JDM EF9 SiR Headlight Deletes/Air Intake Vent Project: ProtoType and Mold Development
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JDM EF9 SiR Headlight Deletes/Air Intake Vent Project: ProtoType and Mold Development
-After *weeks* off the grid, absent from all comunication, with countless hours of labor in moving and construction, blood, sweat, and carbon fiber tears.....
----> WE ARE BACK!!!
----> WE ARE BACK!!!
Here is the progress on the Driver Side Mold from Prototype Design using modeling clay, to 3/4 the way through Mold Construction.
more to come...
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Do you plan on only wet laying your parts. You could have added a bit of a flange and used it to vacuum infuse your pieces. It does look like quality work though.
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Thanks for the kind words guys!
To be clear on our process...
-We DO Vacuum bag ALL our parts with high end Stretchlon 200 bagging film. It has a 450% stretch ratio to get into all the details with out pleats or dovetails as required with standard nylon bagging film.
-We recently aquired a 5000/gal tank that will be converted into an autoclave as time and funds permit. [big project]
-We DO NOT use the most basic 'wet-layup' method because it's
nearly impossible to capture any significant detail successfully
-Vacuum Infusion is a different process altogether where the catalized resin is 'pulled' from a container through the laid up part to a 'resin-trap' on the other side, via the vacuum pump.
Vacuum Infusion requires all different bagging materials specific to Infusion and has the potential for costly resin waste. To this point, we have not had the need to invest into the relm of vacuum infusion.
To be clear on our process...
-We DO Vacuum bag ALL our parts with high end Stretchlon 200 bagging film. It has a 450% stretch ratio to get into all the details with out pleats or dovetails as required with standard nylon bagging film.
-We recently aquired a 5000/gal tank that will be converted into an autoclave as time and funds permit. [big project]
-We DO NOT use the most basic 'wet-layup' method because it's
nearly impossible to capture any significant detail successfully
-Vacuum Infusion is a different process altogether where the catalized resin is 'pulled' from a container through the laid up part to a 'resin-trap' on the other side, via the vacuum pump.
Vacuum Infusion requires all different bagging materials specific to Infusion and has the potential for costly resin waste. To this point, we have not had the need to invest into the relm of vacuum infusion.
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Definitely interested in an air intake setup. I have an old iceman headlight intake but it's for an EG and doesn't come remotely close to fitting my EF.
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Nice work!
How many layer of glass are you using on the molds? I have that same Gel-coat dump gun I wish i was video taping the first time i used it. it was a comedy of errors.
How many layer of glass are you using on the molds? I have that same Gel-coat dump gun I wish i was video taping the first time i used it. it was a comedy of errors.
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I was wondering the same thing. I don't know much about the "sketchlon", but do you have to use a lot of vacuum to pull it tight into the mold? And then, will that warp your mold and effect the fitment of the part?
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Maybe build a steel structure and glass it to the back of the mold to prevent the mold from warping/buckling during production. I've seen a lot of good molds go to crap from warping.
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The bagging material will flex the the needed shape and take the cloth and resin with it. It would need A LOT of vaccum to distort the mold itself. Even if the mold is fairly thin, the cured mold will be must stiffer than the wet cloth its holding.
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JDM EF9 SiR Headlight Delete mold plug, Pass. Side
From the mold we make from this plug, we'll develop another mold plug that will be vented for air intake on race applications.
More to follow..
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we use about 8 layers of glass on our molds and they seem to last longer than we ever need them too. stretchlon 200 is good stuff
www.stohr.com
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we use about 8 layers of glass on our molds and they seem to last longer than we ever need them too. stretchlon 200 is good stuff
www.stohr.com
www.stohr.com
We use high end materials specifically designed for making production-level molds that will stand up to the repeated hot/cold cycles of multiple part production.
--> However, ALL molds eventually need to be resurfaced. How long that cycle is depends on the materials and methods used in the mold construction.
More to come...
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is a sneek peek at the driver side JDM EF9 SiR Headlight Delete, unfinished, and just sitting atop the headlight still installed.
Just for reference..
More to come...
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And then there was a pair of molds...
Still work left, expect more to come....
These JDM EF9 SiR Headlight Deletes are set to debut in our booth at the BLOX OPEN HOUSE event on July 14th.
http://<span style="color:Red">www.B...USE.com</span>
Still work left, expect more to come....
These JDM EF9 SiR Headlight Deletes are set to debut in our booth at the BLOX OPEN HOUSE event on July 14th.
http://<span style="color:Red">www.B...USE.com</span>
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I gotta ask - why would you wanna cover up the headlight? To me just seems like the market for a headlight cover isn't that great.
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JK man, I dont' think they are to cover the headlight although that might be a nice alternative to tape when road racing (if you even have to do that if they aren't glass).
They are for removing the headlight and perhaps adding an air intake vent if you want if I am not mistaken.
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These were developed specifically for fellow EF'r Brandon Bush's track car.
His class allows for removal of lights and body panels only if they are replaced with a 'filler' panel.
Look for them to Debut at the www.BLOXOPENHOUSE.com event in our booth.
July 14th, FREE EVENT.
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