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Bluemax
Datsun 1200 coupe cowl vents any takers polycarbonate
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These are pretty nice for what they are, Polycarbonate(generic Lexan). Ours were broken so.....I had some made. They are not finished in design, but real close to being there. here are more pics MORE PICS

Mike

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Re: Datsun 1200 coupe cowl vents any takers polycarbonate
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these are going to look SICK AS once there put in!

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Hey bluemax, when there done I'd be interested in a new pair too. Are they one off's or did a mold get made that can be readily reproduced ?

Thanks, Evan
PS -I'm in Seattle.

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I would also be very interested in a pair of these.

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Evan and Duncan

There is a mold made and I will be making more. I will get some pics of them installed when my son gets home.

Mike

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Wow! You had an injection mold made for these cowl vents?
That's pretty cool. So now can you throw in some colorant and make them any color you want.

Posted on: 2007/8/19 7:28
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You may need a special treatment to get paint to stick to the polycarbonate. A buddy had the bright idea to make the front fender flares on his rally car out of polycarbonate. When we painted the fenders the paint peeled off with the masking tape!

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very nice good to see ,with polycarbonate when it clear the idea is to paint the inside of the part . use tamiya presure pak paint from your local hobby shop its desingned to stick .I know this from expierience ,check out some of the remote control car forums majority of the rc bodies are polycarbonate as they are light should be heeps of info on painting polycarbonate car bodies .......

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Bluemax wrote:
Evan and Duncan

There is a mold made and I will be making more. I will get some pics of them installed when my son gets home.


Thanks! Looking forward to seeing them. My originals are faded and cracked. (As most of them probably are by now)

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I have never had a bad experiance with painting polycarbonate. Yes the signs are generally back sprayed but we also do alot of first surface paint as well.

Years ago I had a Warn winch solenoid cover made the same way. This is on a JEEP mind you...it saw rocks and mud and such. It still looks great today in fact. Painted gloss black.

Remember I do work in a Major Sign Fabrication shop.

We do Starbucks(everybody knows them, right?) All of the way-finding in Qwest Field and Safeco field in Seattle, Even signs for the SF Giants. Lots of national accts. as well.

Ive been doing this for nearly 20 yrs. Getting paint to stick, is no problem.

Mike

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