Hey guys, I have recently become fed up with the fact that you cannot get any more 4age clear timing covers so i thought id give it a shot at getting them made, I found a place that is keen to do them and he estimated the mould to be around 900 bucks, I am sending one of my top covers to their shop tomorrow so he can see what process needs to be taken to make them but 900 bucks plus the final product is alot for just one clear cover so i wanna know how many others would be keen on getting one made, I'm unsure of a price for the final product as yet and i don't have 1 made but if i can approach him and say i have 20 or so people wanting one then they might make it alot cheaper.

 

Also if there was 10+ people would you be keen in putting some money into paying for the mould as i was thinking that i could work as the middle man (No price mark up) but just put a mould cost price ontop with postage, Let me know if your interested, Thanks.

Edited July 3, 200719 yr by Trev

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Edited May 24, 200818 yr by Sbox

Hi Trev.Yes, I will throw in some cash. This bloke does quality? Is it top and bottom? Hows your car coming along, any more pictures?

 

Yeah they do alot of signage for shops, Its just the top cover:

 

 

Its good, Only what i have uploaded in the last week.

I'd possibly be interested, Are they going to make it ribbed like the stock item or a smooth face?

Interested... but wondering what material they'll be using... Lexan? Acrylic? Plexi?

 

900 snails sounds a wee bit rich though, all they would have to do is vacuum your cover of to make a buck, then cast a mould from it... I talked with some plastic suppliers not long ago about getting replacement headlight lenses made up for Supras and Aristos with yellowed plastic...

 

Correct me if I'm wrong though, my dude might not know what he's on about

I'd possibly be interested, Are they going to make it ribbed like the stock item or a smooth face?

 

Still to be decided, I wouldnt mind a rib free one but i will see what he sez after he gets it.

 

Interested... but wondering what material they'll be using... Lexan? Acrylic? Plexi?

 

900 snails sounds a wee bit rich though, all they would have to do is vacuum your cover of to make a buck, then cast a mould from it... I talked with some plastic suppliers not long ago about getting replacement headlight lenses made up for Supras and Aristos with yellowed plastic...

 

Correct me if I'm wrong though, my dude might not know what he's on about

 

All depends on the cost, It doesnt exactly have to be bulletproof so I might rule out lexan but then again i will see what he has to say, Thats also a maximum of around 900 it could be less.

Try talking to beerhead. He had this idea a while ago and has access to a rather interesting plastic moulding device.

Try talking to beerhead. He had this idea a while ago and has access to a rather interesting plastic moulding device.

 

Its been going on now for a very long time, even before this thread was posted:

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...hl=clear+timing

 

And i think i have found an outsider with a mould so i will call him tomorrow and see what he wants for hire or somethin.

I do realise that someone has thought of clear timing covers of course. What you may not have grasped is that Brads idea was to make his own.

I have spoken to the other guy and he has a mould so i am meeting up with him one saturday to see what we can do, He has informed me that his mould is a smooth finish, I wanna try to get there saturday so i will see what happens.

For all you 7M owners:

 

http://autotechinteriors.com/products_lexiclear.php

I have not given up I'm just havin trouble getting around to seeing the guy with the mould as i have no licence :)

 

Will update as soon as i can.

The guy off teamtoyminator had one, Think I found a link to a Japanese company doing them at one stage, May still be doing them.

The guy off teamtoyminator had one, Think I found a link to a Japanese company doing them at one stage, May still be doing them.

 

Nah they no longer do them, He got the last one they had, I told him id pay anything to get his but he declined it.

Still gives you a good idea of what they have to look like anyway..

 

Was http://www.suzukijidosya.co.jp/index.htm that were making them..

 

By the way, I thought I hadn't seen your car for a while..