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Subject: Cutting/general bonnet bodging

phil b

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Anyone ever took a grinder to these bits??
(Come on miles or someone must've)

Short of saving up for a glass fibre/carbon fibre bonnet
I'm contemplating cutting these bits out gingerly
So my bodies will squeeze under with tiny bit of space for movement

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 20:33

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coskev

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What bodies are you using?

Cutting will be pretty easy, iirc the frame is stuck to the skin with tiger seal sort of stuff? Dunno

That will take some getting off without damaging the skin I would guess.

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 20:47

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daveyboy

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Easy enough, but the bonnet will dent very easily once you remove the stiffeners so be careful once you've done it.

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 20:52

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rikky 🦔

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i cut mine completely out to single skin, it goes very flimsy. if it's just tb's though it's only gonna be a portion of what you've marked up though?

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 20:54

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welshpug!

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get a better manifold!

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 20:55

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phil b

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There's room mei, it's the tabs on the filter that are catching slightly (I've put slam panel on and used my dturbo bonnet to experiment) and I don't fancy using socks

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 22:04

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Post #7

Just grind down the steel smooth around the area its touching, no need to buy stuff or cut loads off taking loads of time.

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 22:11

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phil b

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I'm gonna cut the metal marked out so that the tabs have space and also to eradicate the possibility of the foam gettin cut/rubbed
There's a shed load of reinforcement all over the rest of the bonnet tbh, was just wondering if it'd been done b4 Wink

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 23:06

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welshpug!

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ahh, my filter goes on tother way up.

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 23:12

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phil b

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Well till I can sort new backing plate ill leave as is, came off a ph2 so a bit more headspace you see Wink

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 23:24

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rallyeash

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Post #11

yeah turn the filter upside down. job jobbed

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Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 23:27

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Bonnet vent FTW

Posted 1st Jul 2013 at 23:40

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