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Wanted: Aluminium Sheeting
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:47 pm
by duncan
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
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:06 pm
by frayz
Get some carbon.. you know you wanna
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:24 pm
by duncan
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
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:18 am
by kev@tga
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:
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:02 pm
by RobCallow
Denny engineering in Norwich sell sheet metal I got a sheet of ally from them for
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:47 pm
by Fast Eddy
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
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:58 pm
by duncan
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 :?
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:18 pm
by Fast Eddy
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
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:26 pm
by duncan
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:
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:38 am
by Fast Eddy
Ok,
I have just measured my offcut at 117cm x 56cm.