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Post by orangeneon05 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:37 pm

the following is a project that i am going to start to make a complete custom design with the fuel rail covers.

basically instead of painting it and leaving the stock letters im going to try to put new letters on it to look like the following. and the colors are just three choices that im considering now.

stock silver.
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Orangeblast
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and pearl blue
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if anyone has ideas on how to make the new letter that can with stand heat let me know because ill be starting on this soon.
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Post by Ramroid » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:44 pm

orangeneon05 wrote:the following is a project that i am going to start to make a complete custom design with the fuel rail covers.

basically instead of painting it and leaving the stock letters im going to try to put new letters on it to look like the following. and the colors are just three choices that im considering now.

stock silver.
Image

Orangeblast
Image

and pearl blue
Image

if anyone has ideas on how to make the new letter that can with stand heat let me know because ill be starting on this soon.
Take a chunk of aluminum to a cnc shop, have them waterjet/cnc the logo/letter/what have you out of the aluminum. Grind off the letters on the original fuel rail, epoxy the new ones into where the old were. Paint em, ta-da!

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Post by orangeneon05 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:04 pm

sounds good enough i was thinking bondo and a hand drimel and a lot of spare time.
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Post by Ramroid » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:17 pm

orangeneon05 wrote:sounds good enough i was thinking bondo and a hand drimel and a lot of spare time.
Nahh, it'd be easier/cheaper just to find a shop to cut it out for you out of aluminum. Probably 20$ total for them to machine it, 5$ for the epoxy/resin, then some time with a dremel.

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Post by orangeneon05 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:20 pm

true ill have to look for a machine shop in toledo to cnc
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Post by Ramroid » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:26 pm

orangeneon05 wrote:true ill have to look for a machine shop in toledo to cnc
There should be several around there. Look for machine shops that work exclusively on metal, they tend to have cnc/water jet machines. Anywhere that does alot of fabrication should be able to do it pretty quickly. once you find someone, it'd only take around 5 minutes to cut it out once they program it into the machine. Aluminum or steel, either one would work. For some reason, a brass or copper piece would look good to me..i don't know why..lol

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Post by orangeneon05 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:30 pm

lol im hoping i can paint it cuz im thinking blue in the engine bay
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Post by Ramroid » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:38 pm

orangeneon05 wrote:lol im hoping i can paint it cuz im thinking blue in the engine bay
Ahh, well go with aluminum then. Just buy a piece of sheet alumiunum for body work, etc etc. you know the drill..lol

I'm doing a blackout on my engine bay once i get started. I have some carbonfiber cloth and resin left over from making some intake tubes awhile back, so i might make some carbon parts to go black/carbon in the engine bay. I like the way it looks.

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Post by Jenni » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:30 pm

you will never get a nice result with dremel

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Post by orangeneon05 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:04 pm

yea ill try to find a cnc shop or something so i can get a clean cut looking piece
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