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| ruby914 |
 Jul 26 2012, 12:38 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None  |
Some of you may have seen this "A" pillar with the tweeter boss mounted in my car before. The CF I have is cost prohibitive to reproduce.
I have held off modifying my "A" pillar mold, to include the boss, until I work out a solution for a nice OEM looking vinyl finish. I saw a pair of Morph's speaker pods at G&R that looked like they were covered with vinyl? They looked great. Is this how Morph is selling them or someone else's nice work? I picked up this very thin sticky back vinyl shelf paper at HD that actually looks great on flat surfaces. Just a little heat and it will couture but it is hard to control with out wrinkling. I made a crude picture frame to vacuum the HD vinyl over the part. That helped but It looks likeI will have to make a dedicated vacuum table and frame with some heat souse to get the quality I am looking for. I have seen some 3M vinyl that seems very pricey. I am not sure if that is what the dash recover guys are using? A more proper vinyl may help. After seeing a, complex shape, thermo formed ABS cover at work the other day I am also considering other options. An ABS with a surface finish on one side would make a nice part but with a cheaper nonOEM look. I have also seen some kind of over lay patterns that can be put on wheels, dash, grills... This was last seen up at Pomona Auto show. I was thinking some of you, Morph, may have connections or ideas to produce a hi quality low cost part . Your thoughts... Attached image(s) 
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| 3d914 |
Jul 28 2012, 02:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,275 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Benson, AZ Member No.: 1,191 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Rod, did you stretch the existing vinyl or recover?
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| Rod |
Jul 29 2012, 01:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 1-January 08 From: Farnham UK Member No.: 8,526 Region Association: England |
QUOTE(3d914 @ Jul 28 2012, 09:36 PM)  Rod, did you stretch the existing vinyl or recover? Recovered straight over the existing vinyl. Once a vinyl has been heated glued and formed you have zero chance of remodelling it. I use an amazing glue which is the key. Also use good quality vinyl without a backing that's too thick.. If you stretch the vinyl you can usually see that it pulls more in one direction without breaking out into wrinkles - work out which way the vinyl needs to be pulled in the job your working on and cut the template to suit. A heat gun is a godsend too - thus will enable it to stretch a bit more and gets rid of wrinkles. |
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