Hey

In the last month or so I have been working on a hard cover for my 1200 ute. Here are some pics of it so far.

nice job man... is it heavy? im thinking someone needs to investigate the carbon fiber proccess i think its pretty much the same as fibre glass, must be the cost that stops people using it.

edit: does that have a 13b???

na i wish,

carbon fiber cost to much and fibre glass is cheaper and does the same job. its not that heavy. the gas struts make it open automatically and you can close it with one finger

Looking good Dom, are you going to paint it orange when its done?

very nice......

was wondering the same thing .... about the "13B"
CF is a lot stronger per weight than FG...
Cf is not exactly as easy as FG though. getting out all the little bubbles, very problematic, if you do not do vacuum bagging, and if it's got bubbles in, you see them, because you don't cover it with paint...

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well 13 is my lucky number and the b was just there.

hey dom

can u email me some details on how u went about making it and the frame work...cause i have a ute with the tie down clips and i want to leave them on..........i only want the tie downs left on so i can tie down another 13b if i come across 1

hey rotahead_dato can you please send us an email adress so i can send some more detailed pics with some explanations.

in short i made a inside wooden mould first in top of the tray then fibre glassed it then welded up a frame and fibre glassed it on then cut out the holes for the clips

wow that looks good . great idea.

how long did it take.

what materials did you use

ry

i started it just before the start of the term so prob been working on it for 11 odd weeks. i am making it for my year 12 major design. any Excuse to work on my ute.

its made from fibre glass, with steel and a little wood for support