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:24 am 
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twr7cx wrote:
chewie_86 wrote:
Not just sticking it on but actually making more room for ventilation etc.. I'm fairly sure that some of the few ones i've seen are just fiberglassed on top with no hole beneath.


if you don't cut through the factory bracing then shouldn't have an issue.


If I were going to do it, it would be for a practical reason like more air circulation so i'd be cutting the bonnet below.
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:42 am 
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chewie_86 wrote:
twr7cx wrote:
chewie_86 wrote:
Not just sticking it on but actually making more room for ventilation etc.. I'm fairly sure that some of the few ones i've seen are just fiberglassed on top with no hole beneath.


if you don't cut through the factory bracing then shouldn't have an issue.


If I were going to do it, it would be for a practical reason like more air circulation so i'd be cutting the bonnet below.


I doubt you'll get f**k all benifit from your 'more air circulation', but if it helps you sleep at night go for it.
Besides if you look at the lower framing of the bonnet it's not all covered, so the air can obviously still circulate above it.
Either way you'll need some sort of bracing, and unless your actually after the real estate under there no point in cutting through the factory bracing only to then have to go through the hassle of making and fitting your own.
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