Wanted: Aluminium Sheeting

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:47 pm

Need about 125 cm x 75 cm sheet of Ally - anyone got some kicking around?

To seal the boot area when I remove rear seats.

Thanks

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:06 pm

Get some carbon.. you know you wanna

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:24 pm

i know i want to too ... but priced it up today and I cant afford to and then cover it up again with the rear seats.

Function wins this one for me

for now

kev@tga · Post by **kev@tga** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:18 am

if you dont have any luck finding some give stanley steel a call (01953 602116) ask to speak to kev and say kev from tkl ltd gave you their number, they should have that and are very cheap :thumb:

RobCallow · Post by **RobCallow** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:02 pm

Denny engineering in Norwich sell sheet metal I got a sheet of ally from them for

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:47 pm

Duncan,
I use 1mm high grade stainless steel for my heat shields if that is any good. If that is the size you want i can get a bit guillotined for you.
Eddy

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:58 pm

Eddy - This isnt for a heat shield - more of a way to seal the boot area from the main cabin. Not a massive single expanse more of a wide area with two vertical stays that will be used to as extre re-inforcing and will be needed when the seats are replaced in between track days.

If I did go with Carbon Fibre - what thickness would everyone reckon I need?

I can get door card bit for pretty reasonable money but they dont appear to be that thick :?

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:18 pm

Yes Duncan,
I understood what you want it for mate. I just thought of stainless as an alternative. The 1mm sheet that i can get is not that heavy. To be honest though i do think that 2mm aluminium is best as it will not drum as much. I can get this in for you if you like. I did a rear seat & sound deadening strip job on an FtoGPX recently and used a special twinwall plastic which worked quite well and weighed very little. I may have enough left.
Eddy

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:26 pm

Fast Eddy wrote:Yes Duncan,
I understood what you want it for mate. I just thought of stainless as an alternative. The 1mm sheet that i can get is not that heavy. To be honest though i do think that 2mm aluminium is best as it will not drum as much. I can get this in for you if you like. I did a rear seat & sound deadening strip job on an FtoGPX recently and used a special twinwall plastic which worked quite well and weighed very little. I may have enough left.
Eddy

hmmm - sounds like a plan

I will speak to you in the week :thumb:

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:38 am

Ok,
I have just measured my offcut at 117cm x 56cm.