Clear air box covers being fabbed

[100thwindow]

just got a boner reading through this post! Everything sounds bad ass, count me in!

 

[Omiotek]

im in... theres one air box cover i really like...has the scoops on both sides and vents down the scoop ill post a pic

 

[juGGernaut]

Yea post a pic so I have an idea what your talking about, starting the mold today!!!!

100th, tmi, but I feel the same if not more lol. I have wanted a clear air box for so long but never could find one, finally came across info on how to do it, then I was hooked like a crackhead to his drugs.

 

[newyorkbuell]

I would buy a clear, smoked, orange airbox! vents or no vents!

 

[Negative]

Looks like you've got a pretty good demand for this if you do end up making them... And I'm sure there will be a decent pull in the future with people changing out colors or just getting spares/pieces to mod on... [up]

 

[juGGernaut]

Yep, and for a lot cheaper, just need to order the polycarbonate, by the time I get it, I should have the mold and equipment to start pumping them out, only downside is gonna be trimming them after their made, gonna be very time consuming for each one, maybe I will sell them for a little cheaper if people wanna trim them themselves. Just takes a dremel and time.

 

[stensg]

I would not mind trimming

 

[Robertsson]

Please make something like this!
http://speed-of-color.de/index.php?...25&sidSPEEDOFCOLOR=m106q0q23i0htgcu8l7sd0qp95

 

[stensg]

^[up]

 

[juGGernaut]

Oh wow, that's quite the order Robertson, I imagine with time and patience I could knock that out, let me get the first few out of the way and then I definitely would try this out if all goes well with the originals, just ordered the lexan, so it will be around a week before it gets here. I am excited.

Now obviously if I do a custom air box like that its gonna be a little more $. But wayyy cheaper then those are going for, now would you want that in clear, translucent or black like that? I imagine I could do any, price varries with each one but not by much, actually when I can get some time and figure out the price difference on the materials, it might not change the price.

But I have not made one yet, so the price stated above is just an estimate, but won't change by much!

 

[Robertsson]

[up]
I'd prefer black but in the end it doesn't really matter!
I'll just plasti dip it if it's translucent!
I absolutely love the look of that cover but its way to expensive for my budget at the moment!
Unfortunately everything over here in Europe costs a miner fortune...
The cover I linked to is fiberglass and it comes unpainted!

 

[juGGernaut]

Update: first attempt of a mold is looking like a failure, this expanding foam is sticking to my cover even though I lined it with car wax, should have went with my first idea of spray Pam.

 

[wolfo68]

I had that same problem when I tried

 

[stensg]

I've made molds with the expanding foam.I've used plastic wrap instead of mold release agents

 

[snrusnak]

Do you have experience with vacuum forming, etc? Or is this your first attempt?

 

[Negative]

Omfg Robertsson... That cover looks amazing!!..... Aaaaand it also costs a leg and left testicle....

 

[HMTRAN]

I'm very interested in this deal. Will you be making fly screens to match?

 

[juGGernaut]

First time, but I already have done lots of research on it. Just having issues with the mold.

 

[juGGernaut]

What kind of wrap did you use?

 

[stensg]

reynolds wrap lol