Something a little different but you’ll have most likely seen before.

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So I saw someone who had done a similar mod on one of the Facebook groups so I thought why not give it a go! 

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So far I’ve realised this material is an absolute bastard if you don’t treat it right, I started off by carefully drilling out the separate squares with a 7mm drill bit, being very careful and letting it make its own path otherwise it just splits and chips 

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After the drilling I used an air circular saw to cut out a pre drawn out rectangle as you can see, and then an air die grinder to widen out the separate squares not too much though, following this I used a small flat file to meet the outer edges of the squares etc- next step will be the Perspex! 

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Continuation after a dreadfully long week, I cut the perspecs out to match each badly filed and cut hole so I could just about fit the pieces into the trim with a little bit of force 

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Obviously I used a very handy bit of kit to get the edges down much quicker than filing, good old bench grinder aka mr I’ll take your fingers please 

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Please excuse the F80 in pieces in the background, drilled out the holes so I could fit the Z badge in the middle, wasn’t happy the colour of the badge would go with my colours so I used a stanly knife to remove the chrome wrap back, now it’s ready for both pieces to be wrapped and I’ll report back once this step is done 🙂

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Just a little taster as I had my torch around aha 

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Update: finished! 
got the guys at sign central to finish the wrap for me and also touch up the imperfections where the glue and material weren’t at all pleasing! 

 

had to wire 8 long ass thin bloomin wires into the control node but think the final product is worth it! 

[HEADPHONES]

Very high standard of finish

I get nervy just removing any trim, let alone cutting intricate pieces out!

[ballistic]

when do they come on and off? Manual control or?

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20 hours ago, HEADPHONES said:

Very high standard of finish

I get nervy just removing any trim, let alone cutting intricate pieces out!

Thanks mate, honestly cutting out the squares was a nightmare as the material isn’t exactly playful! had to be careful not to chip it, this was just a mock up, trying to get hold of another panel to do a more finessed attempt! the guys who wrapped it are also insanely talented! 
haha I bet chap, tbh I’ve learnt at work that you can be careful and still break the clips so why waste time, box of poppers isn’t too expensive! 

 

5 hours ago, ballistic said:

when do they come on and off? Manual control or?

they come on as soon as ignition is off, I control them through my phone, there’s a touch button on the module, discreetly hidden under the ashtray for “rozza response” 😂

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makes sense. Nice for shows and stuff.